Visitorships, Fellowships and Awards coordinated by the Office of the Provost
 
   
Salzburg Seminar - Freeman Fellowship Program
- One HKUST faculty member is sponsored to attend a Salzburg Seminar
  Application closing: one month before the start of the seminar or once the sponsorship has been accorded whichever is earlier
   
   
K C Wong Education Foundation Visitorship
-  One designated award, annual offer
-  About HK$15,000 for a 15-day visit to Mainland universities
  Nomination closing date: 31 March
   
   
Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF)
-  A matching of 50% of the postdoc's salary, capped at HK$13,500 per month for a maximum of 12 months
  Application period: February - April
   
   
Croucher Senior Research Fellowships
- Competitive, annual award
- Grant: HK$60,000 for awardee to cover expenses related to the research
- A replacement teacher will be appointed to relieve the awardee from regular teaching duties to do full-time research for 1 year
- Field: Natural Science, Technology or Medicine
- For faculty 30-55 of age, with min 3 years' service at HKUST
- HK-born or with 7 years' residency in HK
  Nomination closing date: 30 April
   
   
Ministry of Education Award for Research Excellence (教育部高等學校科學研究優秀成果奬)
- Annual award
- RMB¥50,000 and RMB¥20,000 for 1st and 2nd class awards respectively.  In addition, projects may be recommended by MoE for consideration for awards at the national level
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Four award categories:
Natural Science, Technology Invention, Scientific Technology Advancement and Patent

  Application period: July - August
   
   
State Natural Science Award (國家自然科學奬)
- Competitive, annual award
- Certificate from State Council plus cash grant of RMB¥1,000,000 (Special award),
RMB¥200,000 (1st class award), and RMB¥100,000 (2nd class award)
- For faculty who are Chinese nationals
  Application period: July - September
   
   
RGC-Fulbright Hong Kong Senior Scholar Program
- To support HK scholars to undertake research and lectures in USA in the fields of
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Primarily for scholars without extensive USA exposure in recent years
  Application period: October - November
   
   
Croucher Advanced Study Institute (ASI)
- Competitive, annual award
- Up to HK$600,000
- To support a 1-week ASI
  Nomination closing date: 7 December
   
   
Royal Society Kan Tong Po Visiting Professorships
- The scheme supports scholars from UK or US to visit a HK university for 1-12 month(s)
  Application period: December / January