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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please forward this message to interested students.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Established by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2009, the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world
to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong's universities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Fellowship provides an annual stipend of HK$337,200 (approximately US$43,230) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$14,000 (approximately US$1,790)
per year for each awardee for a period up to three years. 400 PhD Fellowships will be awarded in the 2025/26 academic year*. For awardees who need more than three years to complete the PhD degree, additional support may be provided by the universities and/or
the PhD supervisor. See the attached poster for more details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We welcome potential candidates to apply through the
<a href="https://www.cityu.edu.hk/cns/index.htm">Center of Neutron Scattering (CNS)</a> at City University of Hong Kong. CNS was established with a vision to develop Hong Kong as a hub in the region for neutron scattering science. Currently, the center consists
of 5 PIs working on the following core research areas,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Quantum spin systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Phase transformation and deformation in complex alloys<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nanoscale structure and ionic transport in energy materials<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Molecular interactions in nanomedicine.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more details, please visit
<a href="https://www.cityu.edu.hk/cns/index.htm">https://www.cityu.edu.hk/cns/index.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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