Aim: To strengthen and enhance research and teaching within the Institution and to foster research collaboration among local and overseas scholars.
Purpose: Fellows are expected to engage in research and other scholarly activities, jointly with colleagues of the University if possible, and to conduct public lectures in their areas of specialisation.
Eligibility: Eminent scholars from outside Hong Kong with distinguished academic achievements in the streams of Arts, Business/Economics, Chinese Medicine, Communication, Science and Social Sciences may apply.
Tenure: From three to five months within a semester (1st semester: Sept to Jan; 2nd semester: mid-Jan to June).
Value: Stipend of HK$25,000 per month; reimbursement for a round-trip economy class airfare (of the shortest route) of up to HK$15,000; short-term medical insurance; and university housing (at 7.5% of stipend).
Application: No special forms required. Applications may be forwarded directly from interested scholars or by nomination from departments or research centres, with agreement of the scholars concerned.
Applications/nominees should provide:
- a curriculum vitae;
- a statement of proposed research & projects/subjects to be taught/seminars to be conducted;
- indication of the date of proposed tenure; and
- a letter of recommendation from the Head of Institution
Office of the President & Vice-Chancellor
Hong Kong Baptist University Kowloon
Tong, Hong Kong
Tel : (852) 3411-7502
Fax : (852) 3411-7374
E-mail: pdo@hkbu.edu.hk
