Professor Martha P.Y. Cheung Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding PhD Students

張佩瑤教授紀念基金優秀博士生獎學金

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1. Objectives

The scholarship is established to honour the memory of Prof. Martha Cheung, by providing a one-off grant to one outstanding PhD applicant per year, to support them in pursuing research in Translation Studies in the Translation Programme at Hong Kong Baptist University.

2. Criteria of Eligibility

  1. This is an entry scholarship. The candidate must be a new entrant to the PhD programme, accepted as regular UGC-funded PhD student. Students accepted under the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme and regular UGC-funded students already studying in the Programme are not eligible.

  2. Criteria such as existing research output, academic qualifications and so forth, will be assessed.

  3. Candidates in any area of Translation Studies (in a broad sense, including Interpreting Studies and Intercultural Studies) are eligible.

  4. The candidate will be required to provide a formal acknowledgement of the assistance provided by the scholarship in their PhD thesis.

3. Allocation and Term of Scholarship

  1. This is a one-off scholarship, awarded as a lump sum. It is intended to provided a significant top-up to the awardee's regular UGC studentship.

  2. The value of the scholarship will be set at a maximum of HK$50,000. This amount will be periodically reviewed in the light of available funding levels.

  3. Payment will be made in two instalments, the first paid in Semester 1, the second in Semester 2 of the first year of PhD study.

  4. One scholarship will be awarded every year, subject to the the discretion of the Programme Admissions Committee (who may choose not to award, should there be no suitable candidate).