Bilateral Teaching Exchange Programme (Applications will be considered all year round)

The Bilateral Teaching Exchange Programme now accepts applications on a year-round basis. Individual faculty members at CUHK are encouraged to make use of this Programme and actively seek teaching exchange opportunities. No exchange agreement is needed with the counterpart's home institution in order to engage in this Programme. 

Under the Programme, a faculty member at CUHK will invite his/her counterpart from an equivalent department/school at an overseas university to serve as his/her partner to teach at least one UGC-funded undergraduate or research postgraduate course and undertake research for one term at CUHK. In return, the CUHK faculty member will undertake at least one teaching course and conduct research at the host university for one term.

The faculty members on exchange will continue to receive their salary from the home university and will not receive any remuneration from the host university. Faculty members at CUHK can continue to enjoy their allowance/benefits while on exchange and they should enquire with the home Department and Faculty for funding to support the inbound visiting faculty member's stay at CUHK. Inbound visiting faculty members are expected to bear their own airfare and accommodation cost for the exchange. The incumbents could also seek financial support from their home university.

To view the application guidelines and other information about the Programme, please click here.

International Partnerships Development Programme 2014-15 (Closing date: 25 July 2014)

The International Partnerships Development Programme aims to promote the development of partnerships by encouraging faculty members and their academic units concerned to initiate visits to the University's partners overseas for development of faculty/departmental/institute-level collaborations. With the support of the Programme, the awarded faculty members will undertake visits of up to seven days to participate in academic activities of exploratory and developmental nature at a number of top institutions around the world, including Brown University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Utrecht University, University of Toronto and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

To view the application guidelines and other information about the Programme, please click here.

WUN Research Development Fund 2014 (Internal closing date: 19 September 2014, 5:00pm)

The Office of Academic Links (OAL) is now inviting applications for the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research Development Fund (RDF) for 2014. WUN is an exclusive network of 16 research-led universities across nine countries (the University of Wisconsin-Madison will retire in August 2014 and hence is not included in this round of application); CUHK joined the Network in 2011 as its first member university in Hong Kong. Members of WUN include:

Australia The University of Sydney University of Western Australia Canada University of Alberta China CUHK Zhejiang University

The Netherlands Maastricht University New Zealand University of Auckland Norway University of Bergen South Africa University of Cape Town

UK University of Bristol University of Leeds University of Sheffield University of Southampton University of York USA The Pennsylvania State University University of Rochester

The WUN RDF provides one year of seed funds to kick-start research projects under four key areas of research identified as the Global Challenges, including "Responding to Climate Change", "Global Higher Education and Research", "Public Health (Non-Communicable Disease)", and "Understanding Cultures". For 2014, applications in the following focus areas and having relevance to Big Data will be given higher priority:

• Responding to Climate Change: Migration/resilience; Climate/health co-benefits in cities; andOver- and under-nutrition, food security, and food systems.
• Public Health (Non-Communicable Diseases): Health of family and migrants across the life course; Resilience of adolescents in different cultural contexts; and Schools as a setting for reducing risk factors associated with NCDs.
• Global Higher Education and Research: Access and equity in higher education; and Economic and social outcomes of diversity and globalisation.
• Understanding Cultures: Global migration and population; Generations in global context; and Chinese culture in the world (in connection with the WUN Global China Group).

CUHK researchers who are interested in applying may click here for further information (Deadline for internal application is Friday, 19 September 2014, 5:00pm).

The University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) Research Net (Closing date: 30 June 2014)

The University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) is now calling for proposals for the UMAP Research Net (URN). The goal of the URN is to foster research network and the mobility of researchers. Successful proposals will be provided with a one-time grant to help fund the project.

In order to be eligible, the proposal must be for a new project conducted by a research team comprising at least three members from different UMAP participating universities and countries/territories. Applicants may request for funding up to US$5000, and applicants who can demonstrate matching funds from other sources may request funding up to US$8000. For more details on the eligibility for the URN, please refer to www.cuhk.edu.hk/oal/Call_for_URN_Proposal.pdf. Each team will need to fill in the application form which can be obtained from www.cuhk.edu.hk/oal/URN_application_form.pdf.

Deadline for proposal submission is 30 June 2014. Final decision will be made by 31 October 2014, and the projects will commence on 1 January 2015.

For more information on UMAP, please refer to www.umap.org/en/home/index.php. For a list of UMAP participating universities, please refer to www.cuhk.edu.hk/oal/Participating_Universities.xlsx.

Endeavour Research Fellowship 2015 (Closing date: 30 June 2014 - 11:59pm Australian Eastern Standard Time)

The Endeavour Research Fellowship 2015 is now calling for applications. The Research Fellowship provides financial support for research postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows from participating countries (including Hong Kong) to undertake short-term research attachments of four to six months towards a Masters or PhD (which they are enrolled in a participating country) or postdoctoral research in any field of study in Australia.

TERMS OF AWARD

Travel allowance:	A$3,000 (Provision to pay up to $4,500 under special circumstances)
Establishment allowance:	A$2,000
Monthly stipend:	A$3,000 per month (up to 6 months on a pro-rata basis)
Health insurance (international):	Health coverage will be provided for full period of award
Travel insurance (international):	Included
Total Award Value:	Up to A$24,500

APPLICATION

• Read the Applicant Guidelines carefully for the application procedure and supporting documents required. Incomplete application or late submission of supporting documents will not be given consideration.
• Applications should be submitted through Endeavour Online. Upon submission of an application, an email acknowledging receipt of the application will automatically be generated and forwarded to the email address (user ID) used to submit the application. Applicants can learn more about the Endeavour Online Application System in the Step by Step Guide.
• Please refer to the Applicant Guidelines for the selection criteria.

Application closing date is 30 June 2014, 11:59pm Australian Eastern Standard Time. Final decision will be made in December 2014.

For enquires about the Endeavour Awards application system please contact endeavour.awards@deewr.gov.au.

For more information on the Fellowship, please visit www.oal.cuhk.edu.hk/index.php/overseas-research-opportunities/endeavour-research-fellowships/2015.

L'Oréal Research Scholarship (Closing date: 31 October 2014)

The L'Oréal Research Scholarship is now calling for applications for 2015. The Scholarship aims to provide outstanding postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are permanent residents of Hong Kong or Macau with a unique opportunity of exposure to the research environment in France through participation in research work at Institut Pasteur, a world leader in basic biological and biomedical research as well as a renowned teaching centre. Postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows who demonstrate a keen and devoted capability and intention to pursue research studies in France can apply for the Scholarship.

Awardees will perform research work in an academic discipline of their choice and in one of the laboratories of Institut Pasteur in France. The awardees will be supervised by senior researchers of Institut Pasteur at the recommendation of, or reference from the HKU-Pasteur Research Centre.

Interested candidates are invited to visit this website (www.loreal-scholarship.com) to identify host laboratories. Over 35 leading scientists have joined the programme.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants shall be:

• Enrolled in a postgraduate programme or a postdoctoral fellow employed by one of the universities of Hong Kong or Macau.
• A Hong Kong or Macau permanent resident.

TERMS OF AWARD

The Scholarship covers a round trip air ticket between Hong Kong/Macau and Paris, France (HK$10,000), housing allowance (500€ per month) and living allowance (HK$220 per day) and the total award amount is up to HK$45,500 for an internship that takes place for up to three months from June to August in 2015.

APPLICATION

Applicants should complete the application form (click here to download) and submit it together with the following supporting documents by email to hku-pasteur@hku.hk by the application closing date:

• Summary of current research theme and proposed plan for the research internship (two pages in maximum)
• Information on preferred department/laboratory at Institut Pasteur, contact person (if any)
• List of publications indexed in PubMed
• List of presentations and meetings in abstract form
• One to two reference letters to be separately sent to hku-pasteur@hku.hk
• Other relevant information (if applicable)

For more information on the L'Oréal Research Scholarship, please visit www.loreal-scholarship.com/scholarships/general-information.