Social Sciences Global South Fellowship Scheme

Benefits & funding

• Economy-class return airfare is reimbursed up to HK$10,000.
• Fellows receive HK$1,500 per day for the full visit, including accommodation costs; the allowance is typically paid monthly by bank transfer.
• Fellows receive access to university IT services, libraries and computer labs, plus shared office space; the Faculty Office also provides visa guidance.
• The package covers only the fellow, so any accompanying family costs are self-funded.

Eligibility

• Applicants must be professoriate staff affiliated with a university or comparable institution in one of the 138 locations on HKU’s published Global South list.
• The published geographic gate concerns the applicant’s institutional affiliation, not nationality; no separate nationality condition is stated.
• Junior scholars and researchers receive preference for their potential to sustain longer-term collaboration, but this is not a hard eligibility rule.

Application process

1. 1
   Identify an HKU Faculty of Social Sciences academic with similar research interests who is an Assistant Professor or above.
2. 2
   Email the prospective Faculty Associate with a research-proposal outline and CV; HKU suggests the subject line “HKU FoSS Global South Fellowship Scheme”.
3. 3
   Agree on the proposed visit and obtain the Faculty Associate’s written consent.
4. 4
   Submit the online form with research expertise, professional achievements, visit details, planned scholarly activities, CV and written consent by the published deadline.

Program timeline

1. Fall-semester call opens.

   April

2. Most recently published application deadline.

   May 31, 2026

3. Fall-semester decisions are announced.

   By the end of June

4. Spring-semester call opens.

   September

5. Spring-semester application deadline.

   October

6. Spring-semester decisions are announced.

   By the end of November

7. One-to-three-month visit window.

   September to January or February to June