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Dissertation Year Fellowship

The Dissertation Year Fellowship is a prestigious programme to enable selected outstanding final-year PhD students to pursue an additional year of training at the University to bring their doctoral research to a higher level before graduation. Only outstanding full-time PhD students whose thesis is rated in the top 10% by the Thesis Examining Committee can compete for the Fellowship.

At the ceremony, 17 students were awarded the Dissertation Year Fellowship. With this funding support, they can have more time to work on their research and focus on producing high-quality publications.

Outstanding full-time PhD students who have submitted a thesis for examination may be nominated by their primary supervisor to be considered for the Fellowship. Click here to find out more about this programme. 

Mr Alfred Amruth
Department of Physics
Mr Chong Liu
Department of Civil Engineering
Mr Lars Lund Thomsen 
Department of Physics
Mr Chok Meng CHAN
School of Chinese
Miss Runying Long
School of Clinical Medicine
Mr Ka Wo Wong 
School of Clinical Medicine
Miss Shuyu Chu
Department of Law
Mr Jiajun Luo
Department of Law
Mr Zichen Yang
Department of Mathematics
Miss Xunchang Fang
Faculty of Business and Economics
Mr Qichang Ma 
Department of Politics and Public Administration
Mr Zaixuan Zhang
Department of Psychology

Mr Ronghao Jiang

Department of Geography

Mr Wimalajothi Thero Rev Madipola
Centre of Buddhist Studies
Miss Yajun Zheng
Faculty of Education

Mr Pavel Krejci

School of Humanities

Mr Jun Su 
Department of Mathematics
 

 

Chan Chok Meng

Chok Meng Chan, School of Chinese

“The Fellowship is a prestigious programme offered by the University and the Graduate School to help junior academics be better equipped for their careers ahead. It offers a rare opportunity for the selected few to consolidate their strengths, sharpen their toolkit, and work on new ideas. 

“An additional year of training at HKU has afforded me the time to develop new research projects and turn ideas into publications, while polishing my dissertation into a publishable form. For example, later this month I am going to give a talk on the horse culture in ancient China. It is a topic I briefly touched on in my dissertation, but I finally got the time to do further research and got to the bottom of it during the first months of my Fellowship.”

 

REV MADIPOLA Wimalajothi Thero

Wimalajothi Thero Rev Madipola, Centre of Buddhist Studies

“As a three-year PhD student, I decided to dedicate an additional year to my research to elevate it to a high standard and achieve quality publications in top journals and conferences worldwide. I recognised that the DYF would offer a fantastic and flexible opportunity to invest more time into my research, allowing me to accumulate additional training and research experience before graduation.

“I am currently in the process of publishing a few journal articles and research papers in top journals and conferences, with three already accepted and the other article and the research paper under review. Secondly, this experience aligns perfectly with my aspirations of securing a postdoctoral position. I am currently working on a postdoctoral proposal and actively pursuing opportunities in my research area. The additional year allows me to strengthen my research profile, expand my network, and enhance my chances of securing a desirable academic position.”