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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 |
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Mr Ronghao Jiang Department of Geography |
Mr Wimalajothi Thero Rev Madipola Centre of Buddhist Studies |
Miss Yajun Zheng Faculty of Education |
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Mr Pavel Krejci School of Humanities |
Mr Jun Su Department of Mathematics |
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.”
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.”