Scholarships

Who is eligible?

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• The candidates should be pursing full-time or part-time MPhil or PhD programmes in any faculty in HKU, and whose research studies should be related to the area of dementia care whereas the principle of dementia care applies to all disciplines, including but not limited to psychosocial, socio-behavioral, health, nursing, education, and architectural elements.

• The candidates should demonstrate academic merits and significance of their research studies in improving and enhancing care to dementia patients, their families and caregivers.

• The candidates must have passed their probation and have their dissertation research proposal approved by their supervisors.

• Each student can only be awarded the Scholarships once in the course of his/her RPG programme.

• The Centre shall reserve the right to determine the eligibility of an applicant and the relevance of his/her research study to dementia care.

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How to apply?

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Applicants should submit a completed nomination form with recommendation by their supervisor and endorsement by their department head (or Faculty Dean, if applicable), together with their dissertation research proposal, to the Sau Po Centre on Ageing by post (2/F, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong) or by email (ageing@hku.hk).

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The research proposal should consist of the following:

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• Project title/ area of interest

• Literature review/ key references on related work including alternative approaches to the problem

• Research problems/ questions

• Objectives of the study

• Expected outcomes

• Research plan and methodology

• Key references

• A plan to use the monetary award in the research implementation and the expected outcome or achievements

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Award of Scholarships

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All award recipients should acknowledge the “Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong” and the “HKU COA JMK Dementia Care Scholarships” in all forms of publicity, reports and/or publications related to their research studies.   They should submit a report to the donor through the Centre between the 6th and 12th months after the confirmation of the award.  The report should include the outcome or achievements contributed by the award and the latest development of the research studies.

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The Sau Po Centre on Ageing shall inform the successful candidate(s) of the decision of the selection panel for the Scholarships.

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Information available on HKU Scholarships’ website