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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please encourage perspective PhD students you know to look into Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Established by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2009, the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) aims at attracting the best and brightest students
in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong's universities. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Each fellowship recipient will receive:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• A yearly stipend of HK$301,200 (approximately US$38,610)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• A conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$12,600 (approximately US$1,610) per year</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">• An additional entrance scholarship of HK$77,496 (approximately US$9,930) covering tuition and on-campus hostel accommodation fees for the first year of studies</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">More information can be found at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#954F72">https://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">The Department of Physics at City University of Hong Kong has had an excellent tradition of attracting top students for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hong
Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme. Currently, the department has several faculties specializing in neutron and synchrotron scattering studies, as Spectroscopy and Imaging is one of the research focus of the department. Students who choose to study scattering will
have opportunities to conduct their experiments at world-class facilities in the US, Japan, Europe, and Australia etc. Topics of interests include,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Structure and dynamics of metallic glasses</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Energy storage materials</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Phase stability and deformation of high entropy alloys</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Magneto-elastic coupling in ferromagnetic shape memory alloys</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To apply, please visit<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sgs.cityu.edu.hk"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#954F72">http://www.sgs.cityu.edu.hk</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If there is any question, please feel free to contact me,
<a href="mailto:xlwang@cityu.edu.hk">xlwang@cityu.edu.hk</a> or Dr. Qi Liu, <a href="mailto:qiliu63@cityu.edu.hk">
qiliu63@cityu.edu.hk</a> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Xun-Li<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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