The Katie Shu Sui Pui Charitable Trust — HKMU Transport and Publication Subsidy Scheme for PhD Students

Office of Research Affairs and Knowledge Transfer Support for Postgraduate Students on Research The Katie Shu Sui Pui Charitable Trust — HKMU Transport and Publication Subsidy Scheme for PhD Students
The Katie Shu Sui Pui Charitable Trust — HKMU Transport and Publication Subsidy Scheme for PhD Students [舒小佩慈善基金 — 都大哲學博士生交通及出版補助計劃] (hereafter the ‘Scheme’) aims to enhance the academic status of Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) by financially supporting transportation and rewarding accomplishments in publication of full-time PhD students. The Scheme serves to reduce full-time PhD students' financial stress during the course of study, and develop academic research publication and research culture in the University. Under the Scheme, each approved student is given a transport subsidy and, in addition, a publication reward for producing a quality refereed publication.
Application procedures:
1. Applications will be accepted in January and September each year. An applicant should complete the application form, obtain the supervisor's endorsement in the form, and submit the form together with the applicant’s full curriculum vitae to the Office of Research Affairs and Knowledge Transfer (ORA).
2. To apply for the additional publication reward, the applicant should submit a manuscript to a quality refereed journal by the end of the ninth month of receiving the subsidy. He/she should complete an application form for publication reward, obtain the supervisor's recommendation in the form, and submit the form to ORA together with the submitted manuscript and the proof of its submission. After the manuscript has been accepted for publication by the end of the applicant's PhD study period, the applicant should submit the proof of acceptance to ORA.