Funder: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (Application) | April 2027 (Essential updates)
Funding Amounts: Up to $1 million per award for up to 12 months; no more than 10 awards annually
Summary: Supports outstanding humanities and social sciences investigators with teaching relief and research funding to concentrate on research and scholarly writing.
Key Information: University nomination is required, and awardees must continue serving their university for at least one year after the fellowship.
Description
The Hong Kong Research Grants Council’s Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme gives outstanding investigators extended time away from teaching and administrative duties to focus on research and writing. Introduced in 2012/13, it supports researchers with a proven research and publication record working within the disciplines of the Humanities and Social Sciences Panel.
The fellowship can support new projects or build on well-defined, developed research programmes. Activities must produce significant scholarly outputs by the fellowship’s end, advancing knowledge or offering insights of value to the research community. Outputs may include publications or other scholarly work arising from research conducted before the fellowship. Applicants must justify their outputs’ value and appropriateness; textbooks and straightforward translations are excluded. Creative Arts proposals must contain research elements contributing to academic attainment.
