Funder: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Due Dates: October 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m. (2027/28 nominations)
Funding Amounts: Around HK$430,000 annually for 24 months, with up to 12 additional postdoctoral months; HK$140,000 annually after eligible faculty advancement
Summary: Supports early-career postdoctoral research across all disciplines at Hong Kong’s UGC-funded universities and transitions into junior academic positions.
Key Information: Candidates must be nominated by a supporting UGC-funded university; only one nomination per candidate is permitted.
Description
The RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme (JRFS), formerly the RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, supports promising local and non-local researchers at a pivotal stage of their early careers. Run by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, it aims to expand Hong Kong’s research talent pool, advance research and development, and foster a research culture through full-time postdoctoral appointments at UGC-funded universities.
The scheme selects 60 fellows annually across all academic disciplines, grouped into Humanities, Social Sciences and Business Studies; and Sciences, Medicine, Engineering and Technology. It also supports fellows who move into Assistant Professor positions, whether tenure-track or non-tenure-track, or Research Assistant Professor positions at UGC-funded universities during their fellowship.
