< Prestigious Fellowship Scheme under the Humanities and Social Sciences Panel (HSSPFS)
Date of application/ usual deadline
Deadline: 31 January 2013
Eligibility
Each Institution has a quota of 5 nominations in each exercise. Eligible applicant should be an academic staff member of a UGC-funded institution with conditions of employment meeting all the following requirements:
i. having a full-time1 appointment in the institution proper2;
ii. being in Staff Grades from 'A' to 'I'3 (i.e. from 'Professor' to 'Assistant Lecturer');
iii. being primarily engaged in and spending at least 80% of time in degree or higher degree work at the institution proper; and
iv. salary being wholly funded4 by the institution proper.
An academic staff member who is engaged in non-degree programmes wholly funded from the General Funds of the institution concerned may also be eligible. Visiting scholars are not eligible for being nominated under the HSSPFS. Cases of exceptional circumstances may be considered by the RGC on a case-by-case basis.
i. having a full-time1 appointment in the institution proper2;
ii. being in Staff Grades from 'A' to 'I'3 (i.e. from 'Professor' to 'Assistant Lecturer');
iii. being primarily engaged in and spending at least 80% of time in degree or higher degree work at the institution proper; and
iv. salary being wholly funded4 by the institution proper.
An academic staff member who is engaged in non-degree programmes wholly funded from the General Funds of the institution concerned may also be eligible. Visiting scholars are not eligible for being nominated under the HSSPFS. Cases of exceptional circumstances may be considered by the RGC on a case-by-case basis.
Procedure/ Remarks
Applicants will be evaluated on a competitive basis through peer review on the following criteria:
a. the quality of the proposals with regard to the methodology, scope, theoretical framework, and grounding in the relevant literature;
b. the potential of the proposed work to advance the fields of study in which they are proposed and to make an original and significant contribution to knowledge;
c. the feasibility of the proposed work and the likelihood that the applicants will execute the work within the proposed timeframe;
d. the qualifications and track record of the applicants; and
e. evidence of significant and appropriate institutional support for a Fellowship application.
a. the quality of the proposals with regard to the methodology, scope, theoretical framework, and grounding in the relevant literature;
b. the potential of the proposed work to advance the fields of study in which they are proposed and to make an original and significant contribution to knowledge;
c. the feasibility of the proposed work and the likelihood that the applicants will execute the work within the proposed timeframe;
d. the qualifications and track record of the applicants; and
e. evidence of significant and appropriate institutional support for a Fellowship application.
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