The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is dedicated to nurture young researchers, with seven awardees selected by the RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (PDFS) in 2024/25.
The seven awardees will engage in projects covering a diversified fields including linguistics, electronic engineering, building and real estate, rehabilitation sciences, aviation engineering, applied biology and chemical technology and biomedical engineering. This demonstrates PolyU’s research excellence in multidisciplinary fields and the development of young scholars.
These PDFS awardees are subject to final confirmation of their selection. The RGC PDFS aims to encourage doctoral graduates in pursuing career in research and provide promising researchers with support at a pivotal time in their very early career, so as to ensure a supply of talent with scientific and research skills for research and development in Hong Kong. The PDFS provides support to 50 awardees for a period of 36 months in terms of full-time appointment as a postdoctoral fellow at a UGC-funded university in each round of the yearly exercise.
