The Fellowship Programme falls into two categories: Fellowship Scheme (Regular Staff) and Fellowship Scheme (Those Who Are Not Regular Staff).

The Fellowship Scheme (Regular Staff) will provide support for UM scholars to complete their distinguished academic works at final stage of conclusion. The support will include funding for hiring substitute teachers.

The Fellowship Scheme (Those Who Are Not Regular Staff) is designed for senior or leading external scholars. It also aims to cultivate outstanding young scholars, offering opportunities for them to communicate with and learn from external senior scholars and internal scholars. Young and senior scholars can draw encouragement and inspiration from each other in the IAS. According to the visit plans and qualifications of the scholars, visiting fellows will receive different levels of funding from the university.

Objectives

  • To enhance the research capacity, publication quality, and international impact of the faculty in humanities and social sciences at UM;
  • To enrich the scholarship and intellectual dialogue in humanities on campus;
  • To strengthen international exchange and collaboration in humanities at UM; and
  • To promote intellectual giving-back of UM to the Macao society.

Categories

  1. Fellowship Scheme (Regular Staff)
  2. Fellowship Scheme (Those Who Are Not Regular Staff)

Details

Fellowship Scheme (Regular Staff)

  • Fellows of Excellent Publication Scheme
  • Fellows of Signature Research Cluster Project

1. Details

  • Excellent Publication Scheme

The Excellent Publication Scheme is launched by the Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IAS) to encourage faculty doing impactful research to publish their research outputs in leading international publication platforms of their fields.

    • Requirements

The main body of the research prepared for publication must be completed, i.e., 80 percent or the whole draft has been ready. It is preferable if the applicants can provide acceptance letter/contract or initial comments and requirements of revision from the journals or publishers. The Fellows of Excellent Publication Scheme continue to use their office at the home departments. However, they should actively participate in the academic activities of IAS and submit the outcomes to the Office of IAS in due course for the purpose of record.

    • Support

To encourage UM’s regular academic staff to apply for the Fellows of Excellent Publication Scheme, IAS will provide successful applicants with one-time funding to relieve their teaching duties by recruiting substitute teachers, and/or to cover some expenses of publication and staffing.

The duration of the aforementioned programme is normally for 6 months. Longer duration will be treated as exceptional cases.

    • Ways of Application
      1. UM faculty who plan to apply the Excellent Publication Scheme using their sabbatical leave can directly apply to IAS after filling out Section One to Section Three of the form listed below. They will sign a mutual agreement with IAS upon the approval of their application. The research outcomes should be counted towards the outcomes of their affiliated academic unit after the fulfillment of the agreement.
      2. Applicants without sabbatical leave should seek the consent of the affiliated department and faculty. Section Four of the application form must be completed by the department head and faculty dean. Applicants will sign the tripartite agreement with their affiliated faculty and IAS upon the approval of their application. The research outcomes should be counted towards the outcomes of their affiliated academic unit after the fulfillment of the agreement
  • Signature Research Cluster Project

UM regular faculty will be automatically appointed as Fellows of Signature Research Cluster Project upon the approval of their research project as one under either one of the three Signature Research Clusters. The Fellows of Excellent Publication Scheme continue to use their office at the home departments. However, they should actively participate in the academic activities of IAS and submit the outcomes to the Office of IAS in due course for the purpose of record.

Fellow of Signature Research Cluster Project does not need to make an application.

2. Scheme Introduction and Application Form

Due to the pandemic, applications for the Non-regular Fellowship scheme in 2022 and 2023 will be suspended until further notice.

Fellowship Scheme (Those Who Are Not Regular Staff)

The Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (hereinafter referred to as “IAS”) sets up a number of quotas annually for researchers who are not regular UM academic staff. Applicants of this category can either directly apply to IAS, through research projects under Signature Research Cluster, or through collaborating institutions of IAS.

1. Details

  • Scheme Requirements
    1. External scholars will sign an agreement with IAS upon the approval of their application. The research outcomes should be attributed to UM or indicate the contribution of UM after the fulfillment of the agreement.
    2. Visiting fellows should attend office arranged by IAS or work in the library of UM for no less than three days weekly.
    3. Visiting fellows should actively participate in the activities of IAS, carry out research and interact with the faculty members and students of UM.
    4. Visiting fellows may need to engage in teaching or supervise postgraduate students.
    5. Visiting fellows are required to submit their academic outcomes to the Office of IAS in due course for the purpose of record
  • Scheme Support
    1. IAS will provide monthly payment or allowances, as well as other subsidies and arrangements, including transportation, housing, basic medical services and so on, for non-local visiting fellow whose application has been approved. The details will be determined by IAS in consultation with the applicants based on academic background, international standing, and other relevant factors in the application.
    2. The duration of the visit is normally no more than 6 months. Extension may be granted for exceptional cases
    3. IAS will provide visiting fellows with basic amenities, such as office，computer and stationery, as circumstances permit. Visiting fellows are entitled to use the library, online materials and sports facilities of the University of Macau (UM).

2. Scheme Introduction and Application Form