To attract and cultivate academically outstanding PhDs, the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science at Xiamen University (MEL) initiated the MEL PhD Fellowship in 2016. We are currently accepting applications for 2023.
Application requirements
Applicants for the MEL PhD Fellowship Program must have completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree prior to their admission date and should be seeking admission as full-time PhD students at Xiamen University. They must have consulted with a MEL faculty member and confirmed his or her role as their supervisor. The program is not open to individuals who have already earned or are currently studying for a doctoral degree.
Applicants who start a PhD program right after completion of a bachelors will be allowed to apply for the program twice (in the year applying for the PhD and the following year).
Research topic
Fellowships are offered in diverse fields within MEL’s research scope. And the topic of the applicant's doctoral dissertation should be related to MEL’s various research directions. (For more information: http:/research/scope.htm.
Support
MEL offers 10 PhD Fellowship places each year. Xiamen University provides every PhD student with a fixed annual stipend of RMB 33,000 (equivalent to USD 4,500) for a maximum of 4 years. In addition, MEL will also provide successful applicants RMB 12,500 (equivalent to USD 1,700) per year during the study period.
Note: Applicants who have been awarded under the Nanqiang Outstanding PhD Cultivating Program by Xiamen University are not eligible for the MEL PhD Fellowship Program.
Students' assessment and responsibilities
MEL PhD Fellowship awardees are assessed annually. As part of the assessment they must give an oral presentation reporting on their research progress at the Graduate Student Academic Forum held by MEL, the College of Ocean and Earth Sciences or the College of the Environment and Ecology. They will be assessed by the committee panel and ranked either A, B or C. If students are not ranked “A” for 2 successive years, their annual stipend will be halved; if students are not ranked “A” for a 3rd year, their fellowship will be canceled. The fellowship will also be canceled if students are found to violate any laws, regulations, disciplinary or academic ethics.
Fellowship awardees must acknowledge support by the MEL PhD Fellowship in their publications, presentations and other research outcomes (e.g., “This work was supported by the PhD Fellowship of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science at Xiamen University.”).
Apply Here：
http://melmeeting.xmu.edu.cn/fellowship/login.asp
