Scholarships

Scholarships & Awards

The Food and Nutritional Sciences (FNSC) Programme recognizes and supports academic excellence, leadership, and personal growth through a range of programme-specific and industry-sponsored scholarships. All scholarships listed below are exclusively available to FNSC major students.

FNS Academic Scholarship

Description	Awarded annually to outstanding students in recognition of top academic achievement
Eligibility	FNSC undergraduate students in their 4^th year of study or above who has completed the internship and/or final year project Demonstrate outstanding qualities of academic performance, and/or research ability / potential Major GPA 3.30 or above
No. of Recipient(s) per year	5-6

FNS Student Development Scholarship

Description	Awarded annually to students actively engaged in personal and professional development activities
Eligibility	FNSC major undergraduate students in their 2^nd year of study or above Contribution to FNSC student activities GPA of 3.00 or above Good communication and interpersonal skills, and leadership abilities.
No. of Recipient(s) per year	5-6

Nissin Foods Scholarships

Description

Generously supported by Nissin Foods (Hong Kong) Charity Fund to top-performing students

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Eligibility

FNS major undergraduate students in their 2^nd year of study or above, or MPhil-PhD students.
Must be Hong Kong or Mainland Chinese students.
Cumulative GPA of 3.3 or above.
Applicants must demonstrate agreement with the Nissin Foods Founder’s Philosophy:

Peace will come to the world when there is enough food (食足世平)
Create foods to serve society (食創為世)
Eat wisely for beauty and health (美健賢食)
Food related jobs are sacred profession (食為聖職)

Submission Requirements

New Applicants: A study project or thesis plan.
Renewal Applicants: A progress report on the study project or thesis plan.
Graduating Applicants: A final report accompanied by an abstract.

Remarks

The scholarship is tenable for up to three years, subject to annual review
Recipients are expected to attend official scholarship-related events organized by CUHK or the donor (e.g., the Scholarship Presentation Ceremony).

No. of Recipient(s) per year

4 new awards, plus renewals

Nestlé Award in Food Science

Description	Sponsored by Nestlé to recognize excellence in food science studies
Eligibility	For a full-time undergraduate student of the Food and Nutritional Sciences Programme on the merit of his/her overall performance in Food Science subjects.
No. of Recipient(s) per year	1

Nutricia Prize for FNS Students

Description	Sponsored by Nutricia to encourage academic excellence in nutrition
Eligibility	For a full-time undergraduate student of the Food and Nutritional Sciences Programme with the best result in his/her final year project.
No. of Recipient(s) per year	1