What is the Career and Leadership Fund (CLF)?
The Career and Leadership Fund (CLF) provides financial support to help CityU students enhance their leadership skills and employability.
What kind of projects are eligible?
Projects or initiatives that aim at raising awareness of career planning among students; equipping students with necessary attributes, skills & knowledge to foster their leadership & upward mobility; and enhancing students’ employability & career achievements. Preference will be given to projects that encourage or involve cross-disciplinary and/or cross-cultural collaboration. Examples of potential CLF projects include, but not limited to
Who can benefit from the funding?
Funding is restricted to support UGC-funded students enrolled in any undergraduate or postgraduate degree programmes.
Who can apply?
CityU departments, academic or administrative; or student societies may apply. Applications from individual students will not be accepted. For student societies, a full-time CityU staff (“Staff in charge” or “SIC”) must be identified to oversee the whole project. Information of the SIC must be included in the application.
Application must be approved by the respective Head of Department / School / Division before submission.
How to apply?
The project proposal has to be prepared in the format as specified in the application form (Download Template). The proposal must include a dissemination plan addressing outcomes of the event through, for example, project/event webpages or social media.
Completed application form, duly endorsed by Head of Department / School / Division, in soft copy (both word and pdf formats) and supporting documents (e.g. CV of trainers, quotations) should be submitted to Career and Leadership Centre via email CLFund@cityu.edu.hk by the application deadline. Incomplete or late application will not be processed.
Timeline and Application
Application deadline | 8 March 2024 |
Announcement of result | 15 Apr 2024 |
Project completion date | 30 August 2024 |
All project proposals will be evaluated by an Assessment Panel chaired by Associate Provost (Student Life) or her nominee based on the following criteria:
Project outcome dissemination and Reporting
Successful applicants are required to submit a report and a financial statement (Download Template), in English, within TWO months upon completion of the project.
Management of Approved Funding
Based on the decision of the Assessment Panel, the approved funding will be downloaded to the account of the department to which the applicant / SIC (in case the applicant is a student society) belongs. The applicants or SICs (in case the applicants are student societies) are required to monitor the use of funding in accordance with the specifications listed in the applications and in compliance with the University’s financial policies and procedures. The approved funding must be expended according to the budget plan as written on the application form (Note).
Subsequent change in the budget will require strong justifications and prior approval of the Chair of the Assessment Panel (“Panel Chair”). Any unspent balance of the project has to be returned to the Career and Leadership Fund at the end of the financial year 30 June 2024 or at the end of the project completion, whichever is earlier.
Note:
If an activity/ event of a project will be held in July or August 2024, a separate budget for the aforesaid event should be prepared. The relevant budget, if approved, will be downloaded to the account of the department to which the applicant / SIC (in case the applicant is a student society) belongs for the financial year 2024-2025.
Jan 2024 (rev)