The  purpose  of  Hong  Kong  Mathematical  Society  Award  for  Young  Scholars  is  to  recognize  outstanding achievements of young scholars who are working in the institutions in Hong Kong not exceeding  the  age  of  45 in  the  fields  of  pure  and  applied  mathematics,  and  statistics.  All  submissions will go through a formal evaluation process by a panel of established scholars.

Submissions will be judged on the following criteria:

- Significance of results 
- Originality of work

Eligible candidates for the Award are full time faculty members working in the institutions in Hong Kong not exceeding the age of 45 on January 1st of the year of award with the major work done in Hong Kong in the fields of pure and applied mathematics and statistics.

The  candidates  should  submit  a  statement  describing  the  research,  and  up  to  three  representative  articles. In principle, the representative articles should have been published or accepted by referred journals at the time of submission. The candidates should arrange three reference letters to be sent to HKMS at taoluo@cityu.edu.hk directly by referees.

The  selection  committee  consists  of  two  to  three  members  at  large  of  HKMS  and  two  external  members.

Submissions must be received no later than 31 January 2019 to be considered for the 2019 Award. 
All materials must be submitted electronically to Professor Tao Luo, taoluo@cityu.edu.hk.