Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong
and
School of Life Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
University Student Sponsorship Programme in Wildlife Conservation 2014/15
Application Form
Notes to Applicants:
Please put (1) your completed application form, (2) your well-prepared resume AND (3) a copy of your
unofficial transcript into ONE WORD FILE and return no later than NOON, 30 September 2014 (Tue) to the
following address: cu.ussp@gmail.com, with the subject heading as "Your FULL NAME_CU_USSP1415".
Part I: Personal Particulars
Name:
Student ID:
Major:
Study Year: Year ______
Telephone (Home):
Telephone (Mobile):
Personal Email:
Latest CGPA:
( 3Y / 4Y )*
*Delete as appropriate
Part II: Choices of Research Project
Please indicate your preference by writing down “1” for the MOST interested project to “3” for the least
interested project in the boxes provided.
Preference
Project
Species
Location
Focus
Period
Community-Driven Monitoring and
Conservation of Palawan's Threatened
Dugongs
Dugongs
Palawan,
Philippines
Population survey &
impact of coastal
development
Mar-May
2015
Dispersal Pattern and Food Choice Study of
Post-released Captive Giant Panda
Giant
Panda
Sichuan,
China
Monitoring of
released giant
pandas
All year
around
Whale Shark and Marine Mammals of the
Northern Bohol Sea, Building the
Foundation for Long-term Conservation
Whale
Shark
Bohol,
Philippines
Assessment of
population status
Apr-May
2015
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Part III: Using the project codes, please state your most interested project* among the whole list
including projects assigned to other universities, and explain, in less than 300 words, the reasons
behind your preference and your strengths that could help you win this opportunity. You may refer
to the last page of this application form for the whole project list. [In English]
* If your most interested project is out of those assigned to your school, you still need to indicate your preference in
Part II, otherwise your application will be disqualified.
Project code: ______________________
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Part IV: Please describe, in less than 200 words, how badly you want to be one of the USSPers. [In
Chinese]
Part V: Please prepare and attach your FULL resume including but not limited to the following
categories:
1. Relevant Past Experience
a. Academic area (e.g. FYP, RA in lab)
b. Volunteer / Internship / working experience - conservation related
c. Volunteer / Internship/ working experience – non-conservation related
d. Exchange or self-planned travel experience
e. Responsibility in school societies or in other organizations
f. Other related programmes/ activities experience
2. Strength/ unique talent
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Project list of USSP 14.15
Project
code
Uni
Project
Species
Location
Focus
Period
HKU01
HKU
Eld’s Deer
India
HKU
Primates
Laos
Sample collection &
awareness
programme
Field observation of
primates
Dec 2014
- Feb 2015
HKU02
HKU03
HKU
Manta &
Mobulas
The
Philippines
Rays Fisheries
May-Jun
2015
CU01
CUHK
Dugongs
Palawan,
Philippines
CUHK
CU03
CUHK
Giant
Panda
Whale
Shark
Sichuan,
China
Bohol,
Philippines
Population survey &
impact of coastal
development
Monitoring of
released giant pandas
Assessment of
population status
Mar-May
2015
CU02
CITY01
CITYU
Population survey
May-Jun
2015
CITYU
Chinese
White
Dolphins
Chinese
Alligators
Taiwan
CITY02
Shanghai,
China
Population survey
May-Jun
2015
CITY03
CITYU
Whale
Shark
Bohol,
Philippines
Assessment of
population status
Apr-May
2015
UST01
HKUST
UST03
HKUST
Cambodian Crocodile Conservation
Programme: Launching the National Siamese
Crocodile Reintroduction and Reinforcement
Programme
UST04
HKUST
Community Conservation Programs for the
Conservation of the Chinese Pangolin Manis
pantaductyla in Central Nepal
Spare projects for tough students ONLY:
SP01
Monitoring of the Breeding Population and
Conservation Promotion of Chinese Crested
Tern Against Extinction
SP02
Wildlife Monitoring, Habitat Protection and
Community Awareness for Conservation of
Komodo Dragons in the Tujuh Belas Pulau
Reserve, North Flores, Indonesia
Siamese
Crocodiles
Cambodia
Population survey &
impact of coastal
development
Surveillance activities
in open wildlife
markets & community
awareness
Radio-tracking on
released crocodiles
Apr-Jun
2015
HKUST
Yangtze
Finless
Porpoise
-
Wuhan,
China
UST02
Study on Population Ecology of Rucervus
eldii eldii in Keibul Lamjao National Park,
Indo Burma Biodiversity Hotspot
Establishing A Primate Monitoring and
Protection Unit at the ‘Anoulak Field Station’
in Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected
Area, Laos
Fishing to the Brink of Extinction: Manta and
Mobulas Conservation Project in the Bohol
Sea
Community-Driven Monitoring and
Conservation of Palawan's Threatened
Dugongs
Dispersal Pattern and Food Choice Study of
Post-released Captive Giant Panda
Whale Shark and Marine Mammals of the
Northern Bohol Sea, Building the Foundation
for Long-term Conservation
Assessment on the Impact of Long-term
Habitat Loss on the Indo-Pacific Humpback
Dolphins off Western Taiwan
Survey and Evaluation of the Wild Chinese
Alligators in Dongtan Wetland, Chongming
Island
Whale Shark and Marine Mammals of the
Northern Bohol Sea, Building the Foundation
for Long-term Conservation
Population Status and Conservation
Strategies of Yangtze Finless Porpoise in
Tian'e Zhou National Nature Reserve
Scaling Up Tools for Effective Public
Engagement into Wildlife Conservation
Chinese
Pangolin
Nepal
Population survey &
community awareness
Dec 2014
Chinese
crested
tern
Komodo
dragon
Zhejiang,
China
Wild population
monitoring
Jun – Jul
2015
Indonesia
Wild population
monitoring,
community
awareness
Jun 2015
Guangdong,
China
All year
around
All year
around
Apr-May
2015
Dec 2014–
Feb 2015
Jan-Feb
2015
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