For staff

Supervisor can have a maximum of three projects in each round. There can be no more than six research students per project.
For each project, a supervisor must be identified, particularly when more than one supervisor is named on a project.
The duration of a project is typically 5-10 weeks. The project should be undertaken from after final exams to late August.
The project must be innovative, have clear objectives, detailed content, operable methods, and a reasonable budget.
Supervisor must be on-site to supervise the project or make appropriate arrangements for student supervision. Supervisor will be required to sign a declaration ensuring student supervision.
For project using XJTLU internal SURF fund, the supervisor should be an XJTLU academic staff member with sufficient background in the relevant field; For project using non-XJTLU funds, the supervisor can be industrial supervisor or external mentor of XJTLU.
For project using XJTLU internal SURF fund, results/products from the projects are the property of XJTLU and can be utilised in other areas of learning, teaching and research as seen appropriate by XJTLU. For project cooperating with external partners, results/products from the projects can be jointly owned by both parties.

For Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Guideline for Academic Staff can be accessed via Intranet.