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School of Physics and Astronomy, SJTU Invites Global Talents for NSFC Excellent Young Scholars Fund (Overseas) !

About NSFC Excellent Young Scholars Fund (Overseas)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) launched the NSFC Excellent Young Scholars Fund (Overseas) in 2021, in order to encourage overseas outstanding young scholars (including non-Chinese foreigners) to work in China.

Application Requirements

(1) Comply with PRC law and academic integrity.

(2) Born after Jan 1, 1983.

(3) Have a doctorate degree.

(4) In principle, applicants shall have formal teaching or research position in an overseas university, college or scientific research institution and shall have such overseas work experience for more than consecutive 36 months before March 15, 2023 (for those applicants, who obtained doctorate degree overseas and with outstanding achievements, the required years of working may be reduced).

(5) Applicants should conduct relevant research in physics and/or astronomy and have made influential contributions and research achievements, and with the potential to become leading scientists or outstanding talents in the fields.

(6) Applicants have not worked full time in China, or have returned (or come) to work in China after Jan 1, 2022. If applicants are informed to get fund, they should resign from their oversea positions and work full time in China for at least 3 years.

Funding and Supports

NSFC will provide a fund of RMB 1-3 million for a three-year period.

Additionally, according to relevant policies of Shanghai authority and SJTU, we will provide attractive remuneration package, annual salary 550,000+RMB (pre-tax), research start-up funds 2000,000-6000,000 RMB (including the same amount match of the NSFC fund), housing allowance 2300,000+RMB (including the housing allowance from National and Shanghai Government), the well-decorated transitional talent apartments and relevant housing subsidies, high-quality medical services, as well as preferential admission policies and conditions for applicants' children.

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Contact Information

Interested applicants are encouraged to send CV to either of the following people by February 10th, 2023. Please note “NSFC Excellent Young Scholars application” in email. We are glad to provide services for your application.

Ms. Wang

[e-mail]

  [phone]

Ms. Zhang

[e-mail]

   [phone]

About SJTU and SPA

Established in 1896 and located in Shangha，Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China. With a shining history of more than 127 years, SJTU is implementing a grand blueprint for future development and making continued efforts to build a top university in the world.

The Department of Physics, SJTU was established in 1928. It was one of the earliest physics departments in China. In 2015, the Department established a strong program of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and was renamed as the School of Physics and Astronomy (SPA) in 2017. Taking the value of “high starting point, strong foundation, strict requirements, emphasis on practice and innovation”, SPA aims to build a world-class school of physics and astronomy. After a decade of rapid growth, SPA becomes one of the most vigorous and comprehensive physics departments nationwide. Now SJTU physics is the National First-Class Subject, and was ranked 40th worldwide (4th in China) by 2022 US News Subject Rankings.

SPA is located in Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, covering an area of more than 42,000 square meters, with a conducive working conditions and environment. SPA has a national collaborative innovation center, three key laboratories of the Ministry of Education and one Shanghai key laboratory, and has computational physics platform, micro-nano machining and testing platform and other public platforms.

SPA presently has more than 170 faculty members in total. In the past five years, we published 3,000+ peer-reviewed papers, with 500+ papers are published in top journals such as Science (series), Nature (series), and PRL/PRX. We secured 400+ research programs from central government agencies, and the annual total budget has been 100+ million RMB for a decade’s time.

SPA seeks highly qualified candidates with physics and/or astronomy backgrounds, including the research areas:

Physics

Particle and nuclear physics 

Condensed matter physics 

Plasma physics 

Optics 

Atomic and molecular physics computational physics 

Soft matter and biophysics

Astronomy 

Observational cosmology

 Theoretical cosmology

 Galaxy formation

 Galaxy dynamics

 Stellar physics

 Time domain astronomy & exoplanets

We welcome you to join School of Physics and Astronomy SJTU

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