Postdoctoral Positions available for Talent-Introduction Program

NOTICE

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Project Introduction 

The Postdoctoral International Exchange Program is targeted at excellent international young scientists holding a PhD degree (including those Chinese based in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan of China, as well as young Chinese received a PhD degree abroad and not yet returned to China by the time of application) pursuing postdoctoral research at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). The successful candidates would be co-funded for two years, by the Office of China Postdoc Council (OCPC) and Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT): an allowances of 200,000 RMB each year shall be provided by OCPC and another 140,000-500,000 RMB per year by Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), which would be used for covering the individual living expenses related to their stay in China, including housing allowances, social insurance and round-trip international travel expenses etc.

400 postdoctoral fellows shall be supported in this program in 2020.

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Eligibility  

1. The applicants shall be under 35 years old decent personal in good health. 

2. The applicants shall be foreign nationals or defined Chinese as above, who have obtained a doctoral degree within the recent three years.

3. The applicants shall have obtained their doctoral degrees from a university in the Global Top 100 University List; or the research discipline in the department/faculty for PhD degree is ranked in the Top 100 discipline list (taking the latest information of Shanghai Ranking''s Academic Ranking of World Universities, Times Higher Education World University Ranking, QS World University Ranking and U.S.News & World Report as reference). For applicants from countries located along the “One Belt and One Road” region, the applicants shall have graduated with doctoral degrees from the top 3 universities of their country. According to the Framework of Cooperation for China-Germany Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program, in order to consolidate the long lasting collaboration with the Centres/Institutes of Helmholtz Association, European or Chinese applicants with their PhD degrees from Germany, the requirement on university ranking or discipline would be waived, in case they are supported by a formal recommendation from Helmholtz Association, . (Contact: Dr. HE Hong, Beijing Office of Helmholtz-Association   010-65907866      [e-mail]).

4. The applicants shall contact a host research institution in China with an in-house postdoctoral station on their own and pass through the first selected and receive an official recommendation from the host institution/postdoctoral station for the final evaluation through OCPC. 

5. The successful applicants shall be bound to the research for at least 20 months in China for the two-year postdoctoral program.

6. The applicants shall have excellent academic record during their doctoral study.

7. Applicants from non-English speaking countries must have sufficient proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing of Chinese or English. 

8. Those Chinese researchers having a full employment are not eligible for this program; all the funded researchers shall conduct full-time postdoctoral studies during the two-year project.

9. The applicants shall have not yet been supported by another OCPC international postdoctoral fellow program or postdoctoral innovative talents supporting program.

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Application Timeline 

   Since 2020, the OCPC has adopted the selection method of "individual application, the host institutes recommendation, first come first served, direct funding" for the doctoral graduates from the Top 30 universities in the world (listed in the application system). This year, it plans to subsidize 100 people (including 50 returned students and 50 foreigners), and the number of subsidized places will be used up.

For applicants who are not directly funded, the OCPC will organize expert review in two batches (the first batch is due on March 15, and the second batch is due on September 15).

The results will be published in two batches in May and October.

Contact Us

Postdoctoral Management Office in BITTel：[phone]
E-mail：[e-mail]

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