各单位：
博士后国际交流计划引进项目资助优秀的外籍（境外）和留学博士来华（回国）在国内博士后设站单位从事博士后研究工作，为期2年。资助经费由全国博士后管理委员会和博士后设站单位共同承担，其中全国博士后管理委员会资助每人每年20万元人民币，包括在华从事博士后研究期间个人的生活开支、住房补助、社会保险及来华往返国际旅费等。
2019年度计划资助300人。
一、申请条件
1、年龄一般不超过35周岁，思想品德端正，身体健康。
2、申请人须为近3年内获得博士学位的外籍或留学回国博士。
3、申请人博士毕业学校应为世界排名前100名的高校，或者其博士学位所属学科排名全球前100名（以当年度最新上海软科世界大学学术排名Academic Ranking of World Universities、泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名Times Higher Education World University Ranking、QS世界大学排名QS World University Rankings、U.S.News世界大学排名U.S.News& World Report为参考）。对“一带一路”沿线国家的申请人，条件可放宽至博士毕业学校为本国排名前3名的高校。根据中德博士后交流项目合作框架，在德国获得博士学位的留学人员或外籍博士，如获得德国亥姆霍兹联合会正式推荐可申请本项目，不受学校或专业排名限制（联系方式：德国亥姆霍兹联合会驻北京办事处何宏 010-65907866, hehong@helmholtz.cn）。
4、申请人自主联系校内博士后科研流动站，并获得流动站单位正式推荐。
5、能够保证在华从事博士后研究工作不少于20个月。
6、博士学位在读期间取得突出的研究成果。
7、非英语国家的人员应具有良好的中文（或英文）听、说、读、写能力。
8、国内在职人员不能申报本项目。
9、此前未获得过博士后国（境）外交流项目或博士后创新人才支持计划资助。
二、申报时间
申请人全年可随时申报，设站单位随时审核。全国博士后管委会办公室以3月15日、6月15日、9月15日为接收申报材料的时间节点，分批次组织评审（即本通知印发之日起至3月15日收到的申报材料参加2019年第一次评审，以此类推）。
申请人为在站博士后人员的，其进站时间须不早于提交申报材料时相邻批次时间节点的6个月以内。
三、遴选程序
遴选程序为个人申请，学校审核，全国博士后管委会办公室组织评审并公布资助结果。具体程序为：
申请人登录中国博士后网站“国外境外交流项目”申报系统，填写相关信息，并上传《博士后国际交流计划引进项目申请表》及主要证明材料原件扫描件。同时，将纸质申请材料报送人事部114办公室。
四、主要证明材料包括：
1、有效身份证件；
2、博士学位证书和《国(境)外学历学位认证书》或《中外合作办学国(境)外学历学位认证书》或中国驻外使领馆出具的外籍人员国(境)外学历学位认证；
3、《申请表》中列出的主要科研工作及学术成果证明材料。
申报所需表格请在中国博士后网站首页“表格下载”中下载。
联系人：史晓楠 联系电话：02767867675
联系邮箱:bsh@mail.ccnu.edu.cn
人事部（校博管办）
2019年1月25日
Postdoctoral International Exchange Program
I. Project Introduction
The Postdoctoral International Exchange Programis 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 in a Chinese institution. The successful candidates would be co-funded for two years, by the Office of China Postdoc Council (OCPC) and the host institution: an allowances of 200,000 RMB each year shall be provided by OCPC and another 100,000 RMB per year by the host institution/group, 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.
300 postdoctoral fellows shall be supported in this program in 2019.
II. Eligibility
1. The applicants shall be under 35 year’s 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.
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 theFramework 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 hehong@helmoltz.cn).
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.
III. Application Timeline
The Chinese host institutions with a postdoctoral station are open to application through the whole year, but OCPC will evaluate the applications forwarded through a postdoctoral station three times a year, namely 15th March, 15th June and 15th September. (For example, applications arrived in OCPC before 15th March will be the first batch to be evaluated and approved in 2019, and so for the rest rounds).
Those applicants, who have already been enrolled as postdoctoral fellow in a postdoctoral station, would be possibly accepted, if their starting time would not be more than 6 months until being evaluated by OCPC on the three deadlines for making decision in the year.
IV. Application and Review
The application shall be filed by the applicants to their wished host institutions and pass through their evaluation. OCPC will then organize the review in Beijing on the recommended applications and announce the final results. The procedure is listed as in the following:
1.Application Procedures
Before applying for this program, all the applicants shall search for a supervisor in a university, research institute orcompanyhosting a postdoctoral research station. There are4185 OCPC authorized postdoctoral stationsfor this program, which could be retrieved from the front page ofwww.chinapostdoctor.org.cn,which is the official website for all the postdoctoral programs in China.
One shall first of all get an oral commitment for supporting his/her application from the supervisor and the postdoc-station, and then moves to the second step of onlineregistration.
The OCPC online registration window is also on the first page of the official website. One can find the button to access the“International Postdoctoral Exchange Programs”.
One shall fill in online theApplication Form of the International Postdoctoral Fellow Program and upload all the scanned copy of supporting materials.Once this registration is down, a completed ready to print application form would be generated. All the applicants shall send this completed and printed application form plus the supporting materials in paper form to their wished host institution for evaluation and recommendation.
Thesupporting materials required include:
(1)A valid ID;
(2)PhD diploma or the certificate of thesis defense. Doctoral students who have not defended their thesis are allowed to apply for the program, but must provide their PhD diploma when register in the host institution.
(3)Certifications for major research and academic achievements listed in theApplication Form.
All the forms related to the OCPCApplications could beretrieved on the front page of the official website of OCPC, includingthis programfor gaining excellent scientists to China.
2.Evaluation by a host institution
The host institutions shall review all the individual application materials, summarize and write down their comments and decision on eachApplication Form. Then, all the postdoctoral stations shall compile all the materials together and get them posted to OCPC before the deadline of each application period (15thMarch/June/September). Each postdoctoral station with at least one applicant shall provide Summary Table containing all the candidates passing through their selection. OCPC will expect the paperback application materials combined with this Summery Table from each postdoctoral station.
V. Announcement of results
The final OCPC decision would be announced in May, August and November 2019 respectively.
VI.Operation manual for eacch applicant
Step 1: Log in
The applicants should log onto the application system for“International Exchange Programs Overseas or in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan”, the official website for post-doctoral programs in China, and upload required materials.
Applicants who are postdoc fellows already being enrolled by a postdoctoral station, can log onto the system with their user name and password; All the rest need to register a user name before entering the system.
Step 2: Fill in the application form and print the form and other supporting materials
The applicants need to download, fill in and upload theApplication Formafter entering the system. Meanwhile, they need to upload required supporting materials such as PhD diploma and certificates of English proficiency, oral defense, patent etc.
Notes:Applicants who are enrolled postdoc fellows shall stick to their original information concerning host institution, research topic and supervisor.
Step 3: Submit application materials
The applicants should send two copies of the printed materials to the host institute as required after having finished the online registration on the application platform.
