Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellowships for International Applicants in China

CAS
President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) for 2016
Date:2015-07-01
Description 
The
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) offers a package of international
fellowships, collectively called the “CAS President’s International
Fellowship Initiative (PIFI)”, to support highly-qualif

ied international scientists
and postgraduate students to work and study at CAS institutions and
strengthen their scientific collaboration with CAS researchers. The PIFI
program is available for four categories of international researchers and
students: distinguished scientists, visiting scientists, postdoctoral
researchers and international PhD students. 

Fellowships 
Category
A: PIFI for Distinguished Scientists
 
The CAS
President’s International Fellowship for Distinguished Scientists supports
leading international scientists to conduct a lecture tour at CAS for 1-2
weeks. Each professor is invited to visit at least two CAS-affiliated
institutions (research institutes or universities) to lecture and interact
with CAS researchers and postgraduate students. He or she is also expected to
host CAS postdoctoral researchers at CAS expenses at his or her lab for a
research stay of 1-3 months.
 
This
fellowship provides each awardee with a stipend of
50,000 per week, to cover all expenses for this
lecture tour, including a round-trip international airfare, accommodation,
meals, transportation and honorarium.
 
Eligibility
Criteria
 
Candidates
should be well established and internationally recognized scientists in their
respective research fields, having obtained outstanding scientific
accomplishment and prestigious international honors, awards or prizes.
 
Category
B: PIFI for Visiting Scientists
 
The CAS
President’s International Fellowship for Visiting Scientists supports
high-caliber international scientists to carry out cooperative projects at
CAS-affiliated institutions for 1-12 months. The fellowship aims to create or
strengthen partnerships between CAS host institutions and the recipients’
home institutions.
 
The
fellowship provides a monthly stipend to cover living expenses, health
insurance in China, and economy-class round-trip international travel.
Awardees of full professor or equivalent title, associate professor or
equivalent title, and assistant professor or equivalent title will receive
stipends of
40,000, 30,000 and 20,000
per month respectively.
 
Eligibility
Criteria
 
 Candidates should have:  
  1.  Academic title of at
least assistant professor or equivalent;
 
  2.  A record of
outstanding scientific accomplishment;
 
  3.  Five years’ work
experience in a well-known university, research institution or multinational
corporation;
 
  4.  A collaborative
research proposal prepared in cooperation with the CAS host institution.
 
*
Successful UK applicants for category B is supported by CAS-Royal Society exchange
programs under the “UK-China Research and Innovation Partnership Fund”.
 
♦ 
Category C: PIFI for Postdoctoral Researchers
 
The CAS
President’s International Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers supports
promising young international scientists to conduct research at
CAS-affiliated institutions for 1-2 years.
 
CAS
offers an annual salary to postdoctoral researchers to cover living expenses
and health insurance in China. Each selected awardee will receive a pre-tax
stipend of
200,000 per year. In addition,
the fellowship provides an economy-class round-trip international travel.
 
Eligibility
Criteria
 
 Candidates should:  
  1.  Be citizens of a
country which has diplomatic relations with China
 
  2.  Hold a PhD in natural
or technological sciences;
 
  3.  Be under the age of
40;
 
  4.  Have a recommendation
from a CAS host researcher;
 
  5.  Be able to communicate
well with the CAS host researcher;
 
  6.  Present a
collaborative research proposal prepared in cooperation with the CAS host
institution.
 
*
Successful UK applicants for category C is supported by CAS-Royal Society
exchange programs under the “UK-China Research and Innovation Partnership
Fund”.
 

Category D: PIFI for International PhD Students
 
The CAS-TWAS
President’s Fellowship for International PhD Students supports 200
international graduates each year, to pursue their PhD degrees at the
University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), the University of
Science and Technology of China (USTC) or CAS institutes around China.
 
International
students will take regular training courses at UCAS/USTC for about a year and
carry out research and dissertation at CAS institutes. In addition to tuition
waivers, this program will provide travel support and visa application fees
for selected awardee, as well as a monthly allowance to each awardee.
 
Eligibility
Criteria
 
 Candidates should: 
  1.  Be citizens of a
country which has diplomatic relations with China ;
 
  2.  Be under the age of
35;
 
  3.  Have no other
assignments during the period of his/her fellowship;
 
  4.  Meet the admission
criteria for international students of UCAS/USTC;
 
  5.  Hold a Master’s degree
before the start of the fellowship period;
 
  6.  Have working
proficiency in either English or Chinese;
 
APPLICATION
PROCEDURE
 
1. 
Applications for categories A, B or C must be submitted through the main
host institution affiliated to CAS. Applications submitted by individuals
will NOT be accepted
.
 
 Before applying: 
  ► Identify an appropriate CAS
host researcher working as a faculty member at a CAS-affiliated host
institution. (For a full list of CAS-affiliated host institutions, please
refer to http://english.cas.cn/institutes/research_bodies/.)
 
  ► Work out a short-term
visitor’s program or research proposal with the CAS host researcher before
completing the application form.
 
 Before submitting, the
following documents should be prepared:
 
  ► Application form in English
(Please download the application form from http://english.bic.cas.cn/AF/Fe/201507/P020150723556104375165.xls)
 
  ► A recent passport-sized
digital photograph (in color)
 
  ► Copy of passport data page 
  ► Personal CV in English (including
education and work experience)
 
  ► Copy of the highest obtained
educational diploma/degree certificate, and/or professional qualification
certificates
 
  ► Research proposal(except
applicants for distinguished scientists), including objective, detailed
description of project, timetable and reasons for the collaboration
 
  ► One recommendation letter
from CAS host researcher, in Chinese
 
  ► For postdoctoral researchers,
two recommendation letters from two professors in relevant fields (one of whom
should be the applicant’s former PhD supervisor)
 
 Submission: 
  ► Send your application form
and all material to your CAS host researcher and he/she will take
responsibility to submit your application via our online application system
 
  ► If the applicant intends to
cooperate with more than one CAS institution, it is the responsibility of the
main host institution to submit the application.
 
 Notice: 
 The deadline for submitting all
material and applications is 1st, September of every year.
 
 For further inquiries, please
contact
: 
  Bureau of International
Cooperation
 
  Chinese Academy of Sciences 
  52 Sanlihe Road, Xicheng
District, Beijing 100864, China
 
  Tel: +86-10-6859 7521 
  Fax: +86-10-6851 1095 
  Website: http://english.bic.cas.cn/ 
2. Applications for category D must be accepted by
your CAS host supervisor. Application CANNOT be submitted to both UCAS and
USTC at the same time.
 
 Before applying: 
  ► Identify an eligible host
supervisor affiliated with UCAS/USTC universities, schools or CAS institutes,
and send him/her an explanatory e-mail together with your CV and research
proposal.
 
    Please visit UCAS or USTC
to get the list of eligible schools/institutes and supervisors.
 
 Before submitting, the
following documents should be prepared:
 
  ► Admission application form
for International Students
 
  ► Supervisor’s comment page
with your host supervisor’s signature and CAS-affiliated institution’s stamp
 
  ► Two recommendation letters
from two referees familiar with you and your work (Preferably TWAS members,
but not a mandatory requirement)
 
  ► Notarized photocopy of the
certificate of university degrees held (both undergraduate and postgraduate;
graduates having just completed their degree may provide a pre-graduation
certificate)
 
  ► Proof of knowledge of English
and/or Chinese
 
  ► Notarized photocopy of
transcripts of both undergraduate and post-graduate education
 
  ► Complete CV 
  ► Detailed research proposal 
  ► Copy of passport data page 
  ► Photocopies of all the title
pages and abstracts of maximum 5 published academic papers;
 
  ► Foreigner physical
examination form
 
 Submission:  
  ► Visit the official website of
UCAS (http://english.ucas.ac.cn/Pages/default.aspx)
or USTC (http://en.ustc.edu.cn/)
for the Call for Applications. Each applicant should follow the instruction
to file his/her application.
 
  ► Please DO NOT send any of
your supporting documentations directly to UCAS or USTC Fellowship
sub-office.
 
 Notice: 
 Applicants currently pursuing
PhD degrees at any university/institution in China CANNOT apply for the
CAS-TWAS President’s fellowship.
 
   
The
deadline for submitting all material and applications is 31st, March
of every year 
.
  For further inquiries, please
contact:
 
  ► Applicants for UCAS, please
inquire:
 
   CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship
Programme UCAS Office (UCAS)
 
   University of Chinese Academy
of Sciences
 
   19A Yuquanlu, Beijing, 100049,
China
 
   Tel: +86 10 88256424/6206 
   Fax: +86 10 88256207 
   Email:
president-fellowship@ucas.ac.cn
 
  ► Applicants for USTC, please
inquire:
 
   CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship
Programme USTC Office (USTC)
 
   University of Science and
Technology of China
 
   96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui,
230026 China
 
   Tel: +86 551 63607981 
   Fax: +86 551 63607982 
   Email:
presidentfellow@ustc.edu.cn
 

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