I. Recruitment Conditions

1. Be excellent in both conductand learning, good health with age under 40.

2. Applicant should have received the Ph.D degree for less than three years at the date of application.

3. The cooperative supervisor’s agreement to admission after the supervisor has a full and thorough knowledge about the applicant’s academic level and morality.

II. Requirements for the Entranceof the Station

1. After admission, the cooperative supervisor should present a review comment at “Review comment form of the academic department of the authority faculty of the postdoctoral station”, which should be submitted to the Doctor Management Office (DMO) of JiangsuUniversity after it is approved by the responsible person of the station.

2. After agreed by the cooperative supervisor, the authority faculty of the station and the DMO of the university,the applicant should make application at China Postdoctoral Website and make contact with the DMO of the university in time (Tel: +0086511-88791698).The system shall reject the application directly in case no contact is made in two months. After the online application is reviewed by the DMO, the following documents should be submitted to the DMO:

(1) Application form for the postdoctoral fellowship;

(2) Two recommendation letters bytwo experts in the same research field (one letter should be from the Ph.D supervisor of the applicant);

(3) Review comment form of theacademic department of the authority faculty of the station;

(4) Scrutiny form for the entrance of the postdoctoral station. If the postdoctoral fellow is jointly recruited bythe enterprise workstation or the provincial postdoctoral innovative practicebase, the person in charge of the enterprise workstation should sign and stamp at the column of “Review comment of the authorized department of the authority faculty of the postdoctoral station”. Also, the applicant should provide “Form of the approval for the research project of the postdoctoral station for recruiting the postdoctoral fellow”, “Form of the review comment from the guidance team for the research project of the postdoctoral station”, “Form of the scrutiny comment of the enterprise postdoctoral fellow” as well as the agreement signed by Jiangsu University and the enterprise for joint cultivation of the postdoctora lfellow.

(5) The photocopy of the certificate of the Ph.D degree (in case no certificate of the Ph.D is availablefor the time being, the resolution of the Ph.D dissertation defense issued bythe office of academic degree should be presented), the photocopy of the certificate of the Ph.D graduation and the photocopy of the ID card.

(6) Physical examination form for the entrance of the postdoctoral station (in case serious diseases, such asmental disorder, epilepsy and malignant tumor etc, which make the applicant unsuitablefor scientific research, are found in the examination, the application will be rejected). The physical examination may be remitted for the faculties of the university.

(7)Resume, expertise of the applicant, photocopies of scientific research achievements (for example,published papers, monographs, appraisal of scientific achievements,certificates of awards). The applicant should submit materials which canreflect his academic ability and level best. Also, the applicant should presentbasic information about his spouse and child or children.

Note that form (1) can be downloaded and printed directly from the China Postdoctoral Website. Forms (2)to (4) can be downloaded from China Postdoctoral Website, Jiangsu Postdoctoral Website and Post-Graduate College Website of Jiangsu Universityand filled as required. Forms (1) to (5) should be bound in order and six copiesare needed, while only one copy is needed for forms (6) and (7).

(8) The applicant who applies for the postdoctoral fellow jointly recruited by Jiangsu University and the postdoctoral innovative practice base of Jiangsu province, should make the same online application as the common applicant. However, the applicant should submit three hard copy materials for the common application and other two hard copy materials for the joint recruitment. It is noted that the information of the enterprise jointly recruiting the postdoctoral fellow should not appear in the three hard copy materials for the common application. Also, the applicant should download the cover page for the two hard copy materials for the joint recruitment from China Postdoctoral Website.

The oversea returned Ph.Dwith Chinese nationality should provide following materials additionally for application:

(1) The recommendation comment from the education office of the embassy or consulate of the People’s Republic of China stationed in the foreign country or the certificate for the returned scholar who studies oversea. The aforementioned materials should have a clear description on when and where the Ph.D degree is obtained by the applicant.

(2) The certificate of cancellation of the household registration (provided by the applicant whose household registration was cancelled before leaving China);

(3) For the Ph.D with permanent residence (PR) permission in the foreign country, the photocopy of the document for the PR permission should be provided.

The foreign applicantshould provide the confirmed Chinese translation of the certificate for the Ph.D degree and the photocopy of his passport.

3. After all aforementioned materialsare confirmed correct by the DMO of Jiangsu University, they will be submitted to the university for approval. After approval by the university, the materials will be submitted to the Postdoctoral Management Association of the Human Resource and Social Security Department of Jiangsu Province (referred to asProvincial Postdoctoral Management Association in short in what follows) forapproval. Normally, the materials are sent for approval at the middle of April, June, October and December each year. After the application is approved, the notificationof the station entrance will be issued.

4. The admitted postdoctoral fellow of the station should register in the DMO of the university in specified time and provide the original of the certificate of the Ph.D degree for check.After the confirmation of the degree, the admitted postdoctoral fellow should make registration in the human resource office of the university with the notification of the station entrance and the identity card. For the postdoctoral fellow who fails to register in half a month without cogent reasons, the qualification ofthe station entrance will be cancelled. If there are special circumstances, the admitted postdoctoral fellow should apply for delay of the entrance before the stipulated entrance date from the station.

5. The postdoctoral fellow who didnot deliver the certificate of the Ph.D degree for some reason when making registration, should provide the original and photocopy of the certificate of thePh.D degree to the DMO of the university within half a year for check.Otherwise, the postdoctoral fellowship will be cancelled.

III. Management in Station

1. The term for the postdoctora lfellowship in the station is normally two years and no more than three years.

2. The station should organize anexpert team to carry out an interim evaluation for the performance of the postdoctoral fellow after the postdoctoral fellow has entered the station for one year.

3. The postdoctoral fellow canapply for general and special fundings from China Postdoctoral Science Fund, funding from Jiangsu Province Postdoctoral Scientific Research Fund as well asroutine financial aid project as stipulated.

4. The full time postdoctoral fellow in the station is entitled to receive an additional research-aidallowance of 2000 RMB per month provided by the supervisor besides the remuneration stipulated by the state (Note that this item is inapplicable tothe foreigner).

IV. Requirement for Leaving theStation

1. Requirements for publication ofresearch papers

The papers published by the postdoctoral fellow during the period of stay in the station should meet the following requirements: total number of papers published in specified domestic or international core journals with the postdoctoral fellow as the first or second authors should be no less than five, at least two of which should be published in SCI indexed journals. For the second author papers publishedby the postdoctoral fellow, the supervisor should be the first author of thepapers. Moreover, the affiliation of all the published papers should be Jiangsu University.

2. Oral defense for leaving station

Before leaving the station, the postdoctoral fellow should make a comprehensive summary about his researchin the station and should complete “Research report of the postdoctoral fellow”. The station should invite at least two experts (at least one from outside the university) in the same field to make correspondence reviews on the scientific research and achievements of the postdoctoral fellow during the stay in the station. After the postdoctoral fellow passes the review, the station should organize 5-7 experts to form a committee (at least one from outside the university) forthe oral defense of the postdoctoral fellow, evaluating the scientific researchof the postdoctoral fellow during the stay and rating his scientific research according to “Stipulation for Expired Evaluation of Postdoctoral Fellow in Jiangsu University”.

3. Materials required for leavingthe station

The postdoctoral fellow who passes the leaving evaluation should apply for station leaving at China Postdoctoral Website. After application is approved, the postdoctoral fellow should submit the following materials to the DMO of the university:

(1) The research report of thepostdoctoral fellow (uploading of electronic version is required after September 1 of 2013);

(2) Registration form of expired work of the postdoctoral fellow;

(3) Academic evaluation form forthe expired work of the postdoctoral fellow (for the jointly recruited postdoctora lfellow, the form should be filled by the joint enterprise and the postdoctoral station separately);

(4) Approval form of expired workof the postdoctoral fellow;

(5) Evaluation form for the station leaving of the postdoctoral fellow of Jiangsu University;

(6) The comments of the correspondence review of the research report of the postdoctoral fellow of Jiangsu University;

(7) The review comments for the research report of the postdoctoral fellow of Jiangsu University;

(8) The summary form of the scientific research achievements of the postdoctoral fellow of Jiangsu University for station leaving application;

(9) The detailed list of the use ofthe routine scientific research funding of the postdoctoral fellow of Jiangsu University;

(10) The acceptance letter fromthe human resource department of the receiving unit (applicable to the postdoctoral fellow with specific recruitments and assignments);

(11) Delivery of “three certificates”for check, namely, identity card, certificate of marriage and certificate ofonly child (applicable to Chinese citizen).

Form (1) can be prepared according to the unified format required bythe National Postdoctoral Management Association and should be uploaded via the system. Form (2) can be printed out directly from China Postdoctoral Website. Forms (3) to (4) can be downloaded from China Postdoctoral Website and filledas per the requirement. Forms (5) to (9) can be downloaded from the website ofthe Post-Graduate College of the university. Five copies are needed for all the above-mentioned forms and forms (2) to (11)of them should be bound in order.

4. The postdoctoral fellow who does not leave the station in time should submit a document for the description of the delayed leave (with the signature and seal of the station) to the DMO ofthe university.

5. The postdoctoral fellow whoreceived the Chinese postdoctoral science funding during the stay, shouldsubmit the summary report as per the requirement of http://yjsy.ujs.edu.cn/index.php/content/show/1122;the postdoctoral fellow who received the postdoctoral science funding ofJiangsu province, should submit the completion report (five copies) and adetailed list for the use of the funding (sealed by the financial department of the university).

6. Before leaving the station, the postdoctoral fellow should submit the postdoctoral research report, achievements of scientific research (supplied copies should be bound) andphotos of the oral defense to the station and the DMO of the university, filedas archive materials for the postdoctoral fellow.

7. For the postdoctoral fellow jointly recruited by the enterprise station, the enterprise is responsible forthe leaving station affairs and the station will provide coordination.

8. After the materials for applying for leaving station are confirmed correct by the DMO of the university, they will be submitted to the university for approval. After the application is approved by the university, it will be submitted to the Provincial Doctor Management Association for approval. The notification for leaving station will be issued once the application is granted.

The DMO of the universitywill issue the notice of leaving station to the postdoctoral fellow. Relevant departments will check if there are un-submitted certificates, un-returnedarticles and un-settled costs (including house rent). The account cards shouldbe returned and the account associated with the postdoctoral fellow should beclosed. In case deficit occurs, the postdoctoral fellow should pay back the deficit. The postdoctoral fellow should return the house of the university intime. After the postdoctoral fellow leaves the station, he should inform the human resource department of the receiving unit to send the letter to the DMO of the university in time for the transfer of the personal archive, and requirethe unit to issue the letter of introduction for settlement, the certificate of registration. The postdoctoral fellow should make registration at the receiving unit with the documents and handle household registration in the local police station. The archive of the postdoctoral fellow which has not been transferred for three month after the leave of the fellow will be transferred to the intellectual exchange center of the university for custody and custody fee will be charged as stipulated.