Frontier Institute of Science and Technology (FIST) is a selective investment by Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) in 2010 in an effort to establish a world-class, multi-disciplinary research institute, exploring research management innovation and promoting disciplinary crossing and integration. After the development for more than 10 years, FIST has established the largest scale of science and medicine research platform in XJTU and attracted a group of leading scholars and young talents, who have produced research results leading the cutting-edge trend of science. FIST has presided a number of scientific research projects approved by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, such as 973 projects, won many awards at home and abroad, such as the Second Prize of National Natural Science. Several faculties have been selected into the lists of Elsevier's “TOP Most Cited Chinese Researchers” and Thomson Reuters's "Global Highly Cited Scientists". The interdisciplinary model has helped students establish a broad vision and high innovation ability, and trained a number of first-class scientific research talents with international competitiveness.
FIST has developed into a highly international interdisciplinary research base with important influence at home and abroad. Talents from different disciplines are welcome to join FIST, where we encourage free exploration and promote interdisciplinary collaboration. At present, FIST is planning to build several university-level interdisciplinary research centers and emerging discipline research centers, vigorously introduce top scientists and outstanding young scholars, carry out frontier science and technology research and explore new modes of talents training, solve frontier key technologies and common technical problems, and become the core carrier of discipline cross and the incubator of emerging disciplines of XJTU.
I Preferred Research Fields or Directions:
FIST invites talents with expertise in the following (but not limited to) fields or directions:
New Material:
New material design and synthesis; optical, electrical and magnetic functional materials; intelligent sensing materials; catalytic materials; environmentally friendly materials, etc.
New Energy:
Energy generation, storage and application of new energy; energy conversion and storage materials; Electrochemical cell, fuel cell, etc.
Health and Life Science:
Basic medicine, immunology, synthetic biology, drug research and development, biomaterials, new medical diagnosis and treatment technologies, etc.
Computer Simulations in Science:
Material cross-scale computing, multi physical field computing, dynamic image recognition, intelligent evaluation of materials and equipment, intelligent Internet of things, biomedical big data, etc.
FIST invites talents with the following (but not limited to) subject background:
Biology&Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Geosciences, Clinical Medicine, Materials Science, Engineering, Materials Science, Mathematics, Physics, Clinical Medicine, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Neuroscience & Behavior, Immunology, Microbiology, Environment/Ecology, Plant & Animal Science, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Multidisciplinary, Etc.
II. Positions, Salary and Benefits
1. Leading Scholars
An eligible candidate for Leading Scholar positions should be a person of high integrity, described as honest, trustworthy, and respectful of others, an internationally renowned scientist and established leader in his/her field, with the ability and willing to build his/her center in the field of emerging disciplines or lead our present centers into an internationally recognized center of excellence.
Salary & working conditions |
To be determined by case |
Living accommodations |
Ø High quality educational resources for children in the local area. Ø Full-time leading scholars can be provided with an apartment from XJTU for rent or purchase, social insurance and housing provident fund. |
2. Top Young Talents (Full-time)
An eligible candidate for Top Young Talents should be a person of high integrity, described as honest, trustworthy, and respectful of others. There are two kinds of positions for Top Young Talents: Professors and Distinguished Associate Professors.
Qualification for Professors:
Ø Hold a PhD degree
Ø Physically and mentally healthy
Ø Under the age of 40 (including 40)
Ø Demonstrate outstanding academic accomplishments and the potential to be leaders in their research fields
Qualification for Distinguished Associate Professors:
Ø Hold a PhD degree
Ø Physically and mentally healthy
Ø Under the age of 36 (including 36)
Ø Demonstrate excellent academic accomplishments and great academic potential
The applicants can join our present teams or establish new research teams based on their research fields or on their own will.
Salary |
Professors: 450,000 RMB / year, Distinguished Associate Professors: 300,000 RMB / year Salary can be negotiated for those who are exceptionally excellent and are in great need for discipline development. Other income: Ø Scientific research performance distribution plus income from transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Ø The candidates who are selected into Siyuan Scholar Talents Plan can get extra bonus. Ø For Professor positions, those who have passed the mid-term assessment can get individual subsidy of no more than 100,000 RMB/year from their start-up fund in the second half of the contract period. |
Working conditions & Living accommodations |
Ø Start-up fund for the candidates in the field of natural science and technology Professors: 2,000,000 RMB Distinguished Associate Professors: 1,000,000 RMB Ø One-time settlement fee: Professors: 500,000 RMB (after tax). Distinguished Associate Professors: 350,000 RMB (after tax). Ø An apartment from XJTU for rent or purchase. Ø High quality educational resources for children in the local area. |
3. Young and Excellent Talents (Full-time)
An eligible candidate for Young and Excellent Talents should be a person of high integrity, described as honest, trustworthy, and respectful of others.
Qualification:
Ø Hold a PhD degree
Ø Physically and mentally healthy
Ø Under the age of 32 (including 32)
Ø Demonstrate remarkable academic accomplishments and good academic potential
Ø Research directions serve for the great need of the country development.
Salary |
Ø 300,000 RMB / year Ø May get performance bonus from FIST or research team. |
Living accommodations |
Ø An apartment from XJTU for rent or rent subsidy of 1,500 RMB/month. Ø Social insurance and housing provident fund Ø High quality educational resources for children in the local area. |
4. Postdocs (Full-time)
Qualification:
Ø Obtained PhD degree within the last 3 years
Ø Physically and mentally healthy
Ø Demonstrate good academic accomplishments and good academic potential
There are three kinds of Postdoctoral positions: Academic Postdocs, Project Postdocs and Joint Training Postdocs.
Ø Academic postdocs: aim to support the construction of disciplines and key teams, mainly in the key fields of new directions of traditional disciplines, emerging interdisciplinary disciplines, life medicine, information technology, big materials, basic disciplines and social science, recruited by scientific research teams.
Ø Project Postdocs: ensure the implementation of scientific research tasks and recruited by the teams with research projects and funds.
Ø Joint Training Postdocs: serve for the economic and social needs, support innovation R & D and promotion, construction of high-end think tanks, etc. based on the cooperation needs between the university and the government, enterprises and institutions, jointly recruited by the scientific research team of the university and the cooperative units.
Salary |
Ø 160,000 RMB / year Ø May get performance bonus by from or research team. |
Living accommodations |
Ø An apartment from XJTU for rent or rent subsidy of 1,500 RMB/month Ø Social insurance and housing provident fund in accordance with relevant state regulations. Ø High quality educational resources for children in the local area. |
III. How to Apply
Ø Please send your cover letter and up-to-date CV to fist@xjtu.edu.cn, indicating your name and interested positions in the email subject line.
Ø CV should include your name, interested position, education and working experiences, research field and direction, scientific research achievements (including award), research projects, academic participation, research plan and other necessary contents. CV can be in English or Chinese, but foreign professional titles must be expressed in English.
IV. Contact
Ms. Ying LIU, Xiangli MENG
Tel: 86-29-83395132, 86-29-83395131
Email：fist@xjtu.edu.cn
Address: No. 99 YanXiang Road, YanTa District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 710054
More information about FIST can be viewed at http://fist.xjtu.edu.cn.
