The Chinese Academy of Sciences invites applications for its president’s international fellowship initiative for distinguished scientists. This enables leading international scientists to conduct a lecture tour at CAS for one to two weeks.
Opportunity
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-qualified 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.
Eligibility
Professors should visit at least two CAS-affiliated institutions, research institutes or universities, to lecture and interact with CAS researchers and postgraduate students. They should also host CAS postdoctoral researchers at CAS expenses at their lab for a research stay of one to three months.
Applicants must be well established and internationally recognised scientists in their respective research fields, having obtained outstanding scientific accomplishment and prestigious international honours, awards or prizes.
Funding Available
- Maximum amount: CNY 50,000 per week to cover all expenses for this lecture tour, including a round-trip international airfare, accommodation, meals, transportation and honorarium.
Helpful Links
- Full details here.
Deadlines
| Full application: | |
| CURO Internal Deadline for Review | Please contact your Research Facilitator. |
| cuResearch Checklist Deadline | August 31, 2016 |
| Full application submission to sponsor | September 1, 2016 |
Submitting Your Application
- Applications must be submitted via cuResearch, through which Departmental and Associate Dean’s approval must be provided to complete the online application process.
- More information on cuResearch can be found here.
Internal Contacts
If you would like assistance with proposal development and/or a substantive review of your proposal, please contact the appropriate Research Facilitator.