Wuhan University has recently launched its 2024 "Hongyi Postdoctoral" recruitment program to support and cultivate young talents with development and innovation potential in pursuing academic excellence and scaling the heights of science and technology. As one of the first key laboratories of the National Archives Administration of China, the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Development and Service of Archives sincerely invites young scholars in research fields such as the application of new technologies to archives and smart archival services, the organization and development of smart archival data resources, multimodal intelligent document understanding, and vertical domain applications of large models to join us. Please send your resume to: arcids@whu.edu.cn.
I. Support Period
The support period is generally two years. Fellows with outstanding achievements during their postdoctoral tenure may apply for an extension to 3 years.
II. Salary and Benefits
1. Selected candidates receive an annual salary of RMB 300,000 (pre-tax) from the university. The host unit and co-supervisor may provide additional funding based on the overall profile of the candidate. Funding from various national postdoctoral programs and from Hubei Province and Wuhan City may also be added.
2. Benefits: housing provident fund, pension insurance and occupational annuity; priority access to postdoctoral apartments or a housing subsidy; and benefits such as childcare and school enrollment for children and medical care.
3. Career development path: in accordance with relevant university regulations, fellows may apply for associate senior position qualifications during their postdoctoral tenure. Fellows who meet the talent recruitment policy of the university and the conditions for completing the postdoctoral program may apply for a faculty position at the university.
III. Eligibility
1. Good ideological and political qualities and professional ethics, sound teaching ethics and conduct, a rigorous scientific attitude, dedication to work, and good health.
2. Aged 35 or under, with a good academic background and strong academic potential.
3. Obtained a doctoral degree no more than three years ago (based on the application deadline of each round), or met the basic requirements for the doctoral dissertation defense at the time of application.
4. Have preliminarily selected a research team or group and developed a preliminary research plan in consultation with the team or group leader.
Additional Notes:
1. Current postdoctoral fellows at Wuhan University whose contracts end within 6 months of the individual material submission deadline of a given round may apply for that round.
2. Applicants selected for the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (Category A of the National Funding Program for Postdoctoral Researchers) may, upon recommendation by their unit, be directly selected for the Wuhan University "Hongyi Postdoctoral" Program.
IV. Selection Procedure
Applicants submit their application materials to their unit. Each unit evaluates and recommends applicants based on their ideological and political qualities, educational background, academic level, research ability, the innovativeness of the proposed research and its contribution to the relevant discipline. The Human Resources Department organizes an expert review and submits the results to the university for approval. The final list of selected candidates is confirmed after the approval results are publicly announced without objection.
V. Application Materials
1. "Application Form for the Wuhan University 'Hongyi Postdoctoral' Program";
2. Supporting documents:
(1) Identity documents: a valid ID card (passport for foreign nationals); doctoral degree certificate and graduation certificate (new doctoral graduates must provide proof that they meet the doctoral graduation requirements; holders of degrees obtained abroad or outside the Chinese mainland must provide the "Certificate of Foreign (Overseas) Academic Qualification and Degree Verification" issued by the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange of the Ministry of Education);
(2) Academic and research achievements: papers, monographs, patents or awards, and research projects undertaken that represent the academic and research level of the applicant. For papers, provide the full text (for unpublished papers, also provide proof of acceptance) and proof of indexing; for monographs, provide the cover, table of contents and abstract; for patents or awards, provide the certificates; for research projects undertaken, provide relevant supporting documents.
(3) Three letters of recommendation from experts, including one from the doctoral supervisor (current postdoctoral fellows have no restriction on referees).
Scan the above application materials into one PDF file (no larger than 50M) and send it to the e-mail address of the contact person of the applying unit. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Key Laboratory of Intelligent Development and Service of Archives
February 26, 2024
