Starting Your Application With Us !
- Any enquiries, please contact info@techtalentsuk.com or Whatsapp us
Step 1: Email Application
To start your application process with us, please prepare the following documents and send them to info@techtalentsuk.com. We accept document submissions in all languages and will provide translation and document preparation services free of charge from beginning to end.
- Copy of your PhD, Master’s, and Bachelor’s degrees.
- Copy of your passport or ID card.
- Proof of your current job experience, which must be in the form of a contract letter or offer letter that shows your job title and employer name.
- Certificates of any patents, awards, memberships, or other achievements you have received, if applicable.
- An updated CV that includes your work experience, education, and skills.
- Publications in PDF format.
Step 2: Online Submission：Online Google Form（you will need a google account to log and fill)
Step 3: Connect with our senior consultant, Miss Ying Zhou to get updates on your application!
- Any enquiries, please contact info@techtalentsuk.com or Whatsapp us
- Deadline: April/July each year (Application can still be sent after this deadline and will be put on the waiting list)
- Results: Dec each year
- Optional: Download this application form by clicking Research-Collaboration-Form-with-Checklist-V9
Key Points:
- Chinese language skill is not required to apply for this opportunity.
- We offer free administrative, matchmaking, translation, and file setup services. Please refer to the “What We Do” section for more information.
- Applicants of all nationalities and locations are welcome to apply.
- All applicants, regardless of age or experience level (junior, senior, or retired), are encouraged to submit their applications.
- Applications are accepted year-round and evaluated every November.
- If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at info@techtalentsuk.com or via WhatsApp.
- Your application information and data will be protected under GDPR regulations.
Who We Are?
- We are PROFESSIONAL headhunters targeting at world wide international high-level talents.
- We are helping international talents to apply for China Foreign Talents Plan, which not only do we help the applicants for match making process with potential universities, institutes and companies, but we also help the applicants to apply for the Chinese governments’ funding.
- We do NOT charge applicants, we get paid by China universities, institutes and companies.
What we do?
- We will review your application form and supporting documents upon receiving your application draft pack. We will also verify your background based on the documents you provided. (Applicants are encouraged to apply ASAP so the process can be started asap).
- We will polish your application form and do all the translation work for your supporting documents for you for FREE.
- We will liaise with relevant universities, companies as well as institutes to start the match making process for you after completing all the admin work mentioned above.
- We will organize online or in person (Subject to the condition of COVID19) match making events with potential collaborators in China for applicants to discuss the Work Proposal. (It is advised that Applicant fill in as many topics as they can in the application form.)
- We will help find the hosting institutes, prepare application materials and give trainings regarding interview. Once the Work Proposal is agreed between Applicants and Hosts after several round of online discussion, the finalized application form/proposal will be submitted to the funding panel for review.
What you will get?
All successful applicants at NATIONAL level (final round) can expect:
- A one-off funding payment up to 1 million RMB (140K USD) for full time / up to 0.5 million RMB (70K USD) for part time.
- Weekly salaries starting from 15K RMB ~ 50K RMB (2.5K ~ 70K USD).
- The opportunity to apply for research funding of 1 to 5 million RMB (140K~ 700K USD) for various Research Projects.
- Awarded with the title of National Distinguished Expert.
- Awardees will be strongly supported and prioritised when applying to local and national government-funded programmes, in particular NSFC, National Key R&D Programmes, Megaprojects, as well as other awards. (refer to “funding details” section for details)
- Support for living conditions: support for permanent residence permit and/or multiple entry visas for applicants and their families; Medical care, social insurance; children education allowance; housing and meal allowances, subsidies, and priority in purchasing one residential apartment, etc.
Eligibility: Who Can Apply?
- No Age limitation
- Possession of a Ph.D or MD degree in Engineering or Science or Medical fields
- Note: Academic and professional qualifications may be compromised in case of extremely outstanding or special needed talents.
Successful stories:
- Professor Stijn van der Veen, elected to China Talents Plan in Zhejiang Province
- Prof. Dr. Hans Thybo, elected to China University of Geosciences Wuhan
- Prof. Martin de Jong elected to Fudan University
- Prof. Bernd Wünnemann elected to Nanjing University
- Professor Dieter H.H. Hoffmann elected to Xian Jiaotong University
- Prof. Aart Kleijn elected to Chengdu Development Center for Science & Technology
- Prof. Tim Byrnes elected to NYU Shanghai.
- etc….
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Background info regarding China Funding System
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- Beginner Guide: Getting Chinese Innovation Funding - A case study of Jiangsu Province’s “Double Innovation Plan”
- Apply for 2020 China Talents Recruitment Programme – An introduction
- List of Active Chinese programmes targeting foreign citizens
- Chinese Government Initiatives for Recruiting Academic Staff and Developing the HE System
- Chinese Universities – Positions, Salary And Benefits
- Available Resources For Researchers in China
- China Provides The Career Gateway To The World’s Academia
- Why the West is Queuing up to Work With China?
- Interview with Chung Bang Yun, Qiushi Chair Professor,Zhejiang University
- A Beginners Guide to Key Terms in Chinese Higher Education
- Example of Part time opportunities from Zhejiang University
- Example of Full time opportunities from Zhejiang University
- The CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative for Distinguished Scientists and Visiting Scientists
For more details about China Talents Program, please refer to link below:
http://chinainnovationfunding.eu/
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Applicants can choose Universities or Companies/Enterprises as their hosting institutes to support their application;
We have a lists of potential Universities and Companies/Enterprise that we are working with; We may also recommend new hosts for your application based on your application form.
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Lists of Universities:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_Zhejiang
Ningbo Uni: https://www.nbu.edu.cn/en/
Ningbo Institutes of Materials Technology and Engineering, China Academy of Science: http://english.nimte.cas.cn/
Ningbo Tech University: http://en.nit.zju.edu.cn
Note: This is a brief list and more will be suggested based on your profile.
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List of Enterprise:
More to come….
Note: This is a brief list and more will be recommended based on your profile.
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Funding Details
Part time: Maximum 2 month per year for five years
Full time: Maximum 9 month per year for five years
Note 1: Due to Covid19, remote work is encouraged for both part time and full time,e.g distant supervising, lecturing and technical consulting.
Note 2: An Intentional Contract is required to sign for application administration purpose. For a general Intentional Contract template, please email info@techtalentsuk.com.
Note 3: Applicants could switch to part time contract if their full time application is approved.
Note 4: Successful applicants will be expected to carry out the duty as a Visiting Scholar for Hosting Universities or Technical Consultant for Hosting Enterprise, e.g. giving casual lectures and supervising students on a part time basis. We also welcome joint research projects, management of students ‘ scientific work, and short lecture courses, technical consultancy.
All awardees will be conferred the title of “National Distinguished Expert”, and will be mainly granted the following benefits:
- Support for working conditions: awardees will be strongly supported and prioritised when applying to local and national government-funded programmes, in particular NSFC, National Key R&D Programmes, Megaprojects, as well as other awards. They will also be actively involved in domestic academic organisations, and in the elections of new academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
- Support for living conditions: awardees will receive a one-off funding of 1 million RMB (Full time) or 0.5 million (Part time) ; permanent residence permit and/or multiple entry visas for themselves and their families for foreigners; and lifting of hukou restrictions for Chinese nationals; medical care, social insurance; children education allowance; housing and meal allowances, subsidies, and priority in purchasing one residential apartment.
Other benefits may also be additionally provided by relevant provincial- or municipal-level administrations.
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Application Time Schedule each year
Jan-March: Applicants file the application form below and prepare supporting documents
March-June: Match making with potential hosting institutes in China on work Plan
June- July: Application submission deadline for panels review
Nov-Dec: Outcome
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Starting Your Application With Us !
If you are interested , please complete the Application Form and send together with supporting documents to info@techtalentsuk.com
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