Recently, the National Postdoctoral Management Committee Office and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation announced the list of funding candidates for the 2018 "Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program”. Dr. Zhang Wentao, who has applied for the first-level discipline of agricultural engineering in our university, was successfully selected. Each funded person receives 300 thousand yuan per year. A total of 600 thousand yuan is subsidized for two years, of which 400 thousand yuan is used for postdoctoral daily expenses and 200 thousand yuan is for postdoctoral science funds.

"Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program” is a youth top talent support program established by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the National Postdoctoral Management Committee. The project integrates key laboratories such as national laboratories, and targets at the country’s major strategies, strategic high-tech and basic science frontier areas, selecting 400 outstanding or newly graduated PhD through personal application, proposed recommendation, and expert review procedures. It specializes in funding their postdoctoral research work and strives to accelerate the development of a group of world-class outstanding young scientific and technological innovation talents.

Translated by: Ruan Shuling
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