The Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences (OCRI-CAAS) was established in 1960 and is sponsored by the
Ministry of Agriculture. As a national research institution, OCRI-CAAS has
rapeseed, soybean, peanut, sesame and other special oilseed plants as its
mandate crops with a mission to conduct basic and applied research which
can enhance the oilseed industry. The current research themes at OCRI-CAAS
include crop germplasm, genetics and breeding, genomics, genetic
engineering, plant physiology, plant nutrition and fertilization, plant
protection, safety assessment of transgenic plants, biochemistry, product
processing, and quality safety management for oil crops. The institute is
the only national research agency throughout the country specialized for
oil crops with complementary disciplines. In the recent comprehensive
evaluation for the period from 2006 to 2010, OCRI-CAAS ranked the best
three ones among more than 1000 agricultural research institutes in China.
In 2013, OCRI-CAAS initiated the Agricultural Science and Technology
Innovation Program (ASTIP) with financial support from the central
government. In order to accelerate the scientific innovation and promotion
of OCRI-CAAS into a modern institution with international level, we are
announcing research job positions for outstanding young scientists for
several research fields.
*Research Positions and Fields*
*Research Position*
*Research Fields*
Rapeseed geneticist/breeder**
Crop genetics and breeding, molecular biology**
Soybean geneticist/breeder**
Crop genetics and breeding, molecular biology**
Peanut geneticist/breeder**
Molecular biology, genomics**
Sesame geneticist/breeder**
Crop genetics and breeding, molecular biology, genomics**
Crop germplasm scientist**
Crop genetics and breeding, molecular biology, bioinformatics**
Crop physiologist
Plant stress response mechanism, plant growth regulation
Plant nutrition scientist**
Plant nutrition and fertilization**
Plant pathologist**
Plant pathology, molecular biology, pesticide application and management**
Plant genomics scientist**
Molecular biology, genetics, plant pathology**
Genetic engineering and GMO safety assessment scientist**
Molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics**
Quality safety scientist**
Statistic chemistry, material chemistry, immunochemistry, analytic
chemistry, phytopathology, risk assessment**
Food nutrition scientist
Biochemistry, food nutrition, lipidomics, lipid metabolism in
microorganism, enzymology, mechanization and automatics
* *
*Qualifications Required*
1. The applicant should possess a PhD degree and is less than 40 years old.
2. The applicant should have desirable knowledge and laboratory skills and
be familiar with the recent global progress and tendency in his or her
research field(s). Meanwhile, he or she should have undertaken and
completed related research project(s) as principal investigator or core
collaborator with desirable achievements.
3. The applicant should have published research papers in international
journals as the first author. Among his or her first author papers
published, at least one paper should be in a journal with an IF over 10 and
the total IF over 30. Alternatively, the applicant should possess important
innovation(s) or key techniques.
4. The applicant should be able to work in OCRI-CAAS in Wuhan during the
whole contract period except for holidays.
* *
*Proposed Supports and Payment *
1. Each qualified young scientist will be supported with research fund of
three million Yuan (RMB) (about 500,000 US$) and facility cost of one
million Yuan (about 167,000 US$). Necessary office, laboratory and research
assistants will be provided.
2. The qualified scientist will be employed as a professor (4th class).
3. The qualified young scientist will receive the salary, boons and medical
care of a professor. Besides, he or she will receive a special allowance of
100,000 Yuan annually. A house around 140 square meters or equivalent
subsidy will be provided. Job opportunity or living subsidy for his or her
spouse will be arranged if necessary.
* *
*Application Procedures*
1. The applicant should prepare an application form (see the attached form)
and provide a comprehensive resume, photocopy of diploma certificate,
representative papers and awards which could reflect the applicant’s
academic achievements. Two reference letters from related experts will be
needed along with the references’ contact information.
2. Interview and comprehensive evaluation of qualified candidates will be
arranged. For each position, the duties and expected achievement will be
determined according to concerned regulations and negotiation with
individual research team or administrative staff. The interviewing dates
and means will be decided based on the primary selection of candidates.
3. The qualified candidate(s) who have successfully passed the interview
will be announced for quarreling, and will be then formally employed if no
substantial disagreement is received.
4. The first phase of the employment is five years starting from signing
the contract. When the first phase is over, a comprehensive evaluation of
the employee will be arranged and those who have well implemented the
contract will be provided with permanent research positions.
*Contact Address*
*1. Mailing address: *
Department of Human Resource
Oil Crops Research Institute
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Wuhan, Hubei, 430062
China
*2. Contact person:*
Ms Hanzhi Zhang
Phone: +86-27-86711620
Fax: +86-27-86816451
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*3. For more information, *please visit: www.oilcrops.cn<http://www.tric.cn/>
Posted on: August 5, 2013
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