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Part I: Introduction
The Alliance of International
Science Organizations (ANSO) is a non-profit, non-governmental international
organization founded in 2018. Founding members include 37 scientific
institutions, universities, and international organizations worldwide. ANSO
aims to improve regional and global capacity in science and technology, human
livelihoods and wellbeing, and to promote broader S&T cooperation and
communication.
The ANSO Scholarship for Young
Talents (hereinafter referred to as the
ANSO Scholarship) was formally launched in 2019 with the goal of training
and cultivation of young scientists from all over the world. The ANSO Scholarship
supports 200 Master’s students and 300 PhD students every year to pursue
postgraduate education at the University of Science and Technology of China
(USTC), the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) or institutes of Chinese
Academy of Sciences (CAS) around China.
Currently, CAS, the leading founding
member of ANSO, is the sponsor of the ANSO Scholarship. ANSO welcomes all
members and parties who are interested in creating a more diversified
scholarship program together.
Part II: Coverage
· Tuition waiver
· Monthly
stipend:
Master's:
3000 RMB/month
PhD:
6000 or 7000 RMB/month (depending on whether he/she has passed the qualification test arranged by USTC/UCAS)
· Health
insurance
· Application
fee waiver
· Travel subsidy
from their home countries to China (one trip per person)
Any scholarship awardee on site in China, the host country,
at the time of application will NOT be eligible for any travel subsidy.
Funding duration (NO EXTENSION):
Master's
program: up to 36 months
PhD
program: up to 48 months
Awardees are required to finish
centralized training in Chinese language, Chinese culture and all required
credits as well as practical research and completion of degree thesis at
colleges and schools of USTC/UCAS or CAS institutes.
Any master's awardee who fails
annual assessments will face the consequence including:
• Termination of his/her scholarship;
• Discontinuity of his/her master's study.
• Being provided with a certificate of
attendance for the period of study undertaken in China but not a formal master's
degree.
Any PhD awardee who fails the
qualification test or annual assessment will face the consequences including:
• Termination of his/her scholarship;
• Discontinuity of his/her doctoral study;
• Being provided with a certificate of
attendance for the period of study undertaken in China but not a formal
doctoral degree.
All the awardees are required to abide
by Chinese laws and USTC/UCAS regulations and rules.
Part III: Eligibility
Eligible applicants must:
· Not hold
Chinese citizenship;
· Be proficient in
English or Chinese;
· For master's
program applicants: be born after 1 January 1991 (inclusive);
For
PhD program applicants: be born after 1 January 1986 (inclusive);
· Meet the
admission criteria for international students of USTC/UCAS;
· Not take up
other assignments during the period of his/her scholarship.
Note:
· If you are currently pursuing a master's degree at any
university/institution in China, you are NOT eligible for the master's program
of this scholarship. If you are currently pursuing a doctoral degree at any
university/institution in China, you are NOT eligible for the PhD program of
this scholarship. Otherwise you will be disqualified from admission and the
situation will be reported to your current university/institution.
· You are NOT allowed to apply for the ANSO Scholarship in both USTC
and UCAS simultaneously, otherwise you will be disqualified from admission.
Part
IV: Step by Step Guideline
In order to
successfully apply for the ANSO Scholarship, applicants are requested to
follow a few key steps that are indicated below:
1. Check
Eligibility Criteria:
You should
verify that you meet ALL the eligibility criteria for this scholarship (see
Part III).
For USTC applicants, it is not mandatory
for you to find a host supervisor before application. If you find one that
agrees to accept you, you can upload relevant materials as supporting
documentation. If not, you will be recommended a supervisor of your research
area after screening procedures organized by USTC.
For UCAS applicants, you need to find
an eligible professor of your interest that agrees to accept you. See here for
a list of eligible schools/institutes and
supervisors of UCAS. Send an explanatory e-mail
together with your CV, research proposal and other required documents to him/her,
and indicate that you wish to apply for the master’s/PhD program of the ANSO
Scholarship to UCAS. Your supervisor should finish the required procedure illustrated in the
email automatically sent to him/her by the UCAS system immediately after your
application materials pass the preliminary review by the institute/college with
which the supervisor is affiliated.
2. Finish Your Online
Admission Application to USTC/UCAS, Choose “the ANSO Scholarship for Young Talents”.
A. Visit ANSO official
website for the ANSO Scholarship application portal：
to USTC (here)
to UCAS (here).
Both systems open on December 1st 2020.
B. File and submit your
application in the USTC/UCAS admission system as requested. Choose “the ANSO Scholarship for Young Talents” in your application.
It is better that you prepare supporting
documentation in advance, including but not limited to:
1) Copy
of your regular passport which has at least 2 years validity;
2) Complete
CV with a brief
introduction of research experience;
3) Original copy
of the certificate of university degrees held
For
master's program applicants: Bachelor's degree certificate or
official pre-graduation
certificate showing their student status and stating the
expected graduation date.
For
PhD program applicants: ①Bachelor's
degree certificate. ②Master's degree
certificate or
official pre-graduation certificate showing their student status and stating
the expected
graduation date.
4) TWO reference letters:
Two
referees (NOT the host supervisor) from academia familiar with you and your
work
should upload their scanned reference letters to the online admission system of
USTC/UCAS.
Reference letters in the
body of e-mails will NOT be accepted!
5) Detailed
research proposal;
6) Photocopies
of title pages and abstracts of maximum 5 published academic papers (if
available);
7) Proof
of knowledge of English and/or Chinese;
8) Foreigner
Physical Examination Form (Attachment)
Note:
• All the above
supporting documentation must be in English or Chinese, otherwise notarial translations in English or Chinese are required.
• Make sure the
electronic version of supporting documentation is in the right format as
requested.
• If you are awarded the scholarship, you MUST
present the required documents, including the original degree certificates, original transcripts AND original regular passport to the ANSO Scholarship office at USTC/UCAS upon your
registration, otherwise you will be
disqualified.
Deadline
for Applicants, Supervisors and Referees:
31 March 2021 (Beijing Time)
Part
V: Other Information
Contact
1) Applicants for USTC,
please contact:
Ms. Lin Tian (Linda Tian)
ANSO Scholarship for
Young Talents USTC Office
University of Science and
Technology of China
96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei,
Anhui, 230026 China
Tel: +86 551 63600279
Fax: +86 551 63603531
Email: isa@ustc.edu.cn
2)
Applicants for UCAS, please contact:
Ms. Yuchen Xie (PhD
Program)
ANSO Scholarship for Young Talents UCAS Office
University of Chinese
Academy of Sciences
80 Zhongguancun East
Road, Beijing, 100190, China
Tel: +86 10 82674900
Fax: +86 10 82672900
Email: phd@ucas.ac.cn
Ms. Menglin Hu (Master's Program)
ANSO Scholarship for
Young Talents UCAS Office
University of Chinese
Academy of Sciences
80 Zhongguancun East
Road, Beijing, 100190, China
Tel: +86 10 82672900
Fax: +86 10 82672900
Email: master@ucas.ac.cn
Relevant Parties
ANSO is a non-profit and
non-governmental international scientific organization founded in 2018 by 37
international science and education institutions from around the world. ANSO is
committed to promoting shared sustainable development and the advancement of the
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through catalyzing and implementing
concrete international cooperative initiatives in Science, Technology,
Innovation and Capacity Building (STIC). It is envisaged that ANSO will focus
on the most urgent regional and global challenges through STIC. This focus
includes supporting scientific capacity building and the needs, particularly of
the Global South, through partnerships and cooperation with the member
countries and institutions. ANSO will also promote collaborations across the
scientific and technological communities of the world to ensure that the
benefits of the BRI are widely shared. There will be open access to scientific
facilities and information among participants in ANSO. The grooming and
empowerment of young scientists will be a particular focus of ANSO. The ANSO
Scholarship is one of the main approaches to achieve this goal.
Read more about ANSO: http://www.anso.org.cn
CAS is a national academic
institution in China consisting of a comprehensive research and development
network, a merit-based learned society and a system of higher education,
focusing on natural sciences, technological sciences and high-tech innovation
in China. It has 12 branches, 2 universities and more than 100 institutes with
around 60,000 staff and 50,000 postgraduate students. It hosts 89 national key
labs, 172 CAS key labs, 30 national engineering research centers and about
1,000 field stations throughout China. As a merit-based society, it has five
academic divisions. CAS is dedicated to addressing fundamental, strategic and farsighted challenges related to the overall and
long-term development of China. CAS is the leading founding member of ANSO.
Read more about CAS: http://english.cas.cn/
USTC is the first university
established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1958. It is a comprehensive
university including science, engineering, management and humanity science,
oriented to frontier science and high technology. USTC took the lead in
launching Graduate School, the School of Gifted Young, large national
scientific projects, etc. It is now a prominent Chinese university and enjoys
high reputation worldwide, and therefore is the member of the China 9
Consortium consisting of the top 9 universities in China
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C9_League). USTC is one of the most important
innovation centers in China, and is regarded as “the Cradle of Scientific
Elites”. USTC provides both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. There are
20 faculties, 31 departments, graduate school, and Suzhou Institute, Shanghai
Institute, Beijing Institute, Institute of Advanced Technology, and the First
Affiliated Hospital of USTC. According to the world acclaimed university
rankings as QS, THE, US News, and ARWU, USTC has always been ranked among the
best universities in China (from 5th to 3rd), and around 100th in the world.
USTC is responsible for the enrollment and management of the master’s and
doctoral candidates of the ANSO Scholarship Program admitted by USTC.
Read more about USTC: http://en.ustc.edu.cn/
UCAS, formerly named Graduate
School of CAS, was the first graduate school in China. In 2014, UCAS started
enrolling undergraduate students, and since then an intact higher educational
system has been established. Being the largest graduate education institution
in China, UCAS has over 50,000 ongoing students, and more than half of them are
doctoral students. With strong support from CAS institutes all over China, UCAS
espouses the philosophy of "The Fusion of Scientific Research and
Teaching" as its basic system of education. The disciplines represented at
UCAS include all fields of science and 90% engineering. According to the Global
University Ranking by Essential Science Indicator (ESI) in September 2019, UCAS
ranked No. 1 in China and No. 82 worldwide. As a member of the Association of
Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), UCAS has established close ties with over 100
world-renowned universities. Based on CAS overseas institutions, UCAS is
building overseas joint centers for education and research to promote capacity
building on B&R. UCAS is responsible for the enrollment and management of
the master's and doctoral candidates of the ANSO
Scholarship Program admitted by UCAS.
Read more about UCAS: http://english.ucas.ac.cn/
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