2024 Shanghai Oriental Talents - Technology Platform Program (Former Shanghai Excellent Academic/Technical Leaders Program)

2024 Shanghai Oriental Talents - Technology Platform Program (Former Shanghai Excellent Academic/Technical Leaders Program)
2024年度 东方英才计划拔尖、青年项目科技平台项目（原上海市优秀学术/技术带头人项目）

September 12, 2024
The Official Announcement in Chinese

Sponsor:
Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM)

About:
The program aims to cultivate and select a group of academic leaders who are at the forefront of world science and technology, as well as technical leaders driving industrial innovation in global frontier and core technology fields, to promote Shanghai's scientific and industrial development, providing strong talent support for building a globally influential innovation hub. There are two types About 60 people are selected each year to each type, and the funding period is 3 years. This is the former Shanghai Excellent Academic/Technical Leaders Program. For more information, please refer to the official announcement. 

Program Types:

1. Excellent Academic Leader (拔尖项目科技平台)

• Applicants should be under 50 years old (born on and after 1/1/1974).
• Applicants should have experience in leading a national research project as an independent PI and have a stable research team.

2. Excellent Young Academic Leader（青年项目科技平台）

• Applicants should be under 40 years old (born on and after 1/1/1984).
• Applicants should have experience in leading a project at the provincial level or above as an independent PI, and have great potential for academic innovation and development.
• Applicant has formed or is expected to be formed a stable scientific research team.

Additional Requirements on Eligibility:

• Applicants who have been funded by the National Talent Program or the Talent Peak Engineering Program cannot apply for this program;
• Applicants who have been funded by the Magnolia Talent Program (including innovation, entrepreneurship, and young scientist programs) and the Oriental Talent Program (including group, leadership, entrepreneurship, excellence, and teacher programs) cannot apply for the Excellent Academic Leader Program;
• Applicants who are currently supported by the Oriental Talent Young Scientist Program cannot apply for the Excellent Academic Leader Program;
• Applicants who have been funded by the Magnolia Talent Program (including Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Young Scientist, and Pujiang programs) and the Oriental Talent Program (including Group, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Excellence, and Teacher and Young Scientist programs) cannot apply for the Excellent Young Academic Leader Program.
   

Please refer to the official announcement for more eligibility information.

Important Dates: