Cordially invite you to participate the fifth international young scholar forum of Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University
I. Brief introduction to the forum
The fifth international young scholars’ forum of Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University will be held in May, 13th—May, 16th in Yangling, Shaanxi province, the birthplace of Chinese farming civilization, National agricultural high-tech industry demonstration zone. The forum aims to focus on the international frontiers and heated research topics in Modern agriculture and life science and other research fields, and to set up a platform for excellent young scholars at home and abroad to cooperate, exchange and display their achievements. Through academic reports, on-the-spot visits, in-depth discussion and exchange activities, the Forum will enable the participants to personally experience the first-class scientific research platform, a beautiful and comfortable living environment and the sincerity of talents admission, in order to lay a good foundation for future cooperation,exchange and working in school.
Sincerely welcome young scholars at home and abroad to hold hands with NWAFU and seek common development.
1. The applicant must abide by the law, be honesty and integrity, and be conscientious and dedicated to the work.
2. The age of applicant is not more than 40 years old, with a Ph. D. degree from a well-known overseas university, or a Ph. D. degree from a domestic university, 2 years or more experience in overseas scientific research, or a Ph.D. degree from an overseas university, a non-Chinese-born person who has come to China for post-doctoral research.
3. The applicant has achieved outstanding academic achievements in his field and is the top talent of his age.
III. Arrangement
1. May, 13th
Check in and register
2.May, 24th –May, 15th
Activity 1. To develop the academic exchange in terms of disciplines and research fields
Activity 2. To take on-the –spot visit the scientific platform, school environment and relevant supporting service facilities
Activity 3. Discussion and exchange
3. May, 16th
Check out/leave
IV. Involved disciplines
Related the discipline of crop stress biology for arid area; Related the discipline of soil and water conservation and ecological environment; Related the discipline of high efficiency agricultural water use and regional water security; Related the discipline of animal biological technology; Related the discipline of Agricultural Products and Nutrition Health; and other related research fields(for example, Biology & biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Genetics and other fields of Life Science; Agricultural information science and technology; Biopharmacy and other emerging frontier & interdisciplinary sciences; Agriculture & forestry economy and management; Regional economy and social development and other related research fields.
V. Apply procedure
1. Personal registration
Log onto the registration system of the fifth international young scholars’ forum of Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University to register: http://xzlt.nwsuaf.edu.cn/
The deadline is April 26th, 2019.
2. School invitation
After verified, the school will send the formal invitation letter.
3. Personal confirmation
After receiving the invitation letter, the invitee will fill in the receipt within 3 days and confirms whether he or she will attend the meeting on schedule
VI. Related instruction
1. The forum does not charge any registration fee. The school will arrange accommodation and meals for invited young scholars, reimburse the domestic and international round-trip transportation fees (air tickets are economy class), and provide airport and railway station pick-up and delivery services.
2. The young scholars participating in the conference will be determined and the academic reports will be prepared in advance.
VII. Recruitment post and related treatment
1. Providing scientific research and office conditions to meet the needs.
2. The singled postgraduate enrollment.
3. Providing a 140 m2 or larger apartment of new and garden housing whose property right will belong to the employee.
4. Adequately solving spouse work and children enrollment (kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools are provincial model schools).
5. Those who relying on our school declares national-level young talents and failing to be selected in the final evaluation process will be directly included in the school "Young Talents Recruitment Plan".
VIII. Brief introduction to the university
Northwest A&F University is a key national comprehensive university directly under the administration of the Ministry of Education. As one of the leading universities in China, NWAFU is supported by Ministry of Education's "Project 985" and Project 211 and National construction of "World-class Universities and First-class Disciplines". The University is located in Yangling, Shaanxi Province, the birthplace of Chinese Agricultural civilization and today’s the National Agriculture High-tech Industrial Demonstration zone.
NWAFU is the most complete Agricultural University in China, with 26 colleges (departments, institutes, ministries) and graduate schools. It has 16 doctoral degrees, 28 master's degree authorized first-level disciplines and 13 post-doctoral mobile stations. Agricultural Sciences ranked among the top 0.4 of ESI global disciplines, while agricultural sciences, botany and zoology, engineering, Environmental Sciences and ecology, biology and biochemistry ranked among the top 1% of ESI global disciplines. There are two national key laboratories, one national engineering laboratory, three national engineering technology research centers, three national field science observation and research stations, 72 provincial and ministerial key laboratories and engineering technology research centers.
Focusing on the basic and applied research of frontier life sciences such as proteomics, metabonomics and genomics, t nearly 100 million Yuan has been invested to build an international first-class sharing platform for large-scale Life Sciences instruments with advanced instruments and equipment. High-pressure cryostat, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, high-speed sorting flow cytometer, and ultra-high resolution combined liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and other large high-end equipment; provide you with a good scientific research platform and technical support for the entrepreneurship of school officials.
In the new era, guided by the strategic needs of the country, the school strives to do a good job in three major articles, namely " holding up the heavens , supporting the earth" and "internationalization", so as to provide a broader space and stage for the growth of talents.