同济大学可持续发展与新型城镇化智库
青年科学家访问项目
（一）同济大学可持续发展与新型城镇化智库简介：
“同济大学可持续发展与新型城镇化智库”(以下简称“智库”)为同济大学直属、独立设置的实体性研究机构。“智库”通过发挥同济大学可持续发展、城市规划、经济与管理、环境科学等学科的优势，针对我国和全球范围内可持续发展与城镇化领域面临的重大科学问题、政策问题和管理问题，广泛开展学术研究、提供决策咨询、传播思想理念。“智库”的依托单位包括同济大学可持续发展与管理研究所、高密度区域智能城镇化协同创新中心、新农村发展研究院、联合国环境规划署-同济大学环境与可持续发展学院、经济与管理学院、建筑与城市规划学院等机构。“智库”的主要职能包括学术研究、政策建言、国际交流、人才培养、社会服务等。
（二）项目目标：
青年科学家访问项目旨在为可持续发展和新型城镇化领域的全球青年学者搭建一个思想交流的平台。通过科学研究，政策咨询，媒体传播等多种形式的项目合作和交流互动，构建一个由学术潜力大和社会责任感强的全球青年精英构筑的智库网络。
（三）项目领域：“智库”重点关注以下的五大领域：
（1）可持续发展
（2）新型城镇化
（3）城市与区域治理
（4）可持续性大学
（5）创新城市与智能城市
（四）申请须知
申请名额：一个项目周期（通常半到一年）为10-20人
申请日期：随时可以申请，项目委员会定期评审（通常为1个月）
申请对象：世界各国高校及科研机构的青年学者均可申请，具体包括四类：
（1）博士候选人（或高年级博士生）
（2）正在从事博士后的科研人员
（3）取得博士学位一年以内，未来有意愿从事“智库”相关科学研究活动的青年学者
（4）正在从事相关（“智库”五大领域）科研工作的青年学者，有意愿与“智库”进行长期合作交流。（除该项目要求之外，此类青年学者也可以和“智库”沟通建立多种形式的合作机制）
申请材料
（1）申请信
（2）研究计划(须明确研究计划的最终产出)
（3）个人简历
（4）2份代表性研究成果（论文，著作，报告等）电子版
（5）专家推荐信2封。其中博士候选人（或高年级博士生）申请者需要有一份其博士导师的推荐信。
（6）所有申请材料的准备须用英文或中文,申请材料(除推荐信外)按顺序整合在一个PDF文档中
申请方式
申请者将申请材料(除推荐信)（文件名：青年科学家访问项目-申请者姓名）发送至项目负责人陈海云博士邮箱（hchen1@gwdg.de）；推荐信（签字扫描版，文件名：青年科学家访问项目推荐信-申请者姓名）须由推荐人直接发送至项目负责人信箱。
（五）项目资助及要求
（1）每一个获得项目委员会认可的研究项目将获得20,000-100,000人民币不等的资助（具体资助金额依照研究计划和项目委员会评审意见综合而定）。
（2）每一个获得资助的项目申请者在其项目执行周期内，需要在“智库”从事相关科学研究工作的时间累计不少于30个工作日。项目委员会将为来“智库”工作的项目资助者提供办公室。
（3）项目资助的费用中已经包括来“智库”工作期间的交通，食宿，保险等相关费用，项目委员会不再额外补助。原则上资助费用也包括研究成果的正式发表或出版费用。
（4）项目执行过程中需要和“智库”相关科研人员合作，并且为“智库学生创新团队”提供相关讲座和培训。
（六）项目预期收获
（1）获得和“智库”相关学者从事科学研究和合作交流的平台与机会
（2）通过跨国界，跨学科，跨文化的研究环境来拓宽您的研究兴趣和视野
（3）所有获得项目资助的青年科学家 可以共享“智库”的所有信息和资源
（4）优秀的科研项目可以向“智库”申请后续资助，进行可持续研究
（5）“智库”将推荐优秀的科研成果发表，出版或媒体报道
（6）项目委员会设立了“青年科学家访问项目奖”。每一个项目周期会评选出三个最有影响力的研究成果，获得者不仅可以获得额外的资金资助，而且有机会全职受聘于“智库”，提供具有国际竞争力的薪资待遇。
（七）项目负责人及联系方式
项目负责人：陈海云 博士
电子邮箱：hchen1@gwdg.de（申请材料接受）, hychen@tongji.edu.cn(咨询)
地址：上海杨浦区四平路1239号，同济大学同济大厦A楼1201
智库网址：http://urbanization-think-tank.tongji.edu.cn/
Young Scientists Visiting Program
Tongji University Sustainable Development and New-Type Urbanization Think Tank
The Introduction of Tongji University Sustainable Development and New-Type Urbanization Think Tank（TJ-SDUTT）
TJ-SDUTT is directly subject to Tongji University, it is the research entity institute. Through the integration of advantages in the many disciplines, such as Sustainable Development, Urban Planning, Economics and Management, Environmental Science, etc., focusing on the important issues of science, policy and governance in the fields of sustainable development and urbanization of national and global scales, TJ-SDUTT then develops academic researches, provides policy consulting, strengths international cooperation, engages talent cultivation and contributes social services. The supporting institutions of TJ-SDUTT mainly include six schools and institutes of Tongji University, namely, School of Economics and Management, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, Institute of Sustainable Development and Management, Institute of New Rural Development, China Intelligent Urbanization Co-Creation Center for High Density Region.
Program Goal
Young Scientists Visiting Program (YSVP) aims to build an international platform of ideas communication for global young scholars in the related fields of sustainable development and urbanization. Through various forms of cooperation and communication, such as academic research, policy consulting, international interaction, talent cultivation and social service, etc., to construct a “Think-Tank” network of sharing information and resources which is mainly consist of global young elites who have outstanding academic potential and strong sense of social responsibility.
Program Areas
TJ-SDUTT mainly pays attention to five areas below:
(1)Sustainable Development
(2)New-Type Urbanization
(3)Urban and Regional Governance
(4)Sustainability University
(5)Creative Urban and Smart City
Application Notes
Quota: 10-20 in one period of program (usually half or one year)
Time: Open call for application at any time, periodically review (usually one month) by program committee
Who can apply? All of young scholars in universities and research institutions globally, mainly including four types of objects below:
(1) Doctoral Candidates (or upper grade doctoral students)
(2) Post -doctoral researchers who are engaging in related academic researches
(3) Doctors who just earned her or his doctoral degree (within one year), and currently do not have available work positions. However, she or he has strong and positive willing to engage into activities referring to the fields of TJ-SDUTT.
(4) Young scholars who are engaging into the works in other universities and institutions of academic researches referring to the five fields of TJ-SDUTT, and she or he is positively willing to develop long-term cooperation with TJ-SDUTT. (In addition, such young scholars also are encouraged to establish cooperation mechanism with TJ-SDUTT in various forms)
What materials should be submitted?
(1)Motivation letter
(2)Research Proposal (including expected outcomes)
(3)Curriculum Vitae
(4)Two selected previous research outcomes (such as papers, books, reports, etc)
(5)Two recommendation letters (for the applicants who are doctoral candidates or high grade doctoral students, one of their referees should be her or his doctoral tutor)
(6)All of application materials should be prepared in English or Chinese, and finally put all of materials into one PDF document in order above (except for recommendation letters).
How to apply for?
The applicants should submit her or his application materials (except for recommendation letters) with one PDF document (file name should be: YSVP-applicant name) to the email (hchen1@gwdg.de) of program coordinator, Dr.Haiyun Chen. In addition, recommendation letters (scanned PDF sighed by referees, file name: YSVP-RL-applicant name) should directly be submitted by referees to the email (hchen1@gwdg.de) of program coordinator, Dr.Haiyun Chen.
Program Funding and Requirements
(1) Each applicant research proposal endorsed by program committee will receive funding support from 20,000 to 100,000 RMB (the funding amount is finally determined by the quality of research proposal and review comments of program committee comprehensively).
(2) Each funded applicant should be engaged in one period of time for relevant scientific research work in TJ-SDUTT, the accumulative time should be not less than 30 working days in the whole program execution period, TJ-SDUTT will provide office room for them.
(3) The program funding has covered all of related costs in the research, also including the costs of transportation, accommodation, insurance and others during working in TJ-SDUTT. In principle, program funding also covers the published costs of program outcomes.
(4) The funded applicants should build cooperative relationship in the process of program implementation, they also should provide relevant lectures and trainings for the Innovation team of students in TJ-SDUTT.
What to expect from the program?
(1) To have opportunities to engage into scientific research and cooperation with the scholars in TJ-SDUTT.
(2) To broaden participants’ horizons and interests through research environment of cross national, cross disciplinary and cross cultural.
(3) To share all of information and resources of TJ-SDUTT.
(4) The outstanding research programs can apply for follow-up funding for the sustainability of research program.
(5)TJ-SDUTT will recommend excellent research outcomes to publish or media reports.
(6) The program committee establishes the Award of YSVP. TJ-SDUTT will select out of the three most influential outcomes in each program period, the winners will not only obtain additional funding, but also have the opportunities of full-time employed by TJ-SDUTT , we will provide international competitive salary levels.
Program Coordinator and Contact Information
Coordinator：Dr. Haiyun Chen
Email: hchen1@gwdg.de(receiving application materials)
hychen@tongji.edu.cn(consulting)
Address: Tongji Building Block A-1201, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Rd, Shanghai, China
Website: http://urbanization-think-tank.tongji.edu.cn/
