3. Appointment Positions and Conditions

The center recruits outstanding senior and young talents from home and abroad, offering corresponding appointment positions according to the university's standards. The requirements for each level are as follows:

Associate Researcher/Associate Professor

Tenure-track fixed-term position (each term is generally three years). Applicants must hold a doctoral degree and have at least three years of post-doctoral research experience in the field. They should have independently achieved significant research results, demonstrated the potential to become academic leaders in their field, and possess the qualifications and ability to independently apply for research grants, lead research projects, guide research team members, and supervise doctoral students. They must meet the academic level of assistant professors or similar positions at world-class universities. Those appointed as associate professors must have teaching capabilities and undertake teaching duties as required by the university.

Researcher/Professor

Tenure-track fixed-term position (each term is generally three years). Applicants should have achieved internationally recognized significant results in their research field, enjoy a certain reputation and academic influence, have experience in leading important research projects and competitiveness in funding applications, and have sufficient experience in supervising doctoral students, postdocs, and managing research teams. They must meet the qualifications for appointment as senior professional technical personnel at the university. Those appointed as professors must have the ability to teach undergraduate courses and undertake teaching duties as required by the university.

Principal Investigator/Tenured Professor

Tenured position (contract until legal retirement age). Applicants should have made unique, original, and significant contributions to their research field, widely recognized by domestic and international peers, and contributed to the enrichment and development of the discipline's knowledge system. They should enjoy considerable international reputation and academic influence, be able to lead researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds in interdisciplinary collaborative research, have experience in leading important research projects and the ability to secure long-term funding, and have achieved good results in supervising doctoral students, postdocs, and cultivating young talents. They must meet the appointment requirements for principal investigators or tenured professors at the university. Those appointed as tenured professors must be competent in teaching undergraduate courses and undertake teaching duties as required by the university.

Academic Honorary Positions

For top talents who have made systematic, groundbreaking, and outstanding contributions in their academic fields, achieved distinguished accomplishments, and reached the level of specially appointed professors or chair professors in the university's academic honor system, the frontier center will recommend them to the university based on their specific contributions and achievements. The relevant appointment requirements and review procedures follow the university's academic honor system regulations.