Applicants should be dedicated to research, law abiding and ethical.

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree and generally be no more than 40 years old (45 for humanities and social sciences category). Particularly excellent ones can be appropriately relaxed.

Applicants should have achieved outstanding academic accomplishments and high reputation in their research field, having earned recognition in the scholarly community.

Applicants should have a broad academic vision and innovative thinking with enormous potential to become leading talents or outstanding young talents in their research field.