Hou Jinli is just a microcosm.

With the same dream, standing downstairs of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, there are many people who have similar experiences to him.

Tens of thousands of resumes were screened, and only 1,000 were finally invited for interviews.

And only one in five can finally pass the interview.

In any case, the opportunities are equal for everyone.

As for whether you can grasp it, it depends on your personal ability.

Of course, in addition to regular researchers, there are also assistant researchers, associate researchers, and other positions waiting for them.

While the salaries of these positions may not be as attractive as those of full-time researchers, most people are willing to stay if they can stay here.

As for why, there is no other reason.

Because this is the laboratory of the Nobel Prize bigwig, even if they are also doing scientific research labor, there are far more opportunities here than any research institute in China......

……

Yang Xu is responsible for the control of recruitment.

Lu Zhou was still quite relieved about his ability, so he didn't ask too much about this matter, but simply reviewed the resumes of those physics and mathematics directions in addition to material science.

Different from the recruitment requirements of the Institute of Materials, researchers engaged in research in these two directions, Lu Zhou is required to attach the applied research topic to the resume.

If the interview is successful, the corresponding research project application will be regarded as a proposal report, which will be presented at the same time as the employment.

When will the question be completed, and when will it be converted from the internship period to a regular one.

Therefore, compared with resumes, Lu Zhou attaches more importance to the latter.

There are many things that can be reflected in the proposal report that cannot be reflected in the resume, such as the experience of applying for scientific research funds......

In addition, compared with the expansion of 200 people in the Institute of Computational Materials, Lu Zhou, who has not yet established the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Mathematics, only recruited about 20 people each.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and the same is true for the Institute for Advanced Study. Talent cultivation cannot be achieved overnight, and expanding too quickly is not necessarily a good thing.

Although there is a rough prototype in Lu Zhou's mind about how to copy Princeton's model in China, the specific method is still being explored.

He hopes to find a suitable path to build his ideal research institute in the process of trying and moving forward.

It's not an easy thing to do, but it's worth a try.

After three days of interviews and screening, the list of official fellows was finalized.

Surprisingly, in addition to the two hundred full-time researchers, more than five hundred PHDs are willing to stay as research assistants.

After the expansion, the Institute of Computational Materials has transformed from a small private research institution with only more than 20 full-time researchers to one of the largest materials science research institutions in China.

Of course, this is only about the number of people and equipment, and not about the number of papers or research results.

However, the talents and equipment are in place, and there are Nobel Prize bigwigs leading the team, and the latter two are just a matter of time.

Let's not talk about those distant things for the time being, now that people have been recruited, the placement of talents has become another problem.

For the construction of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, the leaders of the Jinling Municipal Party Committee attach great importance to it.

Although no money was given directly, it was almost given away for free at a price of almost a piece of land near a university town and a high-tech park with an average price of more than 30,000 yuan for the construction of a staff community.

However, the thirst of the water is difficult to quench the near thirst, and the newly developed community has just completed the bidding for the project, and it will not be delivered until this time next year at the earliest.

However, on the side of the Institute for Advanced Study, from January, PHDs who have passed interviews will come to report.

"Let's rent a house for the time being," Lu Zhou thought for a moment before speaking when discussing this issue at the meeting, "Until the staff community is completed, the formal researchers will be given a rental subsidy of two thousand yuan per month each, and the problem of accommodation should not be solved." ”

The average rent of houses near the university town is about 3,000 yuan, and the housing subsidy of 2,000 yuan is quite sincere. As for informal researcher positions such as assistant researchers, it is about 1,000 a month.

However, in this way, the Institute for Advanced Study has to spend more than one million on housing subsidies every month.

Yang Xu shook his head and said: "If you rent a house, the personnel are too scattered and not easy to manage, and the housing supply here in the university town is tight, if you rent far away, transportation is also a problem." ”

Lu Zhou: "Is there any good way?" ”

Yang Xu smiled embarrassedly: "The way...... Yes, it depends on you. ”

Lu Zhou: "My side?" ”

Yang Xu's gaze moved to the side: "The newly built faculty dormitory of Jin Dae seems to be completed......"

Lu Zhou: "......"

He didn't need to ask, as soon as he heard the beginning of this, he knew what this guy was thinking.

Obviously, most of this kind of unkindness has to be said in person......

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The next day, in the office of the president of Jinling University, Lu Zhou visited President Xu, and briefly talked about several problems faced by the Institute for Advanced Study during the chat.

Just when Lu Zhou was still hesitating whether to open his mouth and how to speak, Principal Xu was one step ahead of him and said with a smile.

"It's good to say, the faculty apartment on our new campus has been completed, and it just so happens to be empty now. If you need it, we can vacate two buildings here. ”

Lu Zhou: "This ...... Not quite right? ”

"It's nothing bad," Principal Xu smiled, "You are a national key project, and you are also a key project in the city, not to mention that you have also helped us a lot, borrowing two staff dormitories is nothing." ”

Even the laboratory building of the Institute of Chemical Industry has been borrowed for a year or two, and the two staff dormitories are really nothing.

What's more, the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study is not an outsider to Jinda, and the two sides have always cooperated in scientific research projects.

And not only that, what really made President Xu make this decision without hesitation was the $1 billion scientific research project.

What is the concept of $1 billion?

Converted to RMB, that is nearly 7 billion.

Not to mention Jinling University, it is Shuimu University, which ranks first in the country in terms of total scientific research funding, with a total annual funding of only 5.079 billion. (2016 data)

Any random topic in this $1 billion project is enough to feed I don't know how many labs.

In addition, physics is a strong major of Kim University, so I am afraid that there are many topics that can be eaten.

In contrast, there are only two faculty dormitories, and they are only temporarily lent out, what is the point?

Even if you don't pay it back, it's nothing.

Seeing that Principal Xu agreed so simply, Lu Zhou didn't make any more excuses.

After a pause, Principal Xu continued with a smile.

"By the way, it just so happened that you came over, and I want to ask you for something."

Lu Zhou: "What's the matter?" ”

President Xu smiled and said, "In another week, it will be our Jinling University College Student of the Year Award." ”

The person of the year is basically available in 985 colleges and universities, and the selected ones are all top students in a million, which is a highly valuable award. And the annual award is also one of the top priorities in the school.

In principle, this award can only be evaluated once by a person, but Lu Zhou remembers that he seems to have won it twice, once at the undergraduate level and the other when he was studying for a master's degree.

Hearing President Xu mention this, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, coughed lightly and said, "I've been graduating for so many years, won't you give me an award?" ”

President Xu smiled and said, "You have even won the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize, and you are still thinking about our little award!" I'm not asking you to accept the award, I just want to ask if you have time, if you are not busy, when the time comes, I will help the young students of our Golden University to issue certificates and awards or something. ”

It turned out to be an award......

may be because there were too many people who called him some time ago, and now as soon as others mention medals to him, he thinks that he is going to award himself, and it is almost a kind of conditioned reflex.

"It's not that I'm worried about it, but I'm used to it," Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, "That's okay, just notify me when the time comes." ”

Principal Xu smiled and nodded: "Well, then I'll trouble you!" ”