Person of the Year is basically available in 985 colleges and universities, and the selected students are all the top academics selected from a million, which is considered a very valuable award. The annual awards ceremony is also one of the top events in the school.
Hearing Principal Xu mention this, Lu Zhou smiled sheepishly, coughed lightly and said, "I've graduated for so many years, you won't still give me an award, right?"
Lu Zhou: "My side?"
"There's nothing bad about it," Principal Xu smiled, "You are a key national project and a key project in the city. What's more, you have also helped us a lot. Borrowing two faculty dormitories is nothing."
However, with the talent and equipment in place, and a Nobel Prize-winning leader leading the team, the latter two are just a matter of time.
It turned out to be an award ceremony...
After the expansion, the Institute of Computational Materials has transformed from a small private research institution with only more than 20 formal researchers into one of the largest materials science research institutions in the country.
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What is the concept of 1 billion US dollars
President Xu smiled and said, "In one week's time, it will be our Jinling University College Student of the Year award again."
However, based on this calculation, the Institute for Advanced Study's monthly expenditure on housing subsidies alone would exceed one million.
Lu Zhou: "What's the matter?"
"It's not that I miss you, but I'm used to it," Lu Zhou smiled sheepishly, "Okay, just let me know when the time comes."
Just when Lu Zhou was still hesitating whether or how to speak, Principal Xu was one step ahead of him and spoke with a smile.
After a pause, Principal Xu continued with a smile.
Lu Zhou: "..."
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 issue.
Lu Zhou: "Is there any good way?"
When will the project be completed and when will the internship be transferred to a full-time job
Yang Xu is responsible for recruiting.
Lu Zhou was quite reassured about his abilities, so he didn't ask too much about this matter. He just briefly reviewed resumes in physics and mathematics other than materials science.
Converted into RMB, that’s nearly 7 billion.
Of course, we only discuss the number of people and equipment here, not the number of papers or research results.
Because this is the laboratory of a Nobel Prize winner, even if you are doing the same scientific research work, the opportunities here are far more than any other research institute in the country...
Although the benefits of these positions may not be as attractive as those of formal researchers, most people are still willing to stay here if they can.
And more than that, what really made Principal Xu make this decision without hesitation was the US$1 billion scientific research project.
"Let's rent a house for now," Lu Zhou said after thinking for a moment when discussing this issue at the meeting. "Until the employee community is completed, the official researchers will be given a rental subsidy of 2,000 yuan per person per month to solve the accommodation problem. It shouldn’t be big.”
The average rental price 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, the salary is about one thousand a month.
Different from the recruitment requirements of the Institute of Materials Research, Lu Zhou requires researchers who engage in research in these two directions to attach the research topic they are applying for in their resumes.
As for whether you can grasp it, it depends on your personal ability.
In principle, a person can only be judged for this award once, but Lu Zhou remembered that he seemed to have won it twice, once when he was an undergraduate and the other when he was studying for a master's degree.
Surprisingly, in addition to the two hundred formal researchers, there are more than five hundred PHDs willing to stay as research assistants.
"It's easy to say. Our faculty apartments on the new campus of Jinda have been completed, and they happen to be vacant right now. If you need them, we can vacate two buildings here first."
In addition, compared with the 200-person expansion of the Institute of Computational Materials, Lu Zhou, the not-yet-established Institute of Physics and the Institute of Mathematics, has only recruited about 20 people each.
And only one in five people can pass the interview in the end.
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 researchers was finally determined.
Lu Zhou: "Isn't this... not good?"
If you pass the interview, the corresponding research project application will be regarded as a project proposal report, and the project will be developed at the same time as you are hired.
Regardless, opportunities are equal for everyone.
However, water far away cannot quench the thirst nearby. The newly developed community has just completed the project bidding, and it will not be delivered until this time next year at the earliest.
Even the experimental building of the School of Chemistry was borrowed for a year or two, and the two faculty dormitories were really nothing.
Principal Xu smiled and nodded: "Well, then I'll trouble you!"
He hopes that in this process of trying and moving forward, he can find a suitable path to build the ideal research institute in his mind.
Even if you borrow it and don't pay it back, it doesn't mean anything.
As for why, there is no other reason.
In comparison, there are only two faculty dormitories, and they are only temporarily loaned out, so what are they
Seeing that Principal Xu agreed so simply, Lu Zhou stopped making excuses.
Any topics included in this billion-dollar project are enough to feed countless laboratories.
Maybe it was because there were too many people calling him some time ago, but now when someone mentions a medal to him, he thinks they are giving him an award, and it has almost become a conditioned reflex.
"By the way, you just happened to be here, and I also want to ask you a favor."
Not to mention Jinling University, Shuimu University, which ranks first in the country in terms of total scientific research funding, only has a yearly funding of 5.079 billion. (2016 data)
Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was the Institute for Advanced Study. Talent cultivation cannot be achieved overnight, and too rapid expansion is not necessarily a good thing.
Tens of thousands of resumes were screened, and only a thousand were ultimately invited for interviews.
Yang Xu smiled sheepishly: "There are ways... but it just depends on you."
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Therefore, Lu Zhou valued the latter more than his resume.
Although no money was given directly, the Institute for Advanced Study was granted a piece of land near a university town and high-tech park with an average price of more than 30,000 yuan at almost a free price for the construction of an employee community.
However, at the Institute for Advanced Study, starting from January, PHDs who have passed the interview will come to report.
No need to ask, as soon as he heard the beginning of these words, he knew what this guy was planning.
What's more, the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study is not an outsider to Jinling University. The two parties have always cooperated on scientific research projects.
Standing downstairs at Jinling Institute for Advanced Study with the same dream in mind, there are many people who have experienced similar experiences to him.
Yang Xu's gaze moved to one side: "The newly built faculty and staff dormitories of Jin University seem to have been completed..."
Obviously, most of the time, you have to deal with this kind of debt yourself...
In addition, physics is a strong major at JJU, so there are probably a lot of topics that can be studied.
Principal Xu said with a smile: "You have even won the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize, and you are still thinking about our small prize! I am 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, we will help us young students from Jinda University to issue certificates and awards."
The proposal report can reflect many things that cannot be reflected on the resume, such as experience in applying for scientific research funds, etc...
Yang Xu shook his head and said: "If we all rent, the staff will be too scattered and difficult to manage. Moreover, the housing supply in the university town is tight. If we rent far away, transportation will also be a problem."
The next day, Lu Zhou visited President Xu in the office of the president of Jinling University. During their chat, he briefly talked about several problems faced by the Institute for Advanced Study.
Jinling Municipal Party Committee leaders attach great importance to the construction of Jinling Institute of Advanced Studies.
Of course, in addition to formal researchers, there are also positions such as assistant researchers, associate researchers, etc. waiting for them.
Although Lu Zhou already has a rough idea of how to replicate Princeton's model in China, specific methods are still being explored.
Hou Jinli is just a microcosm.