Overview
ASIPP and the ITER Organization are recruiting postdoctoral researchers worldwide for joint fusion-research appointments split between ASIPP in China and the ITER Organization.
Complete research opportunity details
The program provides an approximately RMB 470,000 pre-tax annual compensation package that includes insurance, one annual round-trip travel allowance between the two workplaces, overseas allowance and related expenses. Chinese fellows are expected to spend about 30% of their working time at ASIPP and 70% at ITER; foreign fellows about 50% at each institution.
Eligibility requirements
Open to outstanding doctoral graduates worldwide, generally no more than 35 years old, who already hold a doctorate or have passed the doctoral defense with the degree pending. Applicants' academic backgrounds and research directions must match the ASIPP postdoctoral research topics. Degrees obtained outside mainland China require the certification specified by ASIPP.
Tips for this postdoctoral opportunity
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Match your research background to the project, laboratory, supervisor and required methods rather than applying only from the title.
- Prepare a focused academic CV, transcripts, publications and research statement or proposal when requested by the official call.
- Confirm funding duration, stipend/salary, tuition coverage, start date and eligibility for international applicants.
- Contact a supervisor before applying only when the official instructions recommend or require it.
Verification notes
Official ASIPP recruitment page/search surface checked on 5 September 2026 UTC. The official notice states applications are accepted until 20 September but gives no closing time or timezone, so deadline_date is used. The source page intermittently timed out on direct fetch, but the official indexed page exposed the current eligibility, compensation, application materials and contact route; no access control was bypassed.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences ↗