一、双方院校简介

中国农业科学院研究生院成立于1979年，1981年经国务院批准成为我国首批博士与硕士学位授予单位。中国农业科学院研究生教育以其分布在全国18个省（市、自治区）的40个研究所为依托，坚持“立足科研，质量为本，科教兴农”的办学理念，以“院所结合，两段式培养”为特色，经过近40年的探索和发展，现已形成包括博士、硕士、留学生、专业学位教育和中外合作办学在内的多层次、多类型的人才培养体系，为我国输送了大批优秀人才。

荷兰瓦赫宁根大学（Wageningen University, the Netherlands）始建于1876年，现有教职员工6500多人，在校生10000多人，包括来自100多个国家和地区的国际学生2500多人。经过100多年的发展，瓦赫宁根大学已成为全世界农业与生命科学最顶尖的研究型大学之一，其农业科学、生命科学、食品科学及环境科学等在全球享有极高的声誉。在最新发布的泰晤士世界大学排名中，该校列全球第59位；在上海软科发布的世界大学52个学科排名榜中，该校大农学类和食品科学与工程两个学科均排名第1。

二、项目简介

本项目于2015年获教育部批准立项，自2016年开始正式招生，旨在借鉴国外大学先进的办学理念，充分发挥双方的优势，实现强强联合和合作共赢，培养一批具有国际视野的高层次农业人才，促进我国农业科技创新和学科建设，服务我国“三农”事业发展，为保障农业可持续发展做出贡献。

本项目批准书编号：MOE11NL1A20151701N；项目信息可查询教育部涉外监管网：http://www.crs.jsj.edu.cn/aproval/getbyarea/1。

2019年该项目计划自主招收20名博士研究生，分别开展20个双方共同确定的合作科研项目/课题研究，欢迎优秀青年报考。

三、报名须知

（一）申请资格

1. 中国籍公民。

2. 拥护中国共产党的领导，遵纪守法，品行端正，身心健康。

3. 全日制本科和硕士毕业，已获得硕士学位，年龄不超过40周岁（1979年9月1日之后出生）。

4. 报考的领域与本人硕士研究生的领域相同或相近。

5. 具备攻读博士学位所需的英语听、说、读、写能力，且须符合瓦赫宁根大学对博士生英语能力的入学要求。

（二）招收学科领域与规模

1. 植物科学（植物生物学、园艺学、作物学）

2. 动物科学（畜牧学、兽医学）

3. 自然资源与环境科学

4. 食品科学

5. 营养与健康

6. 农产品质量与食品安全

7. 农业工程技术

8. 农业经济管理

以上每个学科领域计划招收2?4人。

（三）报名材料

1.《中国农业科学院研究生院中外合作办学博士教育项目考生报名表》。

2. 本科和硕士学历、学位证书、课程成绩单的复印件。

3. 英语水平证明（两年内有效的雅思或托福成绩。雅思成绩，总分不低于6.5分，口语单项成绩不低于6.0分；或托福成绩，总分不低于90分，口语单项成绩不低于23分）。暂未取得上述证明者，须于2019年8月30号前补交；申请人获得教育部认可的国外正规高校颁发的硕士学位且授课语言为英语者，则无需提供上述证明。

4. 两名所报考学科专业领域正高级职称专家推荐信。

5. 硕士学位论文摘要（中、英文）。

6. 主要学术成果（发表的论文、获奖证明、专利等）。

7. 应届生需提交所在学校的在读证明；在职人员提交单位同意函，保证个人能够全脱产在校学习和开展科研实践；离职人员提交原单位出具的离职证明。

8. 身份证复印件。

9. 报名费（200元人民币）。

报名表和推荐信表格请从我院网站http://www.gscaas.net.cn“招生信息”栏目下载。

（四）报名时间

自本简章发布之日开始报名，截止时间为2019年2月15日（以材料收到时间为准）。请报考人按时将申请材料寄送中国农业科学院研究生院国际教育处，同时将材料电子版发送至联系人邮箱（zhangmingjun@caas.cn），件主题应注明“申请人姓名+报考项目类别+所选学科领域”。

四、资格审查与考核录取

（一）资格审查

研究生院国际教育处负责申请人资格审查。

（二）考核与录取

本项目实行“申请-考核”制，由中荷双方共同负责对符合条件的博士生候选人的考核和录取。基本程序分为以下三个阶段：

1. 提交项目建议书：项目建议书须由导师通过电子邮件发送给中荷双方项目联络人，截止日期为2019年2月15日。有关具体要求，请参见如后英文项目指南。

2. 三方面试：中荷双方导师根据需要共同对申请人进行三方视频面试，综合考核评估申请人的教育经历、学术背景及科研潜力等基本情况，并将考核结果通过电子邮件通报项目中荷双方联络人。

3. 确定录取名单：根据中荷双方导师共同推荐的入围学生名单，中荷项目联合管理委员会研究确定录取名单。

五、培养模式

中荷项目学制4年，采取“2.5+1.5”（即国内2.5年，国外1.5年）的培养模式和双导师制，由中荷双方导师共同指导。根据瓦赫宁根大学有关博士培养的规定和要求，项目学生入学12个月后，校方将对项目学生进行中期评估，并根据评估结果（Go/No Go）决定项目学生是否继续深造（评估结果为Go，则继续；评估结果为No Go，则学生须退出项目）。项目学生需在荷兰瓦赫宁根大学注册学籍。学生在国外学习时间为18个月，可分段进行，具体次数和时间由双方导师根据论文研究需要商定。

六、学位授予

荷兰瓦赫宁根大学组织由双方导师参加的论文答辩。达到荷兰瓦赫宁根大学学位授予条件者，授予荷兰法律认可的瓦赫宁根大学博士学位，中国农业科学院研究生院出具写实性学习证明。

七、费用

1. 中荷项目的合作双方对本项目博士研究生免收研究生培养费，但中国农科院研究生院比照全日制国家计划博士研究生收费标准收取在国内学习期间的学费。

2. 研究所/导师原则上发放博士生在学4年的助研津贴（每月不低于3750元人民币），支付赴国外学习或答辩的国际旅费（两次往返机票）。

3. 荷方课题组提供项目学生赴荷签证费、有关项目学生培训和教育活动的费用（约5000欧元）、并支付荷方导师至少一次来华开展教学访问活动的相关费用。

4. 学生个人承担国外大学注册费、办理出国需要的护照、材料公证认证，以及在国内和国外期间的食宿、保险等有关费用（根据荷兰移民局的有关规定，学生在荷兰期间的最低生活标准约为1200欧元/月，当前为1193欧元/月；作为录取的必要条件，项目学生须提供费用担保函）。

八、联系方式

中方联系人：张老师

联系电话：010-82108848

电子邮箱：zhangmingjun@caas.cn

邮寄地址：北京市海淀区中关村南大街12号，100081

中国农业科学院研究生院国际教育处

荷方联系人：Dr. Claudius van de Vijver

电子邮箱： claudius.vandevijver@wur.nl

Call for collaborative PhD projects

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences - Wageningen University

Joint PhD Programme

2019

Background Information

To strengthen the collaboration between Wageningen University (WU) and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), WU and the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GSCAAS) started a collaborative PhD programme. The programme, that runs from 2016 to 2020, provides an opportunity to set up joint research projects. It comprises a total of 100 PhD projects (20 projects per year). The programme involves a 4-year sandwich PhD where the PhD candidates perform the major part of their research at CAAS and spend at least 18 months in Wageningen, divided over two periods: 6-8 months at the start of the project 8-12 months at the end of the 4 years.

Call for collaborative projects

We invite academic staff of WU and CAAS who are interested in this programme to submit a joint project. You are especially encouraged to submit proposals in the following interdisciplinary strategic themes (see Annex 1 for description of themes):

-        A Global One health

-        Resource Use Efficiency

-        Resilience

-        Metropolitan Solutions

-        Synthetic Biology

Note that a cluster of a small number of interrelated projects around specific theme, involving several PhD projects, is also possible. In this situation it is recommended that more than one WU chair group is involved.

Deadline for submission: 15 February 2019

Please send your submission by 15 February 2019 to the programme coordinators:

·         Zhang Mingjun (zhangmingjun@caas.cn) and

·         Claudius van de Vijver (claudius.vandevijver@wur.nl)

The submission should include:

·         Title of the proposed project

·         A short proposal (max 500 words) of the intended research

·         Information of WU and CAAS scientists involved in the project including:

o    Name

o    Affiliation (CAAS Institute or WU Chair Group)

o    Email

·         A statement in which the joint intent of collaboration in this PhD project between a WU group and CAAS institute is described, including the financial arrangements and signed by both parties.

·         Name of the proposed PhD candidate and his/her CV.

Note with respect to the PhD candidates:

o    Once the project has been accepted by CAAS-WU selection committee in May 2019 the candidate must accordingly apply to the programme at the Graduate School of CAAS (GSCAAS)

o    When no potential candidate is known you can still submit a proposal. In this situation please send an email to GSCAAS (zhangmingjun@caas.cn) with a highlight of the proposal (max 100 words). GSCAAS will include this highlight in a call for PhD applicants on their website. PhD Applicants will be asked to apply to the supervisors (with a cc to GSCAAS and WU coordinators, zhangmingjun@caas.cn and claudius.vandevijver@wur.nl resp.). Accordingly the supervisors select the preferred candidate and inform the GSCAAS and WU coordinators. Deadline for the final selection of these candidates must be 1 May 2019

Conditions to participate in the Wageningen-CAAS PhD programme:

1.    The PhD candidate

For PhD candidates to be eligible they must meet the following criteria:

-      English proficiency according to the demands of Wageningen University (see: https://www.wur.nl/en/Education-Programmes/PhD-Programme/English-language-requirements.htm). Note: This requirement does not yet need to be fulfilled upon submission of the proposal but must be met upon the start of the programme on the first of September 2019

-      Candidates must obtain their MSc degree before 1 September 2019

2.    Financial arrangements

·         The CAAS Institute will cover:

-      A basic allowance for living costs for the duration of the project, including the required living allowance of the PhD candidate in the time that (s)he is in Wageningen^*

-      All local research expenses

-      Travel costs of candidates (2 return tickets)

^*    According to Dutch Immigration law this allowance should at least be € 1192,-. Note that in the application it should formally be stated by the CAAS supervisor who will pay the allowance in Wageningen as this was an issue in the past

·         The Wageningen University Chair Group will cover:

-      The standard WU tuition fee of a minimum of €1000 for each month the candidate spends in Wageningen

-      All local facilities required for the candidate at Wageningen University

-      The candidate’s visa costs

-      At least one trip of the Wageningen supervisor to China

-      € 5,000 for PhD training and education activities of which half is covered by the chair (Education back pack) and the other half by the Wageningen Graduate School which the candidate will be member of.

ANNEX 1: STRATEGIC THEMES

A Global One Health

Controlling the risks of disease outbreaks and reducing endemic infectious diseases are crucial to food security, public health, climate change and biodiversity. We use the phrase ‘A Global One Health’, as it reflects the interconnectedness and global nature of health care for humans, animals, plants and the environment. Many health risks can be controlled through effective interventions consisting of an adequate and varied food supply, hygiene, medicines, vaccines, vector control and crop protection. A sustainable and shared approach requires an integrated analysis of infectious diseases, with contributions from various knowledge domains. We perform research into infectious diseases, vectors, ecology, epidemiology, healthy agriculture (animal health and plant health) healthy nutrition and intestinal flora, food security and safety, and social health issues. Through a system approach, we provide an essential contribution to improving the health of people, animals and plants.

Resource Use Efficiency

A more intensive use of natural resources places increasing pressure on biological systems and on production and consumption systems in agriculture. Due to increasing global urbanisation, the distribution of the flow of energy, materials and waste is shifting on a large scale, and the quality of ecosystems (for example soil and water) is under pressure. The flow of nutrients, residue and waste is becoming concentrated in prosperous, densely populated urban areas, while elsewhere the soil is becoming depleted. We are investing in the transition to a more sustainable and efficient system of production and consumption. We are developing new knowledge and technology to deal more efficiently with the available raw materials. We are changing primary production streams through new combinations of various sectors, product groups and raw materials. We are working on the intelligent closure of previously separate cycles of energy, materials and nutrients through the optimal use of plant and animal sources. In addition, we are contributing to a high-efficiency revolution in the use of raw biological materials through the efficient conversion and distribution of streams, raw materials and products, as well as the prevention of waste and disposal of nutrients. This transition is also accompanied by new business opportunities and risks, which were previously unknown. For the effective support of this transition, governance is crucial; new networks must be formed between the most important actors in production and consumption, innovations in institutions must be required and new practices must be developed. Socio-economic analyses show how this transition can be shaped.

Resilience

Resilience is an important property not only of natural ecosystems, agro-ecosystems, and economic and social systems, but also of biological systems such as humans, animals, plants and microbes. The resilience of a system determines its response and adaptation to sudden, non-linear changes such as rapid technological progress, climate change and socio-economic changes. The reactions in the systems are complex and are determined by interaction with other systems and reactions between different scales. We are already working on resilience in various scientific areas. Many of the underlying principles, such as mathematical and experimental approaches, are universally applicable. As a result, the application potential is great. This is illustrated by the current work on the resilience of livestock, tropical rain forests, food supply chains and climate-resistant agriculture. To deepen and expand the research on resilience, we are working on new interdisciplinary applications for resilience.

Metropolitan Solutions

By 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. As a result, cities will to an increasing degree face issues concerning the sustainability and quality of life. This concerns aspects such as food security, mobility and logistics, the availability of water, dealing with raw materials and waste, health and well-being. The metropolitan city is simultaneously an incubator for creative solutions, a precursor of social and technological sustainability innovations, an important player on the world stage and a specific social and ecological system. In this way, the metropolitan city also serves as a ‘living lab’ to design, test and

disseminate solutions to these problems. We are committed to metropolitan solutions in order to arrive at smart cities: cities and metropolitan regions that – in close relationship with the surrounding rural areas – are liveable, healthy, resilient and cyclical. For instance, we understand that green areas in the city play a key role in business climate, safety (water storage), liveability and health. The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) and the Delta Alliance are two of the first initiatives in this field. We would like to expand these with new international initiatives and networks.

Synthetic Biology

Acquired knowledge on genetic material as a building block for life has increased drastically. We can use this knowledge to design new biological systems. This offers a world of possibility for improving the quality of life. However, the application of synthetic biology is still in its infancy. At present, work is taking place only with biomolecules and single-cell organisms, such as bacteria and yeasts. Over the long term, our research will contribute to evocative aspects such as production platforms for energy, new biologically inspired materials, refined diagnostics with the aid of biosensors and the production of pharmaceuticals. This also elicits questions about what ‘life’ is and how science and society can mutually ensure responsible innovation – for example when it comes to societal acceptance, controlling risks and protecting intellectual property. The extra investments in synthetic biology provide opportunities for successful international competition in this area, in which natural scientists and social scientists work closely together.