Criteria and Rewards for Overseas Students Academic Excellence Scholarship( 2022 reviesed version)

Article 12 The assessment of Overseas Students Academic Excellence Scholarship comprehensively considers academic performance and scientific research achievements. In the second year, the academic performance of graduate students accounts for 70%, and scientific research achievements account for 30%.  In the third year of postgraduates, the third/ fourth year of Ph.D students, only scientific research achievements are considered for selection.

Article 13 Scientific research achievements

The scoring of scientific research achievements is divided into two parts: academic papers and intellectual property. The total score of scientific research achievements is the sum of the two parts.

1. Scoring of academic papers

(1) The score of academic papers is based on the level of the journal or conference in which the paper is published, as shown in Table 1. When the same paper can be calculated according to two or more rules, the higher score is counted. Special situations that are not listed in Table 1 shall be determined by the assessment committee.

(2) The author’s affiliation of the published paper which is used to add the score of the research achievements must be Jiangsu University. The graduate must be the first author, or the supervisor is the first author while the graduate is the second author. Each graduate shall submit an application form and supporting materials for the determination of the score according to the criterion shown in Table 1. The points shall be included in the assessment after confirmation by the supervisor and review by the Assessment Committee.

(3) For journal and conference papers, the formal acceptance notice shall prevail, and the SCI journal shall be list in the SCI source journal published in the preceding academic year (SCI zone is calculated according to the division of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the current year, and the zone calculation is based on the higher level of the two-tier classification). The CCF recommended international journal and conference list shall be based on the latest version on the CCF official website. The deadline for papers is the end of one month before the award assessment year. The scholarship assessment for the current year is carried out around November each year. The specific date will be notified separately.

TABLE 1 Scoring method for graduate research papers

Note: CCF conference papers refer to "Full paper" and "Regular paper" (formal published long papers) as well as other forms of papers presented at the main conference, such as Short paper, Demo paper, Technical Brief, Summary, etc., which are downgraded and scored as half the points for the accompanying conference Workshop.

Scoring Explanation: CCF A-class conference Workshops are scored at 60 points; CCF B-class conference Workshops are scored at 30 points; CCF C-class conference Workshops are scored at 15 points.

(4) In order to encourage graduate students to publish excellent papers, the paper scoring system adopts the representative work system, and students can only list up to 3 representative works. The first representative work is calculated as the full score listed in Table 1, the second representative work is calculated as half of the score listed in Table 1, and the third representative work is calculated as one-fourth of the score listed in Table 1.

2. Scoring Method for Intellectual Property Rights

(1) The scoring values for intellectual property rights shall be based on Table 2. For special circumstances not listed in Table 2, they shall be determined by the Assessment Committee. Each graduate shall submit an application form and supporting materials for the determination of the points according to the criterion shown in Table 2. The points shall be included in the assessment after confirmation by the supervisor and review by the Assessment Committee.

TABLE 2 Scoring method for intellectual property of graduate students

Article 14: Award Levels and Bonuses for Overseas Student Academic Excellence Scholarship

The point requirements and bonus amounts for different award levels of the Overseas Student Academic Excellence Scholarship are shown in Table 3. The total proportion of awardees should not be less than 40%. If all of the students in the same grade do no get significant research achievements, such as second-year ph.D students or second-year postgraduates who have not published high-level papers, the top 40% of students based on their average grade point and weighted score for research achievements will be awarded the Academic Excellence Scholarship. Each awardee will receive a bonus of 1,000 RMB. However, if the proportion of awardees who meet the award criteria is less than 40%, the award will be determined based on the actual number of awardees.

TABLE 3 Scholarship reward levels, point requirements, and bonus amount

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