Shanghai Post-doctoral Excellence Program aims to secure and improve the allowance standards for outstanding postdoctoral scholars of the city, to ensure their focuses on scientific research, and to further inspire their innovative creativity, so that to provide talent guarantee for accelerating the construction of the "Five Centers" of Shanghai.

The candidate selected by the program will be funded by the Special Fund for Promoting Talent Development in Shanghai, with an allowance of 150,000 RMB per person per year for 2 years. The host institution shall offer a matching allowance at no less than 1:1 ratio to this amount.