Three times. According to the information published by China Daily, the postdoctoral fund can be applied for three times a year, one of which is a special grant and the other two are general grants. General support is to give postdoctoral researchers the start-up or supplementary funds for independent innovation research during their stay in the station. The funding target is determined by expert exchange review. Funding standards are divided into natural science and social science. The natural science funding standard is 80,000 yuan; Social science funding standard is generally 50 thousand yuan.