Notification of application for National Key R&D Program of intergovernmental cooperation in science and technology 2025（The first batch）
The Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC has initiated the first batch of application for National Key R&D Program of intergovernmental cooperation in science and technology 2025 which includes 2 subitems this time. Details of application requirements are as follows:
1. Funding fields
Including Information and Communication Technology, Engineering and Materials Technology, Medicine and Health, Automation Field, Energy Storage Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Materials, etc.
※Please find more details of research contents as attached.
2. Funding amount and duration
The duration of program is two or three years, please refer Annex 1 or Annex 2 for the funding intensity.
3. Requirements
A. Applicants shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) Born on or after January 1, 1964;
(2) Have senior academic title or PhD degree;
(3)Shall not less than six months per year for researching.
B. Shall conduct collaborative research with researchers from research institutes, enterprises and universities within China;
C. Agreements（the agreement should include terms of division of tasks, ownership of intellectual property, etc.）shall be signed by the applicants and the whole collaborative institutions;
D. Applicant shall only apply for one project concurrently;
E. The total number of the national programs(except for NSFC programs) a researcher applies for (including as applicant and main participant) and undertakes (including as applicant and main participant) shall not exceed 2;
F. Shall upload employment proof for applicants from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and foreign countries;
G. Proposal shall be written in Chinese;
H. Applicants and overseas cooperators shall apply for the project to the competent authorities of their own countries/districts respectively. Unilateral application shall be invalid.
I. Applicants shall read the application guide(Annex 1 or Annex 2)carefully for more specific requirements.
4. Procedure of application
Online application
Applicants shall fill out application forms and upload supplementary documents online via the application system ( http://service.most.gov.cn ) .
※ For applicants who have no login ID, please send your name, gender, academic title, email address, telephone number, office phone, ID type, ID number to tanyihong@cuhk.edu.cn by December 6,2024 to open account.
Paperless submission
In the stage of submission, applicants shall only submit online application, without having to submit any hard copies.
5. Deadline
Applicants shall submit pre-application forms online by December 24, 2024. After submission, the RAO will review and feedback.
6. Contact information
Tan Yihong tanyihong@cuhk.edu.cn
Gao Shang kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
