Notification of application for National Key R&D Program of "Research on stem cell and organ repair" and other eight special programs 2022
The Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC has initiated the application for National Key R&D Program of "Research on stem cell and organ repair” and other eight special programs 2022. Details of application requirements are as follows:
1. Funding fields
Including Mathematics and Applied Research, Synthetic Biology, Biomacromolecules and Microbiome, Research on Stem Cell and Organ Repair, Catalytic Science, etc.
※Please refer the Guide or more details( applicants shall login in the CUHK(SZ) Research Information System ( http://10.20.215.27/English/userAction!do_loginoff.action ), click “Document Sharing” - “Project Guide” to download the Guide.
2. Funding amount and duration
The duration of program is five years, please refer Guide for the funding intensity.
3. Requirements
A. Applicants shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) Born on or after January 1, 1962;
(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 or research institutes of Hong Kong and Macao listed in the guide;
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. For the program of "Unveiling the List", there are no limits on applicant’s age, education background and academic title. Research teams who have confidence and ability to solve national core technologies are strongly encouraged to apply;
I. For the program of Young Scientist. It has been set up as a special type under the National Key R&D Program. In principle, no subject will be set for the project and the budget evaluation will not be organized. Applicants are encouraged to boldly explore new methods and paths which are more innovative and subversive so as to better achieve the overall goal of the project.
J. Applicants shall read the Annex 1 carefully for more specific requirements.
4. Procedure of application
Online application
Applicants shall fill out pre-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 kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn by May 15,2022 to open account.
Paperless submission
In the stage of submission, applicants shall only submit online application, without submitting any hard copies.
5. Deadline
Applicants shall submit pre-application forms online by noon on June 15, 2022.
6. Contact information
Gao Shang kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
