The Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong province has initiated the program application for Guangdong joint research fund with enterprises 2022(Public health and medical area). Details of application requirements are as follows:

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1. Categories

The program set two subtypes with General Project and Key Project.

General Project

The duration is three years with the funding intensity 0.15 million yuan per project;

Key Project

The duration is three years with the funding intensity 0.5-1 million yuan per project.

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※ For more details, please refer to Annex 1-Guide.

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2. Requirements

a. Application limit

(1) Each applicant shall submit one project of Guangdong joint research fund at most in the same year;

(2) Applicants shall only submit no more than two applications for provincial research projects in the same year;

(3) The total number of Guangdong provincial research projects a researcher undertakes as the PI should not exceed three;

(4) The total number of Guangdong natural science fund projects a researcher undertakes as the PI should not exceed two;

(5) Only one Guangdong joint research fund with enterprises will be approved for the same applicant once in a year;

(6) Grantees of the Guangdong natural science fund 2022 are not allowed to apply for Guangdong joint research fund with enterprises 2022;?

(7) Grantees of the Guangdong major research program and key area R&D program or key project, research team project, major basic research fostering project of Guangdong natural science fund are not allowed to apply for Guangdong joint research fund with enterprises 2022.

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b. Collaborative research requirements

(1) For General Project, the collaborative institutions involved shall not exceed 2 in number and shall not exceed 3 for Key Project;

(2) If main participants include researchers from other domestic institutions, a collaboration agreement which contains fund allocation, division of labor, ownership of intellectual property and other relevant contents shall be signed and sealed before submission online(applicants shall upload it to the system in the stage of application);

(3) For overseas participants, he or she shall upload the “Informed Consent Letter” (template can be downloaded from application system and need to be signed by applicant) to the application system;

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c. Other requirements

(1) The project start time in the application form should be 1 November, 2022;

(2) If the research content involves research ethics or science security, compliance documents shall be provided as attachments;

(3) Any requirements of relevant scientific research reviews, please refer to the CUHKSZ’s research review process of each committee as attached (Annex 2) and send the required materials and forms to each committee’s email by Aug. 3, 2022 for assessment.

Email address for each committee:

Institutional Review Board????????????????????????????????????? irb@cuhk.edu.cn

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee??????? iacuc@cuhk.edu.cn

Institutional Biosafety Committee?????????????????????????? ibc@cuhk.edu.cn

(4) If the research involved highly pathogenic microorganism, applicants shall upload the scanned version of the stamped letter of commitment for biosafety assurance(Please refer to Annex 3 for template) by CUHK(SZ) or cooperative institutes to application system;

(5) Please refer to Annex 4 for templates of application forms;

(6)Applicants shall first read guide (Annex 1) carefully to make full sense of requirements.

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4. Procedure of application

Applicants shall fill out application forms in Chinese and upload supplementary documents(please refer Annex 5-Attachments list) online via the application system ( http://pro.gdstc.gd.gov.cn/ ) on or after Jul.12, 2022, without submitting any hard copies.

For applicants who have no login ID for application system, please send your name, academic title, email address, telephone number to kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn by Jul. 12, 2022 to open account.

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5.Deadline

a. Applicants shall upload relevant attachments and submit application forms online by 17:00 on Aug. 9, 2022, the RAO will review and feedback;

b. Applicants shall submit application forms (final version) online by 12:00 on Aug. 13, 2022, without submitting any hard copies.

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Contact information

Gao Shang???????? kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn

附件1-申報指南Annex1-Guide

附件2-各委員會科研審查流程及表格 Annex 4-Review process and relevant forms

附件3-生物安全保障承諾函模板Annex 3-Template of letter of commitment for biosafety assurance

附件4-申請書模板Annex 4-Templates of application forms

附件5-附件整理要求Annex 5-Attachments list