Notification of application for Major Project of Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research 2023
The Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong province has initiated the Major Project application for Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research 2023. Details of application requirements are as follows:
1. Funding fields
Including 11 fields: Semiconductor devices and integrated circuits, Cutting-edge new basic materials, Next-generation communication networks, Future computing, Advanced manufacturing, Synthetic biology, Stem cells and regenerative medicine, Green and low-carbon energy, Resources and environment, Modern seed industry, mathematics and Interdisciplinary research on frontiers of mathematics & physics.
- Please log in the application system ( http://pro.gdstc.gd.gov.cn/egrantweb/ ) and check the specific research areas on the page of pre-application form.
2. Categories
The program set two subtypes with Flagship Project and Foundation Project.
Flagship Project
a. Applicants shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) With the experience of undertaking the national major or key basic research projects , or basic research program funded by overseas governments at the same level or above;
(2) be younger than 60 (born on or after January 1,1962). For Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Applicants shall be younger than 65 (born on or after January 1,1957);
(3) Full-time faculty in CUHK(SZ);
b. The duration is five years with the funding intensity 10~20 million yuan per project;
c. Please refer Annex 1-Guide for more information.
※Due to the limitation of application quota, each field can be submitted no more than 1 project and no more than 5 projects in total.
Foundation Project
a. Applicants shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) be younger than 45 (born on or after January 1,1977);
(2) have senior academic title;
(3) Full-time faculty in CUHK(SZ).
b. The duration is five years with the funding intensity 5 million yuan per project;
c. Please refer Annex 1-Guide for more information.
3. Requirements
a. Application limit
(1) The total number of Guangdong provincial research projects a researcher undertakes as the PI should not exceed three (excluding Platform Program);
(2) The PI who has awarded one of the following projects will not apply for the Major Project of Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research 2023: Major Project of the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research, Guangdong Key-Area R&D Program, Major Talent Team Program at the Provincial Level, Research Team Program of Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Research Team Project of Guangdong-Shenzhen Joint Research Fund, Integration Project of NSFC - Guangdong Joint Research Fund.
(3) The PI can’t apply for this Major Project if he or she has applied for Outstanding Youth Research Team Program of Guangdong Natural Science Foundation 2023;
(4) The PI and core members of "Flagship" and " Foundation " project should not be duplicated;
(5) Applicants are not allowed to use the same or similar research content for multiple or repeated application.
b. Collaborative research requirements
(1) The collaborative institutions involved shall not exceed 2 in number;
(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, and 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.
c. Other requirements
(1) The core members of the project shall be no more than 15 and no less than 80% of them shall have senior academic titles or doctoral degrees. The proportion of full-time core members of CUHK(SZ) shall be no less than 1/3;
(2) If enterprises as collaborative institutions involved in the application, proof of self-raised funds should be provided;
(3) Applicant shall upload the "letter of Recommendation" (template can be downloaded from application system) which sealed by the university to the application system;
(4) Applicant shall first read guide (Annex 1) carefully to make full sense of requirements.
4. Procedure of application
The procedure will be completed in two steps: pre-application and formal application
Pre-application
Applicant shall fill out pre-application form in Chinese and upload supplementary documents online via the application system ( http://pro.gdstc.gd.gov.cn/egrantweb/ ) after 8:00 a.m. on Sep. 29, 2022. In the stage of submission, applicants shall only submit online application, without submitting any hard copies.
Formal application
For the projects which have passed the pre-application, applicant shall fill in and submit the formal application form. The specific requirements will be notified by RAO separately.
※ For applicants who have no login ID of application system, please send your name, academic title, email address, telephone number to kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn by Oct. 10, 2022 to open account.
5.Deadline
a. Applicants shall upload relevant attachments and submit pre-application forms online by 12:00 on Oct. 20, 2022, the RAO will review;
b. Applicants shall submit pre-application forms (final version) online by 12:00 on Oct. 24, 2022, without submitting any hard copies.
Contact information
Gao Shang kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
