Notification of application for National Key R&D Program of intergovernmental cooperation in science and technology 2023 (the first batch)
The Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC has initiated the application for National Key R&D Program of intergovernmental cooperation in science and technology 2023 which includes 2 subtasks (Intergovernmental cooperation in science and technology and Strategic cooperation in science and technology- Macao）this time. Details of application requirements are as follows:
1. Funding fields
Including Electronic information, Biomedicine, Artificial intelligence, Advanced materials, Energy conservation and environmental protection, Marine Sciences, Information and communication, Food science, U-city, Aerospace, etc.
※Please refer Annex 2-Guide for more information on research directions.
2. Funding amount and duration
The duration of program is two or three years, please refer Annex 2-Guide for the funding intensity.
3. Requirements
A. The program has no subtasks(excluding Guide direction 1.4);
B. 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.
C. Shall conduct collaborative research with researchers from research institutes, enterprises and universities within China;
D. 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;
E. Applicant shall only apply for one project concurrently;
F. The total number of the national programs a researcher applies for (including as applicant and main participant) and undertakes (including as applicant and main participant) shall not exceed 2;
G. Shall upload employment proof for applicants from China’s Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and foreign countries;
H. Proposal shall be written in Chinese;
I. Applicants and overseas cooperators shall apply for the project to the competent authorities of their own countries(regions) respectively. Unilateral application shall be invalid;
J. Applicants shall read the Annex 1 carefully for more application limit and specific requirements.
4. Procedure of application
Online application
Applicants shall fill out formal 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(please specify the countries), ID number to kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn by Nov. 30, 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 application forms online by noon on Dec. 27, 2022(for Guide direction 1.4, applicants shall submit application forms online by noon on Apr. 11, 2022).
6. Contact information
Gao Shang kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
