Notification of application for National Key R&D Program of "Modernization of Chinese medicine“, ”Frontier biotechnology“ and other nine special programs 2023
The Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC has initiated the application for National Key R&D Program of " Modernization of Chinese medicine”, “Frontier biotechnology", “Research on prevention and treatment of common diseases", " Key technologies and equipment for deep sea and polar regions " and other seven special programs 2023. Details of application requirements are as follows:
1. Funding fields
Please refer the Guide for 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 three or 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, 1963;
(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 and the deadline of registration date is June 30, 2022 or the listed Hong Kong and Macao Research Institutes(Only for " Research on etiology and epidemic prevention technology system" and " Research on prevention and treatment of common diseases”, please refer Annex 2 for the listed Hong Kong and Macao Research Institutes);
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 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;
I. 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;
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 in Chinese 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, date of birth, academic title, email address, telephone number, office phone, ID type, ID number to tanyihong@cuhk.edu.cn by June 30, 2023 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 July 24, 2023.
6. Contact information
Gao Shang kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
Tan Yihong tanyihong@cuhk.edu.cn
Research Administration Office
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
