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 (the third 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 (the third batch) which includes 2 guidelines this time. Details of application requirements are as follows:
1. Funding fields
A total of two guidelines have been set up to support scientific and technological cooperation with Belgium and Singapore covering fields of Climate change, Biodiversity and Clean energy.
※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;
B. 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.
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 tanyihong@cuhk.edu.cn by Aug. 10, 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 login the application system ( http://service.most.gov.cn ) and submit application forms by noon on Sep. 7, 2023;
6. Contact information
Tan Yihong tanyihong@cuhk.edu.cn
Gao Shang kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
Research Administration Office
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
