The Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong province has initiated the program application for ?Guangdong Joint Research Fund of Offshore Wind Power 2023. 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

a. Applicants shall meet the following qualifications:

(1) Grantees of the ongoing Guangdong major research program, key area R&D program, and 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 of Offshore Wind Power 2023.

(2) have obtained PhD degree or?intermediate academic title or above.

b. The duration is three years with the funding intensity 0.3 million yuan per project;

c. Please refer?Annex 1-Guide?for more information.

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Key Project

a. Applicants shall meet the following qualifications:

(1)Have senior academic title;

(2)Have obtained national or Guangdong provincial research projects as PI;

(3) Grantees of the ongoing Guangdong major research program and key area R&D program are not allowed to apply for Guangdong Joint Research Fund of Offshore Wind Power 2023.

b. The duration is four years with the funding intensity 1 million yuan per project.

c. Please refer?Annex 1-Guide?for more information.

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2. Requirements

a. Application limit

(1) Each applicant shall submit one project of Guangdong Joint Research Fund of Offshore Wind Power 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 natural science fund project will be approved for one applicant in the same year.

(6) Grantees of the Guangdong natural science fund 2023?are not allowed to apply for Guangdong Joint Research Fund of Offshore Wind Power 2023.

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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 before submission online(applicants can optionally 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) If the research content involves research ethics or science security, compliance documents shall be provided as attachments.

(2) Any requirements of relevant scientific research reviews, please refer to the CUHK(SZ)’s research review process of each committee as attached (Annex 2) and send the required materials and forms to each committee’s email by Jul. 6, 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

(3) Please refer to?Annex 3?for templates of application forms;

(4) Applicants shall first read guide (Annex 1 to 4) 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 4-attachments list) online via the application system (?http://pro.gdstc.gd.gov.cn/?)?on or after Aug. 25, 2023, 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?tanyihong@cuhk.edu.cn?by Sep. 15, 2023?to open account.

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5.Deadline

a. Applicants shall upload relevant attachments and submit application forms online by?17:00 on Sep. 20, 2023, the RAO will review and feedback;

b. Applicants shall submit application forms (final version) online by?12:00 on Sep. 22, 2023, without submitting any hard copies.

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Contact information

Tan Yihong ???tanyihong@cuhk.edu.cn

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

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Research Administration Office

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

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附件1-申報指南Annex1-Guide_11.pdf

附件2-各委員會科研審查流程及表格 Annex 2-Review process and relevant forms_6_1.rar

附件3-申請書模板Annex 3-Templates of application forms_2.rar

附件4-附件整理要求Annex 4-attachments list_3_1.pdf