1. has important scientific significance or important application prospects, especially for the research on the frontier of discipline development; According to the needs of China's socialist modernization and the characteristics of China's natural resources and conditions, explore new fields of science and technology.
2. Research with novel academic ideas, sufficient arguments, clear research objectives, specific research contents, reasonable and feasible research methods and technical routes, and research that can make new scientific discoveries or make important progress in the near future.
3. Applicants and project team members should have the research ability and reliable time guarantee to implement the project, and have basic research conditions.
4. The budget is realistic. Article 4 The National Science Foundation of China, in accordance with the principles, policies and plans of the national science and technology development, and in combination with the discipline development strategy, issues the Project Guide of the National Natural Science Foundation every year, proposing the main scope of funding, encouraging research fields and targeted research topics, and guiding the application. Article 5 Applications for the Science Fund shall be accepted once a year. Article 6 These Measures shall apply to applications for general projects of the Science Foundation, including free application projects, youth science foundation projects, regional science foundation projects and high-tech new concepts and new ideas exploration projects (hereinafter referred to as high-tech exploration projects). Chapter II Application Conditions Article 7 The research content of the application project must conform to the scope of funding of the Science Foundation. Eighth applicants must be the actual host of the project, and have senior professional and technical positions. Applicants without senior professional and technical positions must be recommended by two peer experts with senior professional and technical positions. Article 9 The number of applications from applicants and key members of the project team with senior professional and technical positions, plus the number of scientific fund projects under research (excluding key projects and major projects), shall not exceed two. Tenth application procedures must be complete, the required information must be complete. Chapter III Application Procedures Article 11 An applicant shall fill in an application for the National Natural Science Foundation in a serious and practical manner in the prescribed format. The main members of the project team should sign the application form and solemnly express their participation in the application and cooperative research. Twelfth the applicant's unit is responsible for the strict examination of the application of the unit, and seriously recommend.
The academic Committee of the applicant's unit shall conduct a comprehensive review of the scientific significance, research characteristics and innovations, feasibility of research methods and technical routes of the research project and sign specific opinions.
The leader of the applicant's unit (including the cooperative unit) shall guarantee to support the research and supervise the implementation of its plan. Thirteenth the applicant's unit shall submit an application form (in six copies) to the counterpart science department of China Science Foundation Committee according to the prescribed acceptance time; Submit the list of projects applied by the unit and the floppy disk recording all the contents of the application form to the Comprehensive Planning Bureau as required. Article 14 When applying for various projects, the assessment fee of 100 yuan shall be paid in accordance with the unified regulations of the relevant state departments, and the applicant's unit shall remit it to the Science Foundation of China. Applications that fail to pay the assessment fee will not be accepted. Fifteenth applicants and their units to understand the application matters, purchase application forms and related materials, copy the application form entry procedures, you can contact the National Science Foundation of China or the nearest contact with the National Science Foundation Management Area network leader unit. Chapter IV Youth Science Fund Article 16 In order to promote the growth of young scientific and technical workers and the emergence of outstanding young talents, a youth science fund is established. Seventeenth young science fund applicants must be:
1. The applicant is under 35 years old (including 35 years old) when accepting the application.
2 has obtained a doctorate or equivalent level. Graduate students (including on-the-job) may not be the first applicant.
3. Have the ability to lead the research group to carry out the work. The main members of the project team are young people. Eighteenth recipients, can only get a youth science fund. If you want to continue funding, you can declare other types of projects. Chapter V Regional Science Funds Article 19 In order to strengthen support for research work in remote areas, ethnic minority areas and areas with weak scientific research foundation and promote the improvement of the scientific and technological level of the whole nation, a regional science fund is established. Twentieth regional science funds only accept applications from scientific and technological workers in Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangxi and other provinces and autonomous regions and Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Focus on supporting research projects that combine local conditions and characteristics. Article 21. Scientific researchers from ministries and commissions in the State Council, China Academy of Sciences and subordinate units of the People's Liberation Army in the above-mentioned limited areas, as well as part-time scientific researchers from other areas in the above-mentioned limited areas, may not apply as the first applicant, but may participate as collaborators.