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1. Application conditions for National Natural Science Foundation projects

1. Who can apply for National Natural Science Foundation projects?

The National Natural Science Foundation of China is open to the whole country and is an important part of the national innovation system. It mainly funds basic research in natural sciences and some applied research, with a focus on supporting universities and scientific research institutions with good research conditions and research strength. researchers.

The applicant is the actual person in charge of the project and has sufficient time and energy to engage in research on the applied project.

Working postgraduate students can only apply for general projects and must obtain the consent of their supervisor.

Applicants should be formally employed by the project host unit and work in the host unit for no less than six months each year. Overseas and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan personnel applying for cooperative research projects are not subject to this restriction, but they must have mainland collaborators and project supporting units. Mainland my country refers to the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in my country except Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

2. Several issues that need to be paid attention to when applying

The National Natural Science Foundation of China Project Management Regulations (Trial), General Project Management Methods, Key Project Management Methods, and Major Project Management Methods are Basis for guiding science fund project applications. Therefore, when applying, applicants must carefully read the above management measures and the "National Natural Science Foundation of China Project Guide" released that year to understand the relevant circumstances of the application. Applicants and supporting units are hereby reminded to pay special attention to the following issues:

① Applicants must carefully write applications according to the requirements of various projects, ensure the authenticity of application materials, and apply for fund projects through the project supporting unit.

②Limited application

Fund projects are subject to limited regulations. Scientific and technological workers with senior professional and technical positions apply for and undertake (including participation) in general, key, major and other categories of funds. The total number of projects (excluding fund projects with an execution period of one year and within one year) shall not exceed three.

For general projects, applicants can only apply for one at the same time, and each project is limited to one applicant. Applicants and key members of the project team with senior professional and technical positions may not apply for and undertake (including participate in) more than two general projects in total in the current year. Applicants who do not hold senior professional and technical positions may not apply for and be responsible for more than one general project in total that year, but there is no limit to the number of projects they can participate in.

Personnel with senior professional and technical positions may apply for or participate in only one key or major project at the same time. Personnel with senior professional and technical positions who are currently undertaking key or major projects cannot apply for or participate in the application for new key projects. If they can complete the project on time that year, they can submit or participate in a new application, but the new project must be officially completed after the original project. can be started later.

③The project supporting unit should carefully review the authenticity of the application content and the rationality of the budget, promise to provide guarantees in terms of personnel and conditions, and submit the application in accordance with the acceptance time and requirements stipulated by the Natural Science Foundation of China. Apply.

2. How to apply for the National Natural Science Foundation of China?

1. For general projects (including free application projects, youth science fund projects, and regional science fund projects) and key projects, press Application for the "Management Measures for General Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation" and the "Management Measures for Key Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation" announced in December 2002. A new form will be used for the application form, and full-text electronic documents and paper documents will be submitted at the same time on a trial basis. Six copies of paper documents (including one original) will be accepted by the corresponding science department.

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Major research plan projects, according to the "National Natural Science Foundation of China Major Research Plan (Pilot) Implementation Plan" announced in April 2000, the applicant shall be based on the "2003 Project Guidelines" and related special notices and guidelines. A new form will be used for the application form, and full-text electronic documents and paper documents will be submitted at the same time on a trial basis. Applications for paper documents will be accepted by the designated science department.

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The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the Cooperative Research Fund for Overseas Young Scholars and the Cooperative Research Fund for Hong Kong and Macao Young Scholars were awarded in accordance with the "National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars" announced in December 2002. Apply for the "Science Fund Implementation and Management Measures", "Overseas Young Scholars Collaborative Research Fund Management Measures" and "Hong Kong and Macao Young Scholars Collaborative Research Fund Management Measures". A trial implementation of simultaneous submission of full-text electronic documents and paper documents. Six copies of paper documents

(including one original) will be accepted by the corresponding science department.

4. The acceptance of applications for the 2003 Natural Science Foundation of China Fund Project will begin on February 15, 2003 and end on March 31, 2003. Centralized acceptance will be arranged at the Natural Science Foundation of China office building from March 25th to 31st (mailed applications shall be sent to the relevant acceptance department of the Natural Science Foundation of China with the local postmark on the posting date).

5. The Natural Science Foundation of China newly formulated the "National Natural Science Foundation of China Project Management Regulations" in 2002, revising the general projects, key projects, major projects, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and overseas, Hong Kong and Macao projects. Management measures for young scholars’ cooperative research funds and other funds, and corresponding funding management measures have been issued. Applicants, grantees and project supporting units are requested to follow the new measures.

6. In 2003, a new application limit will be added to the Natural Science Foundation's general projects, that is, applicants can only apply for one general project during this acceptance period. The specific regulations on restricted applications for various fund projects shall be implemented in accordance with the management measures for various fund projects.

7. The Natural Science Foundation of China also revised the management forms such as application forms, project progress reports, and project completion reports in 2002. New forms will be used, and paper documents and full-text electronic documents will be trialled. Submit simultaneously. Applicants, grantees and project supporting units are requested to query and download relevant forms and documents from the website of the Natural Science Foundation of China (paper forms will no longer be issued), enter them and print them into paper documents, sign and stamp them and submit them to the Natural Science Foundation of China The Fund Committee will send it to the corresponding department. The corresponding electronic documents should be submitted to the Information Center of the Natural Science Foundation of China (you can use the ISIS system to submit online, or send an email to report@pro.nsfc.gov.cn, or when submitting the application paper documents Submit floppy disk or CD).

8. The supporting units for various application projects must register in advance before submitting applications. Institutions that have not yet registered with the Natural Science Foundation of China need to download the "Institution Information Registration Form" from the website of the Natural Science Foundation of China to register. The registration deadline is February 1, 2003.

3. How to fill in the application form

The application form for the Science Fund is an important basis for evaluating the applicant's application project and determining whether to grant funding. Applicants must fill it out carefully. When filling in the application project content, you must pay attention to the requirements of the specification, otherwise it will affect the results of the review. Be sure to read carefully the instructions for filling out the various contents attached to the application form. The National Natural Science Foundation of China publishes notices and instructions on applications every year, and the applicant unit must inform the applicant in a timely manner. The content of these documents generally needs to be emphasized, or may be changed and added as the situation requires. Applicants who want to apply for projects that year should also take the initiative to pay attention to these documents.

The paper documents and full-text electronic documents of the Natural Science Foundation of China’s 2003 trial application form were submitted at the same time. Applicants are requested to check and download the specially designed electronic application file (the Natural Science Foundation of China no longer issues paper applications) and instructions for use on the website of the Natural Science Foundation of China, and install the application form on the computer according to the instructions. Enter the application form, print it out as a paper document, sign and seal it, and submit it to the Natural Science Foundation of China for delivery to the corresponding department. The signature and seal page of the paper document must provide at least one original copy of my signature, and the seal must be original. The corresponding electronic documents should be submitted to the Information Center of the Natural Science Foundation of China through the supporting institution (you can use the ISIS system to submit online, or send an email to report@pro.nsfc.gov.cn, or submit a floppy disk or CD when submitting the application paper documents) ).

The application electronic file specially designed by the Natural Science Foundation of China adopts MS-Word

file format, with a friendly interface and simple operation. Each column only needs to be filled in once, and repeated information will be filled in automatically by the computer. In order to standardize the filling content and reduce the burden on applicants, so that applicants can focus on the subject content of the application, the application form uses its own code package, such as unit code, funding field code, etc., and the columns are filled in through a drop-down menu.

IV. How to apply for a general project

1. What is a general project?

General projects support scientific and technological workers within the scope of funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China Freely select topics within the program and conduct innovative scientific research. General projects include free application projects, youth science fund projects and regional science fund projects.

2. When will applications be accepted for general projects?

Except as specifically stated in the application notice for that year, the application period starts from February 15th and ends on March 31st each year. Accepted once.

3. How many years will the general project be funded?

The funding period is generally three years.

4. What is the funding intensity for general projects?

The average funding intensity for each general project has been increasing year by year. In 2002, the average funding intensity reached 199,000 yuan per project.

5. What are the basic qualifications that applicants for general projects must possess?

Applicants must meet the requirements of the "National Natural Science Foundation of China Project Management Regulations" and have senior professional and technical positions or have received a Ph.D. Researchers with intermediate professional and technical positions but without a doctoral degree may also apply if recommended by two peer experts with senior professional and technical positions. Applicants for postgraduate students must obtain the consent of their supervisor.

6. Who can apply for the Youth Science Fund?

The Youth Science Fund is specially established in general projects to promote the growth of young scientific and technological workers and to stand out outstanding young talents. . Applicants to the Youth Science Fund project are limited to those who are under 35 years old on January 1 of the year when applications are accepted, and who have not received funding from such projects. The main members of the project team are mainly young people.

7. Who can apply for the Regional Science Fund?

Applicants for the Regional Science Fund project must be from Qinghai Province, Hainan Province, Yunnan Province, Guizhou Province, Jiangxi Province, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tibet Autonomous Region, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and other regional administrative units.

Focus on supporting research work that combines local conditions and characteristics.

5. How to apply for key projects

1. What is a key project? How is it organized and implemented? How many years is its research period usually?

Key projects support scientific and technological workers to combine national needs, grasp the world's scientific frontiers, and carry out in-depth and systematic innovative research work on important research fields or new subject growth points for which my country has a good foundation and accumulation, especially:

1) Research on key scientific issues and scientific frontiers that have an important role in promoting the development of disciplines;

2) Have important application prospects and significance for the sustainable development of economy and society or can fully utilize my country's resources or Basic research on the characteristics of natural conditions.

Key projects should embody the principles of limited goals, limited scale and prominent focus, pay attention to the intersection and penetration of disciplines, effectively utilize the conditions of the existing important scientific research bases of the country and departments, and give full play to the talents of young and middle-aged academic leaders. role and actively carry out substantive international cooperation and exchanges. Key projects are generally undertaken by one unit. When necessary, no more than two cooperative research units may be engaged, and the research period is generally four years.

2. How are key projects established?

The research areas of key projects mainly come from:

1) Natural Science Foundation of China’s subject development strategy and priority funding fields;

2) Science fund general projects that have made important progress and are expected to achieve breakthroughs with further refinement and increased support;

3) scientific and technological workers and Recommendations put forward by relevant agencies based on the development trends of science and technology and the domestic work foundation.

The project establishment procedure for key projects is:

The Science Department of the Natural Science Foundation of China fully analyzes research fields from different sources, and proposes funding for the next year every year based on the five-year plan and funding quota of key projects. Work arrangements and suggestions for research fields to be accepted for key project applications will be submitted to the expert review group or a specially convened expert meeting for review and the formation of project guidelines. The members of the expert meeting should be mainly members of the expert review group or the expert advisory committee of the Ministry of Science. The research fields in which project applications are to be accepted are generally subject to a differential selection and are determined by a vote of more than half of the experts.

The Ministry of Science will submit the results of expert review to the director of the NSFC branch management committee for review. After approval by the NSFC executive meeting (hereinafter referred to as the executive meeting), the project guide will be publicly released.

For some key project research areas that really need to be quickly approved, the Science Department can convene a special meeting for review. The meeting members are composed of the director and deputy director of the Science Department and some members of the Expert Advisory Committee and Expert Review Group of the Science Department. composition. Areas that fail to pass review in accordance with Articles 7 and 8 of the "Management Measures for Key Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China" generally will not be submitted for reconsideration. The research fields to be accepted for application will be determined by voting by more than two-thirds of the meeting members. After review by the director of the sub-management committee and approval by the committee meeting, the project guide will be released to the public.

3. What conditions are met to apply for key projects?

Any scientific and technological worker who meets the requirements of the "National Natural Science Foundation of China Project Management Regulations" and has senior professional and technical positions can apply for According to the application notice and project guide issued by the Natural Science Foundation of China in the same year, applications are submitted through the project supporting unit. The applicant must be the actual host of the project and is limited to one person.

Personnel with senior professional and technical positions may apply for or participate in only one key or major project at the same time. Personnel with senior professional and technical positions who are currently undertaking key or major projects cannot apply for or participate in the application for new key projects. If they can complete the project on time that year, they can submit or participate in a new application, but the new project must be officially completed after the original project. can be started later.

6. How to apply for major projects

1. What is a major project? How is it organized and implemented? How many years is its research period usually?

Major projects should aim at national goals, grasp the world's scientific frontiers, focus on major scientific issues of strategic significance based on the needs of the country's economic, social, and scientific and technological development, organize interdisciplinary research and multidisciplinary comprehensive research, and further enhance source innovation capabilities. Major projects are mainly funded:

1) Cutting-edge basic research that is of strategic significance in scientific development and that my country has advantages and is expected to achieve major breakthroughs and reach or approach the international advanced level;

2) Major scientific issues that need to be solved urgently for national economic development, basic research that has an important impact on the development of high-tech industries or has major application prospects;

3) Focusing on the national sustainable development strategic goals or for the national macro Important basic research that provides the basis for decision-making, as well as basic work such as scientific data accumulation with broad and far-reaching impact;

4) It is condensed on the basis of years of funding for general funds and key projects, and needs to be increased funding Major scientific issues that are expected to achieve major breakthroughs.

The organization of major projects is guided by the National Basic Research Development Outline and mid- and long-term plans, paying attention to coordination and connection with other national science and technology plans such as the National Key Basic Research Development Planning Project, and focusing on giving full play to the National Science Center, the National The role of important research bases such as engineering centers, major scientific projects, and national key laboratories.

The research period for major projects is four to five years.

The Natural Science Foundation of China encourages joint research by universities, research institutes, and industrial departments, and actively strives to jointly fund major projects with relevant ministries, local governments, and enterprises.

Major projects are organized and implemented in accordance with unified planning, project approval in batches, guide guidance, directional application, peer review, item-by-item demonstration, dynamic management, and expert acceptance.

2. How are major projects established? How are project areas selected?

According to the National Basic Research Development Strategy and the priority funding areas of the Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Science is conducting in-depth discussions Based on extensive solicitation of opinions from scientists, the Expert Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Science is consulted to put forward suggestions on areas for establishing major projects.

Recommended areas for major projects of the Ministry of Science must be organized to organize relevant experts (including some members of the Expert Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Science) to conduct a short-term selection, which shall be determined by a registered vote and more than half of the votes passed, and shall be approved by the Natural Science Foundation of China. The committee executive meeting (referred to as the committee executive meeting) shall review and approve the proposal.

Recommendations for the establishment of major projects across science ministries should be jointly proposed by more than two (including two) science ministries, and the enlarged economic committee meeting (consulted by the committee leader, the part-time director of the science department and some experts from the science department) Committee members participate in the selection) and the selection shall be determined by a registered vote and more than half of the votes passed. The follow-up work and organization and implementation of the project are handled by a joint working group composed of relevant scientific departments.

The relevant science department will write an application guide based on the project approval opinions of the committee meeting or the committee enlarged meeting, and send it to the director of the branch management committee for approval.

The Natural Science Foundation of China publicly released the "National Natural Science Foundation of China Major Project Application Guide" to the scientific community. The content includes: the research areas of the project, the main research direction, the funding amount, and the science department that accepts the application, etc. .

3. How to apply for major projects? What are the requirements for applicants?

All scientific researchers with senior professional and technical positions who meet the "National Natural Science Foundation of China Project Management Regulations" are eligible Applications can be submitted through the supporting unit according to the application guidelines for major projects. The number of applications for major and key projects by applicants (referring to applicants for projects and topics) and key members of the project team with senior professional and technical positions is limited to one. Hosts and project leaders of ongoing major and key projects and key members of the project team with senior professional and technical positions are not allowed to apply for new major projects. Researchers working on major and key projects that have been completed that year can apply in advance, but they can only take on new major projects after the project has been accepted and completed.

According to the "National Natural Science Foundation of China Major Project Application Guide", applicants can jointly organize an overall application for a major project on the basis of academic seminars, or they can submit a separate project application for a certain research direction in the guide. Joint applications must fill in the National Natural Science Foundation of China major project application form and the included topic application form, and individual applications must fill in the National Natural Science Foundation of China major project topic application form.