The NSFC has initiated proposals collection for NSFC Major Program of Department of Management Sciences 2021. Details of requirements are as follows:

1、Funding fields

The research area shall focus on the frontiers of management sciences, while avoiding duplication or similarity with the major program projects which have been granted or published by the Department of Management Sciences.

• Please refer Annex 1 for more information of the above.

2、Eligibility of applicants

Applicant and co-applicants shall meet the following qualifications:

(1)Applicant shall have senior academic title;

(2)Shall only submit (including as participant) one application;

(3)The total number of applicant and co-applicants shall not exceed 5.

3、Funding amount and duration

The duration is four years with the maximum funding intensity 15 million yuan per project.

4、Requirements of main content of proposal

The proposal shall contain the following parts:

(1)Project basis and necessity for implementation；

(2)Shall select one of four scientific nature of research according to the key scientific problems and research contents to be solved and justify the choice;

(3)Research objects and key problems proposed to be resolved;

(4)Research status and development trend analysis in domestic and abroad;

(5)The existing research foundation in domestic.

※Applicant shall first read the guide(Annex 2-Guide) carefully for more specific requirements.

5、Procedure of application

Applicant shall fill out application form (Annex 3) in Chinese and send it to kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn by noon on Jan. 25, 2021, without submitting any hard copies.

Contact information

Gao Shang     kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn