Notification of application for the National Science and Technology Innovation 2030 -- Major program of "New generation of artificial intelligence" 2021
Dear all,
The Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC has initiated the application for the National Science and Technology Innovation 2030 -- Major program of "New generation of artificial intelligence" 2021. Details of application requirements are as follows:
1. Funding fields
The program set 21 research tasks around the Big data intelligence, cross-media intelligence, swarm intelligence, hybrid enhanced intelligence, autonomous intelligent system and etc.
※ Please find more details of research contents as attached.
2. Funding amount and duration
The duration of program is three to five years, please refer Annex 1 for the funding intensity.
3. Requirements
A. Applicants shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) Born on or after January 1, 1961;
(2) Have senior academic title or PhD degree;
(3) Shall not less than six months per year for researching.
B. Shall conduct collaborative research with researchers from research institutes, enterprises and universities within China;
C. 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;
D. Applicant shall only apply for one project concurrently;
E. The total number of the national programs(except for NSFC programs) a researcher applies for (including as applicant and main participant) and undertakes (including as applicant and main participant) shall not exceed 2;
F. Shall upload employment proof for applicants from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and foreign countries;
G. Proposal shall be written in Chinese;
H. Applicants shall read the application requirements(Annex 2)carefully for more specific requirements.
4. Procedure of application
Online application
Applicants shall fill out pre-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, ID number to kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn by July 30,2021 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 submit pre-application forms online by 24:00 on Aug 20, 2021.
6. Contact information
Gao Shang kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
