Notification of application for Guangdong-Shenzhen joint research fund 2021
The Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong province has initiated the program application for Guangdong-Shenzhen joint research fund 2021. Details of application requirements are as follows:
1. Categories
The program set three subtypes with Young Scientists Fund, Key Project and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Research Team Project.
Young Scientists Fund
a. Applicants shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) independently undertake research project;
(2) be younger than 35 (born on or after January 1, 1986). Female applicants should be younger than 38 (born on or after January 1, 1983);
(3) haven’t been granted by national or provincial research projects as PI;
(4) have obtained PhD degree or senior academic title.
b. The duration is three years with the funding intensity 0.1 million yuan per project;
c. Please refer Annex 1-Guide for Young Scientists Fund for more information.
Key Project
a. Applicants shall meet the following qualifications:
(1)Have obtained a PhD degree or senior academic title;
(2)Have obtained national, Guangdong provincial or Shenzhen key research projects as PI.
b. The duration is three years with the funding intensity 1 million yuan per project.
c. Please refer Annex 2-Guide for Key Project for more information.
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Research Team Project
a. Applicants shall conduct high-quality collaborative research with researchers from research institutes/universities in Hong Kong or Macao;
b. Applicants shall have experience of undertaking national or Guangdong provincial research projects as PI;
c. No more than 20 total team members(including no more than 5 core team members and at least one researcher from research institutes/ universities in Hong Kong or Macao). Meanwhile, all core team members shall have obtained PhD degree or senior academic title;
d. Graduate students and in-site post-doctoral researchers are not eligible to apply for this program as core team members ;
e. The duration is four years with the funding intensity 2 million yuan per project;
f. Please refer Annex 3-Guide for Research Team Project for more information.
2. Requirements
a. Application limit
(1) Each applicant shall submit one project of Guangdong joint research fund 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 the same applicant in the same year.
(6) Grantees of the Guangdong natural science fund 2021 are not allowed to apply for Guangdong-Shenzhen joint research fund 2021;
(7) Grantees of the 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-Shenzhen joint research fund 2021.
b. Collaborative research requirements
(1) The collaborative institutions involved shall not exceed 2 in number(no more than 4 for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Research Team Project);
(2) The allocation of funds shall be 0 if the collaborative organization is an enterprise outside Guangdong Province；
(3) 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);
(4) 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;
(5) For Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Research Team Project, the fund which granted by the government can be allocated to Hong Kong or Macao institutions once the project is approved.
c. Other requirements
(1) The project start time in the application form should be 1 October, 2021.
(2) If the research content involves research ethics or science security, compliance documents shall be provided as attachments.
(3) Any requirements of relevant scientific research reviews, please refer to the CUHKSZ’s research review process of each committee as attached (Annex 5) and send the required materials and forms to each committee’s email 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
(4) Please refer to Annex 6 for various templates of application forms;
(5) Applicants shall first read guide (Annex 1 to 4) carefully to make full sense of requirements.
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. 17, 2021, 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 kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn by Aug. 17, 2021 to open account.
5.Deadline
a. Applicants shall upload relevant attachments and submit application forms online by 17:00 on Sep. 3, 2021, the RAO will review and feedback;
b. Applicants shall submit application forms (final version) online by 12:00 on Sep. 5, 2021, without submitting any hard copies.
Contact information
Gao Shang kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
Annex 1-Guide for Young Scientists Fund
