Notification of application for the 14th Five-year Plan's NSFC Major Program(the first group）
The NSFC has initiated application for the 14th Five-year Plan's NSFC Major Program(the first group). Details of requirements are as follows:
1. Funding fields
Including Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences, Engineering and Materials Sciences, Information Sciences, Management Sciences, Medical Sciences and Interdisciplinary Science.
※ Please refer Annex 1-Guide for specific content of the above areas.
2. Eligibility of applicants (including applicants of subtasks)
A. Applicants shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) With the experience of undertaking basic research projects;
(2) Have senior academic title.
B. Some major projects have special requirements on qualifications, please read to Annex 1-Guide first before application.
3. Funding amount and duration
The duration is five years (the start time should be 1 Jan. 2022 and finish time should be 31 Dec. 2026) , please refer to Annex 1 for the funding intensity.
4. Procedure of application
Online application
Applicants (including project and subtasks) shall fill out application forms in Chinese online via the application system (https://isisn.nsfc.gov.cn/) . Please refer to Annex 1 for the specific requirements.
※ For applicants who have no application account, please send your name, academic title, email address, telephone number to kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn by Aug. 15, 2021 to open account.
Paperless submission
In the stage of submission, applicants shall only submit the online application, without submitting any hard copies.
※ The applicants of project and subtasks shall submit application forms online through their own host institutions respectively, and the subtasks’ application forms shall be submitted before the project submission.
5. Other requirements
A. This program is subject to the total number limit;
B. Applicants(excluding main participates) shall only apply for one type of programs once in a year;
C. Applicants shall not apply for the Major Programs if they received funding for Major Program as the PI or subtasks’ PI in the previous year;
D. Each project shall set up no more than 5 subtasks based on objectives, and the project applicant shall be the PI for one of the subtasks (as per Appendix 1-Guide).
E. The collaborative institutions involved for each subtask shall not exceed 2 in number. Meanwhile, the whole collaborative institutions involved for the project shall not exceed 4.
F. If the project involves ethics or biosafety issues, applicant shall submit approval documents from the appropriate committees. Any requirements of relevant scientific research reviews, please refer to the CUHKSZ’s research review process of each Committee as attached (Annex 2) and send the required materials and forms to each committee’s email address by Aug. 23, 2021 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
G. Applicants shall first read Annex 1 carefully before application.
6. Deadline
(1) Applicants shall submit application forms and upload required supplementary documents online by 12:00 on Sep. 6, 2021, the RAO will review and feedback;
(2) Applicants shall submit application forms (final version) online by 12:00 on Sep. 9, 2021, without submitting any hard copies.
Contact information
Gao Shang kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
