1. Eligibility

(1) The PI of the project should be a full-time researcher of CUHK(SZ).

(2) Wherever application demonstration is involved, the location of the application demonstration scene shall be specified, and a supporting letter issued by the authority at municipal level in charge of the application demonstration scene or the "Technology Application Demonstration Project Agreement" signed with the application demo authority (municipal level) shall be provided. The demonstration site should be within Shenzhen (including the Shenzhen-Shantou Special Cooperation Zone). At the end of the project, a user evaluation report issued by the authority of the application demo shall be provided. (For the topics related to application demonstration, please refer to Annex 1)

(3) Encourage joint applications focusing on key issues, e.g. the joint cooperation and collaborative innovation by universities, research institutes, enterprises, and medical and health units etc. The number of collaborative partners (not counting our university) is limited to 2, and the following regulations should be observed:

a). Provide a collaboration agreement, clarifying the division of research tasks, intellectual property rights and other related matters. The project team from CUHK(SZ) should undertake no less than half of the research duty;

b). The funding allocated to CUHK(SZ) shall not be less than any other single collaborative partner. No funding shall be allocated to collaborative partner outside Shenzhen (or the Shenzhen-Shantou Special Cooperation Zone).

c). At least three of the first five members of the project team should be researchers from CUHK(SZ);

d). If any enterprise is involved, the amount of self-raised funds shall not be less than the amount of funding allocated to the enterprise by the project, and a letter of commitment for self-raised funding shall be provided.

2.  Funding amount and duration

Please see Annex 1 for more detail.  

3. Application materials

(1) Application form of the Shenzhen Science and Technology Anti-epidemic Special Project.

(2) Project feasibility report;

(3) Original copy of intellectual property statement;

(4) Original copy of scientific research integrity letter;

(5) Copy of Shenzhen social insurance certificate of not less than half of the project members (i.e., more than 50% of the total number of researchers involved in the project, including the PI of the project) for recent 3 months (up to August);

(6) Collaboration agreement (if there are collaborative partners);

(7) Recommendation letter issued by the application demo authority (municipal level) or the "Technology Application Demonstration Project Agreement" signed with the application demo authority (municipal level), and specify the demonstration site, which should be in Shenzhen (including Shenzhen-Shantou Special Cooperation Zone);

 (8) If the project involves issues related to scientific research ethics and technology security (such as biosafety, information security, etc.), the relevant ethics and biosafety review procedures of CUHK(SZ) shall be followed. The corresponding materials and forms shall be provided according to Annex 5 and sent to the following email. The corresponding letters will be issued after the review is completed.

University Ethics Committee irb@cuhk.edu.cn

University Laboratory Animal Care and Use Committee iacuc@cuhk.edu.cn

University Biosafety Committee ibc@cuhk.edu.cn 

(9) It is highly recommended, thought not necessary, to provide the following supporting materials, whichever appropriate, such as intellectual property certificates (including patents and software copyrights), journal citation reports, award certificates, research grant contract at national or provincial level etc.

The academic, technical, and economic objectives or deliverables set out in the proposal should be scientific. The quantitative objectives/deliverables will be used as the basis for project review, contract signing, project management, and project evaluation, and will not be allowed to adjust or modify in principle. The difference between the budget in the proposal and the actual approved amount will be made up by self-raised funding.

4. Application Form

Proposals must be submitted electronically through the SZSTI’s online system (https://sticapply.sz.gov.cn/).

5. Deadline

Please Submit the application before 17:00 on August 25, 2021, and RAO will review the applications.

Applicants should log in the system and fill in the project application form online before the deadline (except for topic 8 - soft science research project, other topics should be filled in the category "Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Emergency Prevention and Control"). Upload the copies of the application materials with the official stamps of the university in the system, and then click "Sign and Print" to submit the uploaded documents for review.

6, Points to note:

(1) One applicant, from universities, scientific research institutions, medical and health institutions, can only lead one special project as PI. The same enterprise can only take the lead in applying for one special project only.

(2) This special project does not consume the quota of SZSTI projects.

7, Contact information

Xu Yaqing  xuyaqing@cuhk.edu.cn  23515209

Application demo scene unit: 84398522, 84398558 (Shenzhen Customs)

附件1-2021年第一批科技抗疫专项项目课题指南 Annex 1-Guideline.

附件2-知识产权合规性声明（模板）Annex 2-Intellectual Property Statement (template).

附件3-科研诚信承诺书（模板）Annex 3-Letter of Commitment for Scientific Research Integrity (template).

附件4-项目可行性研究报告提纲 Annex 4- Outline of the project feasibility report.

附件5-各委员会科研审查流程及表格 Annex 5-Review process and relevant forms of each comm...