Notification of application for Guangdong joint research fund with enterprises 2021(Public health and medical area)
The Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong province has initiated the program application for Guangdong joint research fund with enterprises 2021(Public health and medical area). Details of application requirements are as follows:
1. Categories
The program set two subtypes with General Project and Key Project.
※ For more details, please refer to Annex 1-Guide.
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 joint research fund with enterprises will be approved for the same applicant once in a year;
(6) Grantees of the Guangdong natural science fund 2021 are not allowed to apply for Guangdong joint research fund with enterprises 2021;
(7) Grantees of the Guangdong major research program and key area R&D program are not allowed to apply for Guangdong joint research fund with enterprises 2021.
b. Collaborative research requirements
(1) For General Project, the collaborative institutions involved shall not exceed 2 in number and shall not exceed 3 for Key Project;
(2) 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 shall upload it to the system in the stage of application);
(3) 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;
c. Other requirements
(1) The project start time in the application form should be 1 November, 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 2) 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) Applicants shall first read guide (Annex 1) 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 3-attachments list) online via the application system ( http://pro.gdstc.gd.gov.cn/ ), 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. 31, 2021 to open account.
5.Deadline
a. Applicants shall upload relevant attachments and submit application forms online by 17:00 on Sep. 22, 2021, the RAO will review and feedback;
b. Applicants shall submit application forms (final version) online by 12:00 on Sep. 25, 2021, without submitting any hard copies.
Contact information
Gao Shang kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
