2013 National Application Announcement

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (hereinafter referred to as the National Natural Science Foundation of China) is responsible for the completion of the 2013 National Natural Science Fund Project (hereinafter referred to as the project) application and the conclusion of the 2012 concluding project. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:

First, receive and send project materials (a) to receive.

Since 2013, the National Natural Science Foundation of China's Permanent Project Material Receiving Working Group (hereinafter referred to as the Material Receiving Group) is responsible for the unified receipt and mailing of the "National Natural Science Foundation Application Form" (hereinafter referred to as the "Application Form"). The "National Natural Science Foundation of China Funding Project Plan" and "Concluding Report on the National Natural Science Fund Project" (hereinafter referred to as the concluding report), NSFC science departments and relevant bureaus no longer accept the above materials. The National Natural Science Foundation of China does not accept project materials submitted by individuals directly and in non-reliant units.

The office of the Material Receiving Group is located in Room 101 of the Executive Building of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. From March 16 to March 20, 2013, the office is located in the multifunctional hall of the China-Germany Center.

(b) to send.

The National Natural Science Foundation of China shall send a unified notification of the approval of the project and the approval of the grant project to the supporting agencies.

Second, the project application (a) on project guidelines.

In accordance with the "Regulations of the National Natural Science Foundation of China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), the National Natural Science Foundation of China issued the "2013 National Natural Science Fund Project Guide" (hereinafter referred to as "Guide") in December 2012 to guide scientific and technical personnel. Application Project.

1. Since 2013, some adjustments have been made to the limited items of the application:

(1) The national special scientific research equipment and equipment development special project (free application project) is counted in the total number of applications for relevant restrictions.

(2) In the previous year (Note: This refers to 2012), the project leader who has received funding from the Science Foundation (excluding the one-year funded project) may not apply for the same type of project in the same year.

2. Beginning in 2014, the last two years (Note: This refers to 2012 and 2013). The applicants who have not applied for grants for consecutive projects on the surface have suspended applications for projects for the first year in the current year.

3. The relying unit shall provide a written commitment letter for the project application of the postdoctoral staff of the unit, and the commitment letter shall be submitted together with the paper application form. The contents of the commitment letter include: to ensure that post-doctoral personnel at the station receive funding from the project, extend the duration of their stay at the station to the expiry of the project funding period and be responsible for resolving the cost of living for the extended period; or leave the station to stay in the supporting unit and continue to engage in relevant research. Otherwise, the National Natural Science Foundation of China will not accept project applications from postdoctoral staff at the station.

For specific content and requirements, please read the Guide carefully.

(b) The project application is received.

(1) The NSFC's project application for centralized acceptance in 2013 will begin on March 1, 2013 and will end at 1600 on March 20 (except for statutory holidays, except on March 16th and 17th).

2. The types of projects for receiving applications in 2013 are: On-Site Projects (including Young Scientist Fund-Continued Project Support), Key Projects, Major Projects, Major Research Projects, National Fundamentals for Basic Talents, and Young Scientists Fund Project , Outstanding Young Scientists Fund Project, National Outstanding Young Scientists Fund Project, Regional Science Fund Project, Overseas and Hong Kong-Australia Scholars Cooperative Research Fund Project, Joint Fund Project, National Major Scientific Research Equipment and Equipment Development Project (Free Application Project), Scientific Instrument Fundamental Research Grant Projects, Math Tianyuan Youth Fund Project, Major International (Regional) Cooperation Research Projects, Inter-Organizational International (Regional) Cooperation Research Projects, and Interorganizational International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Projects. The types of projects that do not receive applications in a centralized manner and the time for receiving applications will be announced separately.

3. For international (regional) cooperation and exchange projects that accept applications at any time, applicants should avoid applications for centralized reception.

(3) Applicant matters.

1. Applicants should carefully read the Regulations, Guidelines, related types of projects and fund management methods, and write applications according to the requirements of the drafting outline.

2. The 2013 application writing is done both offline and online:

(1) The types of projects that use off-line writing applications include: On-Site Projects (excluding the Youth Science Foundation-Continued Project Support Project), Youth Science Fund Project, and Regional Science Fund Project. Specific requirements are as follows:

After January 1, 2013, the applicant visited the Science Foundation Network Information System (hereinafter referred to as the ISIS system) to download the 2013 version of the application and may not use the previous version of the application. After completing the application form, the applicant submits the original electronic application form and the signed paper application form (including attachment materials) to the supporting unit. The applicant should ensure that the paper application is consistent with the electronic version.

(2) The types of projects that use the online application form include: key projects, major projects, major research projects, national basic science talents fund project, youth science fund-consecutive projects, outstanding youth science fund projects, National Outstanding Young Scientists Fund Project, Innovative Research Group Project, Overseas and Hong Kong-Australia Scholars Cooperative Research Fund Project, Joint Fund Project, National Special Scientific Research Equipment and Equipment Development Project, Scientific Instrument Fundamental Research Grant Project, Science Popularization Project, Mathematical Tianyuan Youth Fund Project, Major International (regional) cooperation research projects, international (regional) cooperation research and exchange projects, etc. Specific requirements are as follows:

The applicant asks for the user name and password from the supporting unit, logs into the ISIS system, accurately selects the funding category and sub-category description of the corresponding application project, selects or fills in the note description according to the requirements of the Guide, writes the application in accordance with relevant requirements and instructions, and applies Book attachment materials are electronic. Among them, applicants for major international (regional) cooperative research projects must complete the online writing of the Chinese application in accordance with the above requirements, and also download the “International (regional) cooperative research project English application” for off-line writing in the ISIS system. The agreement with both partners is used as an electronic attachment for the Chinese application.

After completing the application, the applicant submits the electronic application and its electronic attachment materials online, downloads and prints the final PDF version of the application, and submits the signed original paper application to the supporting unit without submitting the paper attachment material (certificate Letters, letters of recommendation, letters of commitment, etc. Except for original paper materials).

The applicant should ensure that the paper application is consistent with the electronic version.

(4) Relying on unit matters.

The relying unit shall review the authenticity and completeness of the application materials submitted by the applicants of this unit and submit the application materials to the National Natural Science Foundation of China within the prescribed time. Specific requirements are as follows:

1. Submit the electronic application and its electronic attachment materials of the unit before the deadline for application of the project stipulated by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and submit the original (one copy) and paper application of the paper application signed and sealed by the organization. Submit paper attachment materials. In view of the fact that there are many types of projects that are written and submitted online in an online manner, the ISIS system generates a large number of PDF versions of applications for applicants to download and print. It takes a certain amount of processing time. Relying on the actual conditions, the ISIS system will determine the number of applications for this project. deadline.

2. When submitting application materials, it should also include: the official letter of the company and the list of application items. Incomplete materials will not be accepted.

3. When submitting the electronic application, the offline written application can be packaged and uploaded through the Natural Science Foundation project declaration system (MiniIRIS system) or submitted one by one through the ISIS system; the online application must be confirmed one by one through the ISIS system.

4. Paper application materials can be directly submitted or mailed to the NSFC Material Receiving Group. If you use the postal method, please send it by post on the deadline of the project application (postmarked by the date of the postmark), and indicate “Application Materials” in the lower left corner of the envelope. Do not use packages to avoid delays in applying.

(five) acceptance of information published.

The NSFC announced the results of the preliminary examination of the application project before May 5, 2013, and accepted the application for review.

Third, the project is completed

Beginning in 2012, the final report of the final project should be written online by the responsible person of the project and relied on online review by the unit.

(a) project leader matters.

1. The person in charge of the project logs in to the ISIS system using the original user name and password. The concluding report is carefully written as required and the attached materials are electronically submitted and submitted online. The person in charge of the project downloads and prints the final PDF version of the final report. The original paper-conclusion report submitted by the unit after submission of the signature, and the hard-to-electronic attachment materials are submitted together with the paper-conclusion report. The person in charge of the project should ensure that the paper-conclusion report content is consistent with the electronic version.

2. When the project leader writes a concluding report, he shall use the “results online” method to collect the papers published in this project. Please do not include papers to be published or unlabeled for the National Natural Science Foundation Grants and project approval numbers; do not copy the content of the paper directly as the final report content.

3. After granting the project conclusion, the NSFC will publish the project concluding report and the application abstract through the NSFC website. The project leader is required to pay attention to issues of confidentiality and intellectual property protection when writing the concluding report.

(b) Relying on unit matters.

The relying unit shall review the concluding materials in accordance with the “Regulations” and other requirements, and submit the concluding materials to the National Natural Science Foundation of China from February 21 to March 1, 2013 (before 16:00). The items that should not be submitted on time for submission of the final item should be processed according to the overcoming expectations and be counted in the scope of the corresponding limited application. At the same time, the National Natural Science Foundation of China will follow the “Regulations” and other relevant regulations for the project leader and supporting agency. Processing. Specific requirements are as follows:

1. Through the ISIS system to review the concluding materials and confirm them one by one, submit the original paper-conclusion report (in one copy) that has been signed and stamped by the unit in the specified submission time of the concluding item.

2. When submitting a paper-conclusion report, it shall also include: the official letter of the unit, a list of concluding items, and the “Project Funding Expense Final Statement” approved and signed by the unit. Incomplete materials will not be accepted.

3. The paper-conclusion report can be directly submitted or mailed to the NSFC Material Receiving Group. If you use the postal method, please send it by post on the deadline of the submission of the end of the report (the date of the postmark is the date of the postmark). In the lower left corner of the envelope, please indicate the word "conclusion material."

IV. Progress Report on Aided Projects and Annual Report on Management Work

(a) Progress report on funding projects.

Since 2012, the Progress Report of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (hereinafter referred to as the “Progress Report”) adopts the online method of project leader online filling and relying on the unit; the supporting unit does not need to submit paper materials.

The project leader logs in to the ISIS system using the original user name and password, and carefully writes and submits the progress report as required; the relying unit shall review the progress report through the ISIS system in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations, etc., and before January 15, 2013. Confirm one by one.

(b) Annual report on project management work.

Relying on the unit to write the "National Natural Science Foundation of China Funding Project Management Annual Report" (hereinafter referred to as the management report) online, from March 25 to April 15, 2013 through the ISIS system to submit electronic materials, without the need to submit paper materials. The NSFC will record the status of submission of unit management reports in its credit management files, and if it fails to submit management reports as required, it shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulations.

V. Others
(1) In order to safeguard the impartiality of the Science Fund and to avoid disrupting the normal order of meetings, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and the Outstanding Young Scientists Fund for National Defense Projects that need to be answered shall be limited to the applicants' presence in the meeting; others will not be accompanied by them; For other types of projects that need to be answered, the members of the project team, including the respondent, are allowed to attend the meeting and other people will not be accompanied.

(2) In order to ensure the normal reception of applications for 2013 project applications, the NSFC information system stopped the services on March 10, 2013 for the applications provided by the units and the search function for the ongoing research projects.

(3) If there is a change in the registration information such as the name of the unit, the application for information change shall be submitted to the National Science Foundation in time to avoid affecting the appropriation and contact work.

(d) The "Guide" was issued in early December 2012. The electronic version of the "Guide" was published on the NSFC website at the end of December 2012.

(5) The NSFC website announces new project guides, notices, notifications, and work updates at any time, and provides various types of project management methods, application forms, project guides, and other electronic documents and related operating instructions. The applicant and the supporting unit must promptly Visit the website to check or download the relevant documents.

(6) For units or applicants who have difficulties in the operation and downloading, importing and uploading of the ISIS system, please consult with the National Science Foundation Information Center or the regional network leader.