Notice of program application for NSFC Major Research Plan of molecular function visualization of tumor progression and diagnosis 2020
The NSFC has initiated program application for Major Research Plan of molecular function visualization of tumor progression and diagnosis. Details of application requirements are as follows:
1. Funding fields
The research focus on forming a new cognition of the nature of malignant tumors by visualizing the key molecular functions of tumor progression and diagnosis. It plans to make breakthroughs in the following 4 aspects:
A. Molecular information visualization of early malignant tumors
B. Visualization of malignant tumor microenvironment progression
C. Tumor heterogeneity and visual functional typing
D. Intelligent diagnosis and efficacy evaluation of tumor imaging, pathology and multi-omics integration
※ Please refer Annex 1-Guide for more information of the above areas.
2. Eligibility of applicants
A. Applicants shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) With the experience of undertaking basic research projects;
(2) Have senior academic title.
B. In-site post-doctoral researchers are not eligible to apply for this program.
3. Funding amount and duration
Fostering Program: Average funding intensity is about 0.6 million yuan per project for three years (the start time should be January 1, 2021 and finish time should be December 31, 2023) ;
Key Program: Average funding intensity is about 3 million yuan per project for four years (the start time should be January 1, 2021 and finish time should be December 31, 2024) .
4. Procedure of application
Online application
Applicants shall fill out application forms online via the application system (https://isisn.nsfc.gov.cn/) . When filling in the application form, applicants should follow: for “funding category”, select“重大研究计划”; for “subclass introduction”, select “重点支持项目”or “培育项目”; for “annotation”, select “肿瘤演进与诊疗的分子功能可视化研究”.
※ For applicants who have no application account, please send your name, academic title, email address, telephone number to kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn by June 10,2020 to open account.
Paperless submission
In the stage of submission, applicants shall only submit the online application, without submitting any hard copies.
5. Other requirements
A. Application limit
- This fund is subject to the total number limit(The total number of the programs a researcher with senior academic title applies for (including as applicant and main participant) and undertakes (including as applicant and main participant) shall not exceed two);
- One applicant shall submit no more than one application in the same year (excluding Integrated Program and Strategic Research Program);
- Grantees of the Major Research Plan program are not allowed to apply for this kind of programs in the following year.
※ Please refer Annex 1-Guide for more information of application limit.
B. The collaborative organizations involved shall not exceed 2 in number.
C. Applicants shall follow the outline of Major Research Plan to write proposals and shall indicate the key funding fields in the first sentence of abstract. Meanwhile, in the section "项目立项依据"，applicants shall expound the relationship with the closest scientific issues which written in the guide, and discuss the contribution to the solution of core scientific issues and achievement of overall objectives of the Major Research Plan.
D. Both application forms and proposals shall be written in Chinese.
6. Deadline
Applicants shall upload attachments and submit online application forms by July 22, 2020. After submission, the RAO will review and feedback. Applicants shall submit the revised (if any) application forms online by July 27, 2020, without submitting any hard copies.
Delayed application will not be accepted.
Contact information
Gao Shang kevingao@cuhk.edu.cn
