Notice issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology on the release of the National Key Research and Development Program “recycling economy key technologies and equipment” and other key special projects in the year 2023

Notice issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology on the release of the National Key Research and Development Program “recycling economy key technologies and equipment” and other key special projects in the year 2023

1. Project organization and application workflow

1. The application unit is organized in the form of a project according to the research content of the direction of the guide, and the project can be set up under the subject. The project should be declared as a whole and must cover all the assessment indicators of the corresponding guideline direction. There is one person in charge of the project, and one person in charge of each topic, and the project leader can be in charge of one of the topics.
2. Integrate advantageous innovation teams and actively involve female researchers in project R&D, focus on the tasks of the guidelines, strengthen the integration of basic research, common key technology research and development and typical application demonstration tasks, concentrate efforts and joint research. Encourage capable female researchers as project (subject) leaders to take the lead in the task.
3. The application process of the National Key R&D Program is divided into two parts: pre-application and formal application, and the specific workflow is as follows.

–Fill out the pre-application form. Project application unit according to the relevant application requirements, through the national science and technology management information system public service platform (http: / / service.most.gov.cn, hereinafter referred to as “national science and technology management system”) to fill out and submit about 3,000 words of the project pre-application, detailing the objectives of the declared project The pre-submission form should be completed and submitted in about 3,000 words, detailing the objectives and targets of the declared project, briefly stating the innovative ideas, technical lines and research basis. From the date of publication of the guidelines to the deadline of acceptance of the pre-application form, not less than 50 days should be allowed.

The pre-application should include relevant agreements and commitments. The project leader shall sign a joint application agreement with all participating units and specify the time of signing the agreement; the project leader, the subject host institution, the project leader and the subject leader shall sign a letter of commitment to integrity, and the project leader and all participating units shall implement the “Opinions on Further Strengthening the Construction of Scientific Research Integrity” and “Opinions on Further Promoting the Scientist’s Spirit and Strengthening the Work Style and Academic Style” and other requirements to strengthen the integrity of scientific research. The lead unit and all participating units shall implement the “Opinions on Further Strengthening the Construction of Scientific Research Integrity” and “Opinions on Further Promoting the Scientist’s Spirit and Strengthening the Style and Academic Culture”, and strengthen the examination and control of the application materials to eliminate exaggeration and falsity.

Pre-application must be recommended by the relevant units. Each recommending unit should strengthen the examination and control of the recommended project application materials and submit the recommended projects through the national science management system on time.

Professional institutions accept the pre-application and organize the first round of evaluation. To ensure a reasonable degree of competition, for a single guideline direction of non-directional application, if the number of declared teams is not more than the number of projects to be supported, the guideline direction will not start the subsequent project review and establishment procedures, and the guidelines will be re-researched and released at a later date. Professional organizations organize the formal review and carry out the first round of evaluation according to the application. The first round of evaluation does not require the project leader to defend. According to the evaluation results of experts, 3~4 times of the proposed number of projects will be selected to enter the defense review. For projects that do not enter the defense evaluation, the evaluation results will be timely feedback to the project application unit and the person in charge.

–Fill out the official application form. For project applications that pass the first round of evaluation and directly enter the defense evaluation, fill out and submit the formal application of the project through the national science management system, and the formal application is accepted within 30 days.

Professional institutions accept the formal application and organize the defense evaluation. The professional institution will review the form of the project application form and organize the defense evaluation. The person in charge of the declared project defends the report via web video. According to the expert evaluation, the project will be established on the basis of merit.

2. Organization of the application of the recommended unit

1. the relevant departments of the State Council departments and bureaus in charge of science and technology;
2. provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, municipalities under the plan and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in charge of science and technology departments;
3. the former industrial sector converted to the establishment of industry associations;
4. industrial technology innovation strategy alliances included in the pilot scope of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the assessment results of category A, as well as into the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Finance to carry out the innovation and development of science and technology services industry pilot alliances.
5. Hong Kong and Macao research units to lead the application of “reproductive health and women’s and children’s health protection” “medical equipment and biomedical materials” key special projects, respectively by the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission, Macao Science and Technology Development Fund in accordance with the requirements of the organization recommended.

Each recommendation unit should be recommended within the scope of their functions and operations, and be responsible for the authenticity of the recommended projects. The list of recommended units will be publicly released on the national science and technology management system.

3. Qualification requirements for application

1. “key technologies and equipment of circular economy” key special project leader and participating units should be registered in mainland China, such as research institutes, universities and enterprises (hereinafter referred to as mainland units), should have independent legal personality, registered before June 30, 2022, have strong scientific and technological research and development capabilities and conditions, and standardized operation and management. State agencies are not allowed to lead or participate in the application.

Application for “reproductive health and women and children’s health protection” “diagnosis and treatment equipment and biomedical materials” key special project lead unit and participating units should be the mainland units, or by the mainland and Hong Kong, the mainland and Macao Science and Technology Cooperation Committee to negotiate the determination of Hong Kong and Macao Scientific research units (see Annex 2 for the list). With independent legal personality, registered before June 30, 2022, with strong scientific and technological research and development capabilities and conditions, and standardized operation and management. State organs shall not lead or participate in the application.

The project leader, the participating units and the team members should be in good standing and have no record of serious breach of trust in scientific research or credit “blacklist” records in the relevant social fields during the disciplinary period.

The same project can only be declared by a single recommended unit, not multiple applications and duplicate applications.

2. The person in charge of the project (subject) must have a senior title or doctorate degree, born after January 1, 1963, and must not spend less than 6 months working on the project each year. Hong Kong and Macao declared personnel should be patriotic and love Hong Kong and Macao.
3. the person in charge of the project (subject) should, in principle, be the proposer of the main research idea of the project (subject) and the scientific and technical personnel who actually lead the research. Central and local state organs at all levels of public officials and Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Region of public officials (including the exercise of science and technology program management functions of other personnel) shall not declare the project (subject).
4. experts involved in the implementation of key special projects or the preparation of this year’s project guidelines, in principle, can not declare the key special projects (topics).
5. Foreign scientists and scientists from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who are employed in mainland units can be the project (subject) leaders. Full-time employed persons must be provided with valid documents of full-time employment by the mainland employing units, and part-time employed persons must be provided with valid documents of employment by both units, and submitted together with the project pre-application materials.
6. After the acceptance of the project, in principle, the host institution and the person in charge cannot be changed.
7. See Annex 1 for more details on the requirements of project application, and before submitting the project application formally, each host institution can use the national science and technology management system to check the status of the relevant research personnel undertaking key projects of the National Key Research and Development Program, Science and Technology Innovation 2030 – Major Projects, etc. to avoid duplication of application.
8. For details of the application requirements, please refer to the application guidelines, and if there are special regulations, they will be followed.

4. Project management reform initiatives

1. About the Young Scientist Program. In order to create more opportunities for young researchers to organize and implement major national goal-oriented R&D tasks, the Key R&D Program establishes young scientist projects. According to the characteristics of the field and special, take a variety of ways such as dedicated young scientist projects or dedicated young scientist topics under the project. Young scientists projects do not require full coverage of the content of the guidelines, do not set up under the project, in principle, do not organize budget evaluation, encourage young scientists to boldly explore more innovative and disruptive new methods, new paths, to better serve the overall objectives of the special.
2. About the science and technology-based SMEs project. In order to further strengthen the position of enterprises as the main body of innovation and accelerate the improvement of innovation capacity of science and technology-based SMEs, a pilot project of science and technology-based SMEs is set up in some key special guidelines, which requires the application led by science and technology-based SMEs with strong scientific research capability. There is no project under the project, the implementation of a fixed amount of funding, in principle, no longer organize budget evaluation, in acceptance will be the completion of technical indicators and the application of results of simultaneous assessment.
3. About the Ministry and province linkage. Some of the special tasks will be combined with major national strategic deployment and regional industrial development of major needs, the implementation of the Ministry and province linkage, by the department and the local joint condensation of needs, joint input, collaborative management, the local introduction of special policies to undertake the project results, in the project organization and implementation of the integration to promote the output of major scientific and technological achievements and land transformation.
4. on technology readiness (TRL) management. For the technical system is clear, quantitative assessment indicators clear direction of the relevant tasks, the “14th Five-Year Plan” key R & D program to explore the implementation of technology readiness management. The application guide will clarify the technical readiness requirements, and in the subsequent evaluation of the establishment of projects, assessment and evaluation into the technical readiness indicators, scientific milestone assessment nodes, strict control of project implementation progress and risk, to ensure high-quality output.

     5. Specific application methods

1. Online filing. Please fill in the application unit online through the national science management system as required. Professional institutions will use the online application form as the basis for subsequent formal review and project evaluation. All the annexes required in the application materials will be uploaded in electronic scanned copies.

The time for the project application unit to fill in the pre-application form online is from May 15, 2023, 8:00 to June 15, 16:00. For projects entering the defense and evaluation process, the application unit will fill in the official application form and submit it through the NSCM system as required, with specific time and requirements to be announced.

2. Technical consultation telephone and email:

010-58882999 (trunk line), program@istic.ac.cn

3. Business consulting phone number

(1) “Key Technologies and Equipment for Circular Economy” key special consultation telephone: 010-58884897

(2) “Reproductive health and women’s and children’s health protection” key special consultation telephone: 010-88387283, 010-88387278

(3) “diagnosis and treatment equipment and biomedical materials” key special consultation telephone: 010-88225070, 010-88225137