Notice of Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology on Organizing the Application for the Major Special Project of “Communication and Network” in the R&D Plan of Key Areas of Guangdong Province in 2023 (Free Application Part)

Notice of Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology on Organizing the Declaration of Major Special Projects of “Frontier New Materials” in the R&D Plan of Key Areas in Guangdong Province in 2023

1. Application Requirements

(1) The project leader must be registered in the province, with independent legal personality of enterprises, research institutes, universities, other institutions and industry organizations. The project leader should focus on the combination of industry, academia and research, integration of advantageous resources within and outside the province, and at the same time should focus on the selection of cooperation units, in principle, the same project leader and participating units totaling no more than 6 (inclusive).

(2) The project lead unit should have significant advantages in the field, with strong research and development strength or resource integration capabilities, to undertake the project’s core research and organizational tasks. The project led by the enterprise application, priority will be given to support.

(3) project application should be carefully budgeted, according to the actual application, and in line with the requirements of the guide. Applied projects must have self-financing inputs, enterprise-led application, the total project investment in self-financing in principle not less than 70% (the proportion of self-financing units should be appropriate with the proportion of financial funds obtained); non-enterprise-led application, the total project investment in self-financing in principle not less than 50%. Joint funding by the municipalities where the projects are located is encouraged. In terms of financial funding allocation, the lead unit should, in principle, allocate the largest share of funds.

(4) the provincial key areas of R & D program host institutions in general is not subject to the number of projects in the research and development of the limited reporting constraints, but does not encourage the same research team or the same unit to spread out the power, in declaring the same special, in principle, the same research team is only allowed to lead 1 or participate in 1, the same legal entity is only allowed in principle, the lead and participate in no more than 3 items.

(5) The project leader should play a coordinating role in leadership, substantive participation in the organization and implementation of the project, to prevent the phenomenon of pulling the field of high-end renowned experts in the name of the phenomenon.

(6) The content of the project must be true and credible, and must not exaggerate its own strength and technical and economic indicators. Each declaring unit shall be responsible for the authenticity of the application materials, and the declaring unit and the recommending unit shall implement the requirements of “Several Opinions on Further Strengthening the Construction of Scientific Research Integrity” (Office of the word [2018] No. 23) to strengthen the examination and checking of the application materials, and prevent exaggerating the inaccuracy, or even falsification. Each declaring unit and project leader shall sign the Letter of Commitment on the Authenticity of Application Materials (the template can be downloaded from the Sunshine Government Platform system, and the official seal of the unit shall be stamped). Once the project is established, the technical, product, economic and other assessment indicators will not be modified or adjusted without justifiable reasons.

(7) The project leader or host institution with one of the following circumstances shall not be applied or pass the qualification examination:

　　1. The project leader has Guangdong provincial science and technology program projects more than 3 (including 3) has not been completed or a project overdue for one year without completion (platforms, inclusive policies, post-subsidized projects, except);

　　2. The project leader has a major science and technology projects in Guangdong Province, the key areas of R & D program projects have not been completed acceptance of completion (such cases the person in charge can also be involved as a participant in the project team);

　　3. In the provincial financial special funds audit, inspection process found major violations;

　　4. the same project by changing the name of the subject or other means of multiple or repeated applications;

　　5. the main content of the project has been applied by the unit alone or jointly with other units and has been awarded the provincial science and technology program;

　　6. the provincial unit project without the organization of science and technology departments recommended;

　　7. There are still in the disciplinary period of implementation of the scientific research record of serious breach of trust and related social areas of credit “blacklist” record;

　　8. Violation of scientific research ethics.

(8) The applied projects comply with the specific application conditions of each thematic direction of the application guidelines, and the scientific research and medical activities involved must strictly follow the technical standards and ethical norms, and comply with national laws and regulations and relevant provisions.

2. Application Mode

(1) The project application adopts online application and paperless mode. Units or individuals meeting the application conditions of this notice can log in the “Guangdong Provincial Government Service Network” or “Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Business Management Sunshine Government Platform (http://pro.gdstc.gd.gov. (cn)” to view the specific guidelines and submit the relevant materials, the necessary technical, financial, intellectual property rights, cooperation agreements, commitment letters, recommendation letters and other supporting materials should be uploaded in the form of attachments. If it is inappropriate to submit through the network, the host institution will submit a written application, and after the examination and approval by the Department of Science and Technology, it can be applied offline.

(2) The guideline document is only for the declarant to use as a reference for application, and shall not be reproduced for publication.

(3) If written materials are required in the process of project evaluation and assessment, they will be submitted by the professional organization separately.

(4) project in accordance with the procedures for obtaining the project, the project application, mission statement paper and then submitted to the Provincial Science and Technology Department of the integrated business processing hall (all need to be signed, stamped, submission time and specific requirements to be announced)

3. Application Time

Host institutions online centralized reporting time from July 27, 2023 ~ August 26, 17:00.

4. Contact Person and Telephone Number

(1) Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Industry-University-Research Integration Division (thematic business consulting):

　Tian Wenying, Lin Xinghao, He Shengya, 020-83163271, 83163237.

(2) Provincial Department of Science and Technology Comprehensive Business Processing Hall (system technical support):

    020-83163930, 83163338.

 (3) Provincial Science and Technology Department of Resource Allocation and Management Division (integrated business consulting):

     020-83163834.