Announcement on soliciting suggestions for major projects of the Ministry of Interdisciplinary Science in 2025
According to the provisions of the “National Natural Science Foundation of China Major Project Management Measures”, the Department of Interdisciplinary Science solicits suggestions from the scientific and technological community for the establishment of major projects of the Department of Interdisciplinary Science in 2025.
1. Positioning of major projects
Major projects are oriented to the frontiers of science and major scientific issues in the country’s economic, social, scientific and technological development and major national security needs. They are deployed in advance to carry out multi-disciplinary and comprehensive research, give full play to their supporting and leading roles, and enhance my country’s basic research source innovation capabilities.
2. Suggested requirements for major project establishment areas
1. Suggestions for project areas should be derived from common scientific issues across multiple disciplines or major scientific issues that can only be solved by combining multidisciplinary research methods, and have the necessity and urgency for organizational implementation.
2. The key scientific issues condensed are scientific, important, cross-cutting and forward-looking.
- It is expected to achieve significant breakthroughs in solving major and complex scientific problems, establishing cross-disciplinary research teams, promoting changes in scientific research paradigms, forming new disciplinary growth points, and promoting social progress.
3. Requirements for submitting project proposals
1. Please fill in the “Major Project Proposal Area” (see attachment for Word template), and select the acceptance code according to the content of the proposal, T01: Physical science field, T02: Intelligent science and intelligent manufacturing field, T03: Life science and health field, T04 : Integrated scientific fields.
- Please send the Word electronic versionof the “Major Project Proposal Area” to the email address of the Comprehensive and Strategic Planning Division of the Ministry of Interdisciplinary Sciences before 16:00 on April 27, 2024 to: interdis@nsfc.gov.cn.
- Please send the original paper copy of the “Major Project Proposal Area” stamped with the official seal of the host unit(1 copy) to the Comprehensive and Strategic Planning Department of the Interdisciplinary Science Department before April 28, 2024 (based on the postmark date of the letter) .
Suggestions in the project area that do not send paper versions of documents within the specified time will not be accepted .
4. Contact information
Department of Comprehensive and Strategic Planning, Department of Interdisciplinary Sciences
Email: interdis@nsfc.gov.cn
Tel: 010-62325654, 010-62325147
Mailing address: Comprehensive and Strategic Planning Division, Department of Interdisciplinary Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 83 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, Postal Code: 100085
4. Other matters that need explanation
The collection of proposals for major project proposals will follow the avoidance system. Current members of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Science are not allowed to make project proposals as project proponents.