Notice on the Application for the 2023 Theoretical Physics Special Fund Project
- Application project type
According to the academic leadership group meeting of the Theoretical Physics Special Fund, the 2023 Theoretical Physics Special Fund will mainly support the following five project types.
（1） Theoretical Physics Innovation Research Center Project
This kind of project aims at building an exchange platform to promote cooperation and research, supporting theoretical physics research and forums on high-end and cutting-edge issues, and aiming at the past, Intersectionality and innovation. Through various forms of academic exchanges and seminars, it gathers research teams, focuses on scientific issues, cultivates young academic backbones, mobilizes national outstanding theoretical physics research forces, focuses on tackling key problems, and makes collaborative innovation achievements, Promote the development of theoretical physics.
The project name should be “Theoretical Physics Special Fund X X Theoretical Physics Center”. In 2023, we plan to reapply for continued funding for projects that have already been funded, with a funding period of 2 years and a funding intensity of 6 million yuan per project.
（2） Theoretical Physics Frontier Leading Project
This type of project is to explore and fund cutting-edge leading research projects with theoretical physics characteristics, which is different from the current routine key projects. Prioritize funding for pioneering and original theoretical physics research directions, encourage cross team collaboration, promote innovative development of theoretical physics through deep and substantive cross cooperation, and encourage collaboration between different teams to publish papers after receiving funding.
Application requirements: 1. The applicant should hold a senior professional and technical position (title), and be no more than 45 years old [born on or after January 1, 1978]; Personnel applying for key projects in 2023 are not allowed to apply for this project as hosts, and members of the academic leadership group for theoretical physics funds are not allowed to participate in applying for this project.
Prioritize supporting the following 5 research directions:
- Research on the Origin of Time and Space and the Essence of Gravity
- Find algorithms that can demonstrate and directly verify quantum superiority
- New states and mechanisms of correlation and topological quantum systems
- Strange nuclear structures in open quantum systems and novel effects in heavy ion collision dynamics
- Theoretical research on the interaction properties of Neutrino and matter at different energy scales
The funding period is 4 years, and the funding intensity is 5 million yuan per project.
（3） Postdoctoral Program in Theoretical Physics
The purpose of such projects is to encourage inbound postdoctoral researchers engaged in theoretical physics research to carry out innovative research work and cultivate outstanding young scientific and technological innovation talents in the field of theoretical physics.
Application requirements: 1. Age not exceeding 35 years old (born on or after January 1, 1988), with experience in studying theoretical physics; 2. Full time doctoral graduates who have obtained a doctoral degree in the past three years and have entered the website to engage in research in theoretical physics and its interdisciplinary fields. The degree certificate date is after January 1, 2020 (including) (upload a copy of the doctoral degree certificate when applying, and indicate the title of the doctoral thesis and the name and research direction of the supervisor after entering the website in the front of the application form); Postdoctoral candidates who enter before September 30, 2023 and do not exit on December 31, 2024 must include their entry and estimated exit times in their resumes (applicants should upload electronic scanned copies of their on-site proof, indicating the entry and exit times); 4. The applicant should use the on-site unit as the supporting unit for the project to submit the application; 5. Those who have received funding from the Bo Xin Program or the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s research projects are not allowed to apply.
The funding period is one year, and the funding intensity is 180000 yuan per project.
（4） Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical Physics
This kind of project is to set up a series of courses for young scholars of theoretical physics, systematically train basic theories, and help young scholars to deeply understand the frontiers of theoretical physics.
Application requirements: 1. The applicant has a senior professional and technical position (title); 2. The workshop needs to arrange two types of courses: systematic presentations and cutting-edge lectures, with a course duration of 2-3 weeks; 3. The application form should clearly provide the teaching outline, teaching content, and the list of proposed teaching teachers.
The funding period is one year, and the funding intensity is 400000 yuan per project.
（5） Theoretical Physics Culture and Communication Project
Funding for the publication of theoretical physics monographs and popular science works (translated works are not included in the funding). The publication fund aims to promote the development of theoretical physics research, enhance public understanding of theoretical physics, and increase the interest of middle school students, college students, and graduate students in theoretical physics, with the aim of providing assistance to senior college students, graduate students, and researchers engaged in theoretical physics work. The funding period is one year, and the funding intensity does not exceed 100000 yuan per project. The applicant should hold a senior professional and technical position (title). Continuously funding the Journal of Theoretical Physics Communications.
It funded the Peng Huanwu Forum on Theoretical Physics, promoted academic cooperation and exchanges among various fields within theoretical physics, broadened academic horizons, and strengthened cross cooperation between theoretical physics and mathematics, biology, astronomy, and applied disciplines. The Summer school for top physics students and basic theory elites will explore a new model for cultivating excellent theoretical physics talents for outstanding undergraduate students. The funding period is one year.
2、 Application requirements and precautions
（1） Limitation regulations
- Theoretical physics special fund projects with a funding period of no more than 1 year (inclusive) are not included in the limit.
- Theoretical physics special fund projects with a funding period exceeding 1 year are included in the application for senior professional and technical positions (professional titles)
- Applicants can only apply for one theoretical physics special fund project in the same year.
（2） Application considerations
- This special project application is written online. The specific requirements for the applicant are as follows:
(1) Before filling out the application form, applicants should carefully read the “Management Measures for Special Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China”, “Guidelines for 2023 National Natural Science Foundation Projects”, and the relevant content of this notice. Application projects that do not meet the management measures, project guidelines, and related requirements will not be accepted.
(2) The application acceptance time is from September 4th to September 8th, 2023 at 16:00. Applications submitted outside the centralized acceptance time will not be accepted.
(3) The applicant logs into the Science Foundation Network Information System https://grants.nsfc.gov.cn/ (Applicants who do not have a system account should apply to the fund management contact person of the supporting unit to open an account), and write an application according to the writing outline and relevant requirements. After completing the application, the applicant shall submit the electronic application and attachment materials online. All attachment materials required in the application materials (including original paper materials required for certification, approval documents, and other special instructions) shall be uploaded in electronic scanned form.
- The application form must be filled out strictly in accordance with the following format:
(1) The starting date of the application form is January 1, 2024, and the ending date is December 31, 20X, according to the requirements of the funding period.
(2) Application Code 1 must select A25, and Application Code 2 must select the corresponding discipline application code based on the actual research direction.
(3) Selection of “funding category”: special projects.
(4) Category 1-3 projects: “Sub category description” selection: “Research project”; Select “Theoretical Physics Special Fund Research Project” for “Annotations”.
(5) 4-5 categories of projects: “Sub category description” selection: “Science and technology activity projects”; Select “Theoretical Physics Special Fund Science and Technology Activity Project” for “Annotations”.
(6) At the beginning of the main body of the application form, it is necessary to indicate which project type is being applied for (clearly state the specific project type).
The application items that are inaccurate, not selected, or not filled in will not be accepted.
- The supporting unit shall review the authenticity, completeness, and compliance of the application materials submitted by the applicant of this unit; Review the target relevance, policy consistency, and economic rationality of the applicant’s budget application. The electronic application form and attachment materials of the unit should be confirmed and submitted through the information system item by item before the deadline for project acceptance work (16:00 on September 8, 2023), and the project application list should be submitted online. After the project is approved, the paper signature and seal pages of the application form will be bound at the end of the “Funded Project Plan” and submitted together. The information signed and stamped should be strictly consistent with the electronic application form.