FDCT and NSFC Holds a Joint Review Meeting
26/06/2020
The Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) of Macao and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) held a joint online meeting for review of the applications for the 2020 FDCT-NSFC Joint Scientific Research Project Funding on June 23rd. Participants included Cheang Kun Wai, member of FDCT’s Administrative Committee, Yang Junlin, Director of NSFC’s Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office and 12 review experts from mainland China and Macao. 
 
NSFC’s representative reported in the meeting on the application for the Joint Scientific Research Project Funding and the result of an application review respectively conducted by NSFC and FDCT. Both sides ran a formality examination of the applications after the application period ended on March 6th, and then they checked and confirmed on their lists of applications together. In the end, 54 applications were accepted by the two sides. Having put them under peer reviews and confirmed the review results, they suggested 23 of them be submitted for the joint review meeting. After that, FDCT’s representative introduced the regulations and notes for attention for this joint review. 
 
The 12 review experts were Chiang Kin Seng, Wang Tinghuai, Wang Zhihua, Song Jingyan, Wong Seng Ieong and Liu Lianggang from FDCT and Long Mian, Guo Qingjun, Diao Bo, Cai Bogen, Yan Jinming and Jiang Jiandong from NSFC. They discussed the 23 projects involved in the applications one by one, voted on the projects and confirmed on a tentative list of funding recipients. The two parties will announce the application results once they complete the remaining required procedures.
 
The Funding scheme at issue was initiated according to the NSFC-FDCT Technical Cooperation and Exchange Memorandum. The execution of the scheme vigorously promotes cooperation and exchanges in natural science basic research between universities, research institutions and researchers from Macao and mainland China, contributing to the thriving of the field in the two regions and to their technological advancement. 



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