The first round ofthe Research Fund for International Young Scientists in 2013will start from January with the following timetable:

Recommendation Deadline: Jan. 16th, 2013.  Please kindly note that only proposals recommended by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Education will be accepted by NSFC.

Notice for Acceptance: Jan. 18th, 2013. Applicants whose proposals are accepted will be announced on NSFC's website (http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/Portal0/InfoModule_396/More.htm).

Full Proposalsubmission:  March 1st, 2013. All applications should be submitted via NSFC's Internet-based Science Information System (ISIS) . The host institution is requested to allocate the user name & password to the applicants in advance to ensure the access to ISIS.

The panel review will be conducted in the middle of April, 2013.

For foreign researchers who are interested in The Research Fund for International Young Scientists launched by NSFC, please refer to the documents in English (http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/Portal0/default175.htm) for details.

Contact info:

ZHANG Lin

TEL: 10-62327001

mailto: fis@nsfc.gov.cn

Bureau of International Cooperation, NSFC