Up to 5million per person per year! Choose people instead of projects, focus on basic scientific research, and scientists dominate the "new cornerstone" funded by Tencent to start the application

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The good news , A 10 billion level private scientific research funding project , Start declaration ！

New cornerstone researcher program .

It is for full-time researchers working in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao , The highest per person per year 500 10000 fund , continuity funding 5 year .

5 Once the annual cycle passes , There is still a chance to continue ！

And it Select only people , Don't choose an item .

In other words , It focuses on supporting creative scientists to carry out exploratory and risky basic research .

The project has been declared .Ps, At the end of the article, we provide a link to declare .

So , Having both ability and political integrity 、 Solid foundation in basic scientific research , There are also scientists who are not limited by rules and concepts , You can see ！

As for how to choose these people ？ How to choose ？

Scientist LED principle . Shi Yigong takes the lead , Jian-wei pan 、 Xie Xiaoliang 、 Zhang Jie and other well-known scientists form a scientific committee to decide .

Shi Yigong said ：

In my opinion , How many articles have the declarant sent , How many patents , How many references , It's not the key , It's not a standard .

The only criterion is whether his past research has international influence 、 Whether the research to be carried out in the future is really at the forefront of basic research , We hope to see his ambition , Seeing his research direction, no one has tried .

New cornerstone researcher program

According to the official website , New cornerstone researcher program , It is an original innovation focusing on zero to one , Encourage free exploration 、 Non governmental funded projects of basic scientific research with the attribute of public welfare .

The first declaration plan supports 60 Scientists , There are mainly two ways of institutional nomination and free declaration .

The applicant shall meet all the following conditions at the same time ：

(1) The time of declaration is not full 55 One year old （ namely 1967 year 7 month 1 Japan （ contain ） Later born ）;

(2) As a doctoral supervisor 5 In the above ;

(3) Work full-time in mainland China or Hong Kong and Macao （ Nationality is not limited ）;

(4) The time invested in scientific research every year shall not be less than 9 Months ;

(5) Have the experience of undertaking basic research projects and are still in the front line of research ;

(6) Undeclared 2022 year “ Scientific exploration Award ”.

From the field of scientific research , There are two cores , From the mechanism of life to everything in the universe .

• Mathematics and materials learn , Explore the physical world and the laws of everything in the universe . such as , Algebra and number theory , Theoretical physics 、 Inorganic chemistry 、 Theoretical computer science 、 Data science and operations research .

• Biological and Medical Sciences , Explore the mysteries of life and human physiological mechanisms , such as , Biophysics and biochemistry 、 Genetics and Developmental Biology .

It is also specially noted that ： Encourage interdisciplinary .

From the perspective of funding categories , According to the basic characteristics of basic scientific research , It is divided into experimental class and theoretical class .

• The annual subsidy for each person in the experimental class shall not exceed 500 ten thousand ;

• The annual subsidy for each person in the theoretical category shall not exceed 300 ten thousand .

All of them have been supported for five consecutive years . After the funding expires , If scientists pass the evaluation , You can also get renewal grants .

It operates independently , Money from Tencent . expect 10 Invest... In the year 100 One hundred million yuan , Stable support 200-300 Scientists .

at present , The project has been declared , The deadline is this year 9 month 30 Japan 24 when （ Beijing time. ）.

Next , It is the project review stage , Including preliminary screening 、 Preliminary examination 、 final judgment （ Including final defense ） Three stages . During this period , Experts at home and abroad will be organized to conduct the review .

2022 The list of annual grants will be 2023 Released in the first quarter of ..

Choose people rather than projects

This new basic scientific research funding project , The biggest characteristic is “ Choose people rather than projects ”.

The opening method of previous funding , Although there is no lack of support for free exploration 、 Original and innovative projects , However, it sometimes faces the situation of limited coverage and amount . Those are more purposeful 、 Projects that are easier to investigate , It often attracts more attention .

That's not hard to understand , After all, those who are committed to “ from 0 To 1” Basic research , The project takes a long time , High risk , The result itself is not easy to produce , It is not so easy to get funding .

So , Social funds with more flexible advantages have joined the ranks of funding basic research ,“ New cornerstone researcher program ” emerge as the times require .

Talent selection , Led by scientists , The decision-making body is Shi Yigong 、 Jian-wei pan 、 Xie Xiaoliang 、 The scientific committee composed of Zhang Jie and others .

For researchers , It has solved the most troublesome financial problem , They also realized their greatest wish ： Concentrate on frontier exploration .

First , The funds are adequate .

As a national level 、 The supplement of provincial and other scientific research funding projects , This is more than one million every year 、 Ten million level public welfare projects in five years , The amount of subsidy has been allocated to the top .

secondly , No worries , because There is no need to worry about things other than scientific research .

According to introducing , The new cornerstone project will not set clear research tasks for the sponsors , Nor will the number of papers be assessed , There is no limit to the time limit when we must produce results .

In this way , Researchers can get a long-term 、 Stable 、 Flexible funding , You can calm down “ Ten years to sharpen a sword ” Be at ease in scientific research .

This is what “ New cornerstone researcher program ” The original intention of .

Even academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 、 Director of Science Department of Peking University Xie Xiaoliang All say ：

The new cornerstone researcher project is in （ Funding amount and funding period ） These settings are very important , It is for scientists to devote themselves to scientific research without distractions , You don't have to rush to find resources .

“ I want to see how brave young people are ”

Finally, return to the research project itself , Why is it worth paying attention to ？

Compared with most enterprises nowadays “ Applied ” Research investment compared , The scope of funding for this private project is limited to basic research .

And focus more on the most difficult work ——“ From zero to one “ Original innovation .

This means that , This project is not investment , Not applicable to industry .

Around the world , There are many other basic scientific research funding systems to promote scientific and technological innovation and progress , Among them, government led , There are also social forces involved .

New cornerstone researcher program , Is to build such a basic scientific research funding system , Based on the foundation of the foundation , have one's eyes on the future .

Even if we can't see the possibility of realization at present , But putting it in the future is enough to change the world .

As Shi Yigong said , Want to see our young people “ How big is the gall ”.

Okay , Qualified friends , You can stamp the link below to declare ~（ That's all I can do ）

https://www.newcornerstone.org.cn/#/regist

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