A guide to the Sino-US cooperation project "Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases" was issued

National Natural Science Foundation
(NSFC) based on bilateral cooperation agreements with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and consensus with the UK National Research and Innovation Agency (UKRI) and the Israeli-American Science Foundation (BSF),2 In 2020, the parties intend to jointly solicit cooperative research projects and cooperative exchange projects, encourage China and the United States, the United States and Britain, China and the United States to cooperate with scientists in the field of "ecology and evolution of infectious diseases " (EEID), and support Chinese and American, Chinese and American scientists in this field to build new cooperation networks with potential partners.(i) Cooperative research projects
1. Funding areas
EEID projects support interdisciplinary research on ecological, evolutionary and social laws and processes that affect the dynamics of the spread of infectious diseases. The research topic should take the quantitative or computational analysis of pathogen transmission dynamics as the theme, establish and test quantitative or computational models that can fully describe the infectious disease system, and find out the law of infectious disease transmission. Specific requirements are as follows:
research areas may include, but are not limited to, the dendients and interrelations of the spread of infectious diseases between humans, non-human animals and/or plants, such as the spread of pathogens, the effects of environmental factors (such as climate), the dynamics and genetics of natural hosts or hosts, feedback between ecological and evolutionary dynamics, and cultural, social, behavioural and economic factors of pathogen transmission.
Types of infectious diseases can be directed at infectious diseases originating in animals, environments, vectors, or guts within land, freshwater or marine systems;
Encourages researchers to form multidisciplinary teams, such as mathematicians, statisticians, computer scientists, ecologists, bioinficionists, genomic researchers, social scientists, economists, epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, entomologists, parasites, microbiologists, bacteriologists, virologists, pathologists, or veterinarians.
The following research is not supported by this project:
(1) is limited to genetic patterns that focus on evolutionary changes
(e.g., comparative genomics);
(3) focuses only on pathogen discovery;
(4) only on the study of biological processes in the host body;
(5) only on vector species ecology;
(6) on pathogenic microorganisms that have not been predetermined for at least one focused study; and
(7) on antimicrobial resistance without considering pathogen propagation dynamics.
detailed description of the area of funding can be found in annex 1 to this guide.
the National Science Foundation's application guide can be found at:
2. Application Code
Chinese applicants please select the Life Sciences Department Code (C0309) or the Medical Sciences Department Code (H2609) as the application code 1 to complete the Chinese application.
3. The scale of
the scale of funding for this cooperative research project shall not exceed two.
4. Funding intensity
China's direct funding for approved projects is not more than 4.5 million yuan, including research funds and international travel expenses (air tickets are economy class), foreign living expenses and other expenses closely related to exchange activities. U.S. funding is no more than $2.5 million per item, including research funding and international travel, foreign living expenses and other costs closely related to exchange activities for U.S. researchers.
5. The reporting requirement
(1) funding period is 5 years, and the research period in the application should be from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026.
(2) The number of domestic cooperative research units shall not exceed two.
(3) Applicants from each party are required to submit project applications to the scientific funding agencies (i.e. NSFC, NSF, UKRI, BSF) in the country in which they are located.
(4) project applications should reflect strong joint and complementary advantages.
(5) If the content of the study involves animal and plant resources, the project applicant or undertaker and the relying unit shall strictly abide by the relevant provisions of the State concerning the protection of animal and plant resources, and if the issue of human genetic resources is concerned, it shall strictly abide by the relevant provisions of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Management of Human Genetic Resources promulgated and implemented by
(State Decree No. 717) and do a good job in the management of human genetic resources in China in international cooperation.
(ii) Cooperation and exchange projects
1. Funding Area
As a cooperative exchange project, the EEID Research Coordination Network (RCN) project aims to promote the establishment of new networks of cooperation among researchers in the participating countries of the EEID project, exploring innovative ideas around the construction and implementation of new cooperation mechanisms, training, expanded participation and the application of cooperative technologies and data to address interdisciplinary issues related to EEID. The project encourages the participation of young scholars, postdoctoral, postgraduate and undergraduate students. Applications based on existing partnerships will no longer be funded.
the National Science Foundation's application guide can be found here:

2. Application Code
Chinese applicants should select the Department of Life Sciences Code (C0309) or the Medical Sciences Department Code (H2609) as the application code 1 to complete the Chinese application according to the field in which the cooperative network is to be established.
3. Funding Intensity
China's direct funding for approved projects is not more than 1 million yuan, including international travel expenses (air tickets for economy class), foreign living expenses and other expenses closely related to exchange activities for Chinese researchers to carry out exchange activities. The U.S. funding intensity is not more than $500,000 per item, including international travel, foreign living expenses and other costs closely related to the exchange activities of U.S. researchers.
4. The reporting requirement
(1) funding period is 5 years, and the research period in the application should be from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026.
(2) each applicant must submit a project application to NSFC, NSF and/or UKRI, respectively.(1) Applicants for international (regional) cooperative research projects between organizations shall have the following conditions
1. Have senior professional and technical positions (title).
2. As project leader, he is undertakeing or has undertaken projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China for three years or more.
3. A good basis for cooperation with foreign (regional) partners.
. For detailed information on eligibility, please refer to the 2020 National Natural Science Foundation of China Project Guide.
(2) Applicants for international (regional) cooperation and exchange projects between organizations shall meet the following conditions
1. The project leader of the National Natural Science Foundation of China is in the process of assuming three years and above.
2. Participants in ASC projects with three years or more and with senior professional and technical positions (title) or doctorates, or two scientific and technical personnel with the same senior professional and technical positions (title) as in their field of study, shall be recommended and shall be approved by the project leader funded by the Fund.
.3. Chinese and foreign applicants should establish new cooperative relations aimed at laying the foundation for follow-up substantive cooperative research.
. For detailed information on eligibility, please refer to the 2020 National Natural Science Foundation of China Project Guide.(i) Cooperative research projects
NSCNA International (Region) Cooperative Research Projects include inter-organizational international (regional) cooperative research projects and key international (regional) cooperative research projects. The cooperative research project is an inter-organizational international (regional) cooperative research project, and the applicant must follow the following restrictions when applying:
1. The applicant (excluding the main participants) may only apply for one international (regional) cooperative research project in the same year.
person in charge of an international (regional) cooperative research project may not apply as an applicant for a cooperative research project listed in this Guide.
3. Applications as applicants and for cooperative research projects listed in the Guidelines as principals are included in the scope of applications for senior professional and technical positions (including applicants and key participants) and the total number of projects being undertaken (including heads and main participants) limited to two (except for inter-organizational cooperative research projects applied for or undertaken as principal participants).
limits on the number of applications in the 2020 National Natural Science Foundation Project Guide.
(ii) Cooperation and exchange projects
1. Applicants for cooperative exchange projects are not subject to the requirement that applicants may only apply for one project of the same type in the same year.
2. The total number of international (regional) cooperation exchange projects under the framework of the same inter-organizational agreement, which are being undertaken as applicants and as project leaders, is limited to one.
3. Applications for cooperative exchange items listed in this Guide are not subject to the total number of applications and undertaken projects.
limits on the number of applications in the 2020 National Natural Science Foundation Project Guide. (1) Notes of applicants
Applications for international (regional) cooperative research projects and cooperative exchange projects between organizations are written online, and the specific requirements for applicants are as follows:
1. Applicants should carefully read the relevant contents of this project guide and the 2020 National Natural Science Foundation Project Guide before filing their applications, and project applications that do not meet the project guidelines and related requirements shall not be accepted.
. The applicant logs into the Science Foundation Network Information System () and writes the Application for cooperation and exchange project of NSC International (Region) in accordance with the outline and related requirements (hereinafter referred to as the "Chinese Application"). The specific steps are:
(1) select the "Project Leader" user group login system, click on the "online application" to enter the application interface, click on the
"New Project Application" button to enter the project category selection interface;
(3) Applicants for cooperative research projects, click on the "Fill in application" on the right side of "Inter-Organization Cooperation Research (Inter-Organization Cooperation Agreement Project)", enter the "Cooperation Agreement" interface, select "NSFC-NSF (China and the United States)" in the drop-down menu, and then enter the fund project approval number to be relied upon according to the system requirements, and enter the specific application completion interface after passing the qualification.
(4) The applicant for the cooperation and exchange project, click on the "Complete Application" on the right side of "Cooperation Exchange (Inter-Organization Cooperation Agreement Project)", enter the "Cooperation Agreement" interface, select "NSFC-NSF (China and the United States)" in the drop-down menu, and then enter the fund project approval number to rely on according to the system requirements, after passing the qualification, enter the specific application completion interface.
3. Both inter-organizational cooperative research projects and cooperative exchange projects are funded on a scaled scale. Applicants shall carefully read the contents of the budget reporting requirements of the 2020 National Natural Science Foundation Project Guide, and strictly follow the Measures for the Administration of Funds for Projects Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China," and "Additional Notices on Issues Related to the Management of Funds for Projects Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China" (Finance, Science and Education (2016) No. 19), The notice of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
, the Ministry of Finance on further improving the project and fund management of the Science Foundation (No. 31 of the National Science Foundation of China) and the "Notes on the Preparation of the Budget Statement of the Project Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China" are carefully and truthfully compiled into the Budget Table of the Project Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
4. Request for materials. After the applicant has completed the writing of the application, he or she submits the e-application and the annex materials online without submitting the paper application. Once the project has been approved, the paper signature stamp of the application will be stapled at the end of the Funding Project Plan and submitted. The signature seal information should be consistent with the electronic application.
materials include:
(1) a copy of the full text of the English application submitted by the U
.S. partners to the NSF; A letter of intent for cooperation signed by chinese and foreign applicants is required.
(3) relying on a letter of commitment (if any) from the unit to review and strictly comply with the regulations on the management of human genetic resources.
. the Chinese of this cooperative research project completed in the application shall be exactly the same as the English name of the project submitted by the partners. For project management to identify, applicants should use the Chinese "EEID:US-China:," "EEID:US-UK-China" or "EEID:US-China"or "EEID:US-China", or the "EEID RCN: US-CHINA", or the "EEID RCN: US-UK-China" prefix when filling in the project name of the cooperative exchange project Chinese The names of English-language projects submitted by the partners of the parties must be exactly the same.
6. In preparing the application materials and implementing the project, if the content of the study involves the issue of animal and plant resources, the applicant or undertaker and the relying unit of the project shall strictly abide by the relevant provisions of the State concerning the protection of animal and plant resources, and if the issue of human genetic resources is involved, the relevant provisions of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Management of Human Genetic Resources (State Decree No. 717) shall be strictly observed, and the management of human genetic resources in China shall be done well in international cooperation.
(2) Relying on the unit notes
Relying on the unit shall examine the authenticity, completeness and compliance of the application materials submitted by the applicant of the unit, the objective relevance of the declared budget, the policy conformity and the economic rationality. This project is included in the scope of paperless application, relying on the unit to complete the e-application and attachment materials item by item confirmation, should be submitted before the deadline for the application materials through the ISIS Science Foundation network system to upload the unit's commitment to scientific research integrity electronic scanning (please download the template in the ISIS Science Fund network system, print and fill in by the legal representative