Joint Research Fund for Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao Scholars
Prof. XU, Jian Bin has secured the captioned fund and will have 200,000 RMB for the first two years, afterwards renewable for another 1.2 million RMB, subject to a second review. The captioned fund, which is nationally a prestigious award for young scientists, formerly named as "National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars", Class B, for Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao Young Scholars.
In 2009 round, there are 77 awardees nation-wide, 33 from life sciences, 44 shared among physical sciences, chemistry, information sciences, earth sciences, and materials and engineering sciences, and management science.
The detailed information about the Joint Fund can be found at the NSFCwebsite: http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/
