Funding Available to Support Collaborations between U.S. and Chinese Scientists ► NCI Cancer Bulletin for July 10, 2012 - National Cancer Institute

NCI Cancer Bulletin for July 10, 2012 - National Cancer Institute

Funding Available to Support Collaborations between U.S. and Chinese Scientists

NIH and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) recently published corresponding funding announcements to encourage and support research cooperation between U.S. and Chinese scientists in several research areas, including infection-related cancers. NIH released a request for applications for R01 research project grants for U.S. investigators, and NSFC published an announcement for new 3-year projects from Chinese collaborating investigators. This initiative is part of a U.S.–China Program for Biomedical Research Cooperation that was established by NIH and NSFC in 2010.
U.S. and Chinese investigators will work together to develop corresponding applications to NIH and NSFC. Both agencies will review applications in parallel using harmonized review criteria and make funding decisions according to the research priorities of both countries. NIH has pledged to support up to $5 million in total costs in FY 2012 under this program (up to $200,000 per year per project in total costs over a 3-year period). NSFC will support up to 3 million renminbi (about $472,000) for each 3-year project to support Chinese collaborators.