(1) has China nationality;

(2) He was under 45 years old on June 65438+1 October1of the year of application;

(3) Good scientific ethics;

(four) with senior professional and technical positions (titles) or with a doctorate;

(5) Having undertaken basic research projects or other basic research experiences;

(6) No formal employment relationship with overseas units;

(7) to ensure that the research work is carried out in the supporting unit for more than 9 months every year during the funding period.

Young scholars from China who do not have People's Republic of China (PRC) nationality can apply if they meet the above two to seven conditions. Persons who are engaged in research at postdoctoral workstations and are studying for postgraduate degrees are not allowed to apply; Those who have been funded by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars may not apply again.

Extended data:

According to the Measures for the Administration of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars:

Article 15 An applicant shall truthfully fill in the Applicant Information Form and submit it to the Natural Science Foundation of China when applying for an outstanding youth fund project for the first time. If the bank account and other information of the project supporting unit changes, it shall timely notify the Natural Science Foundation of China.

Sixteenth project funds allocated to the project supporting unit, the receiving unit and the project supporting unit must be consistent.

Seventeenth project funding, according to the provisions of the outstanding youth fund project management measures; Centralized treasury payment shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Ministry of Finance.

Article 18 The cooperation fee of a fund-funded project shall be transferred by the project supporting unit according to the cooperation contract.

Article 19 If a fund-supported project is suspended or cancelled for some reason, the project supporting unit shall return the balance of allocated funds to the Natural Science Foundation of China within three months after receiving the notice. If it is not returned within the time limit, the funding for other projects of the unit will be postponed.

Article 20 After the research of the Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars is completed, the grantee shall, together with the financial department of the supporting unit of the project, clean up the accounts, truthfully prepare the final accounts of the funded project according to the approved budget of the funded project, and the scientific research management department and the financial department of the supporting unit of the project shall review and sign the opinions and file them for future reference.

According to the audited final statement of project funds, the scientific research management department of the project supporting unit prepares the final statement of project funds and signs the audit opinion, and submits it to the Natural Science Foundation of China before March 3 1 every year.

Twenty-first approved by the Natural Science Foundation of China to suspend and complete the project ahead of schedule, the grantee and the project supporting unit shall promptly clean up the accounts, prepare the final accounts of the project supporting funds, and incorporate them into the final accounts of the project supporting unit.

Twenty-second the management and use of project funds shall be subject to the inspection and supervision of the superior financial department, the national audit institution and the Natural Science Foundation of China. The recipient unit and the project supporting unit should actively cooperate and provide relevant information.

Twenty-third project supporting units to deal with the project funds for irregular audit or special audit.

Article 24 If a project supporting unit or individual violates the provisions of these Measures and the Measures for the Administration of Outstanding Youth Funds, the Natural Science Foundation of China will take measures such as slowing down the allocation of project funds, giving a written warning, informed criticism, stopping funding, recovering the allocated funds, and canceling the funded projects, depending on the seriousness of the case. The project supporting unit should deal with the relevant personnel with serious circumstances and investigate their corresponding responsibilities.

Article 25 The Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Finance shall formulate performance evaluation methods suitable for the characteristics of outstanding youth funds, and evaluate the project implementation and the efficiency of fund use.

Twenty-sixth Natural Science Foundation Committee shall establish a project library of outstanding youth funds and manage it in accordance with the provisions.

Twenty-seventh assets purchased by project funds belong to state-owned assets, and their right to use and operate belongs to the project supporting unit, which must be included in the fixed assets account of the project supporting unit for accounting and management. The disposal of assets shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state to prevent the loss of state-owned assets.

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