Outstanding overseas youth project is a newly established project of National Natural Science Foundation of China 202 1. It aims to further improve the talent funding system of the National Natural Science Foundation, and attract and encourage outstanding overseas young scholars (including non-China foreign talents) who have made outstanding achievements in natural science and engineering technology to return to China.

In 2022, the number of applications for the Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars increased by 85.7% over the previous year, and the number of applications for the Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars increased by 33.3% over the previous year.