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The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has awarded funding to 154 projects at SCNU, according to the review results for the 2026 centralized application period announced on August 25. Direct funding reached 78.1 million yuan, and both the number of approved projects and the direct funding amount reached record highs for the university.
The number of approved projects rose 20.3% against the same period last year, while direct funding grew 8.1%. SCNU ranks third among all normal universities in the country on three measures: total direct funding, the number of Key Program grants, and the number of grants from the Young Scientists Fund (Category A). For the first time, the university has won Young Scientists Fund (Category A) grants in two consecutive years.
The 154 projects consist of 77 from the General Program, 70 from the Young Scientists Fund (Category C), 3 Key Programs, 2 from the Young Scientists Fund (Category A) and 2 from the Young Scientists Fund (Category B). The overall success rate was 23%, 8.2 percentage points above the national average of 14.8%. The success rate reached 37.9% for the Young Scientists Fund (Category C) and 19.1% for the General Program.
Grants came from all nine of NSFC's funding divisions. Its Department of Life Sciences accounts for 33 projects with 14.5 million yuan in direct funding; the Department of Earth Sciences for 29 projects with 15 million yuan; the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences for 29 projects with 13.9 million yuan; and the Department of Information Sciences for 22 projects with 13.5 million yuan. The Department of Chemical Sciences follows with 20 projects and 9.9 million yuan, the Department of Management Sciences with 13 projects and 4.2 million yuan, and the Department of Engineering and Materials Sciences with 6 projects and 2.8 million yuan. The Department of Health Sciences and the Department of Interdisciplinary Sciences each funded one project, at 4 million yuan and 300,000 yuan respectively.
The funding covers 24 schools and research institutes across SCNU. The School of Life Sciences leads with 24 grants, followed by the School of Chemistry and the School of Geography (including the Beidou Research Institute) with 18 each. The South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics won 13 grants, the School of Physics 12, the School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering 11, the School of Environment 10, the School of Economics and Management 8, the School of Mathematical Sciences and the School of Psychology 6 each, and the Institute of Quantum Matter 5.
Source from SCNU News Agency
Translated by Chen Bao, Tang Ying
Proofread by Edwin Baak
Edited by Li Yiwei
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