Dragon-Star Plus will provide the EC and the Member States with tools for setting a long term cooperation strategy with China in research and innovation. The proposed activities take into account the current on-going policy dialogue and the peculiarities of the research and innovation environment in China, and are based upon the outputs and the established mechanism of the previous DRAGON-STAR project.

Great Wall Program is a full scholarship established by MOE for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to sponsor students and scholars in developing countries to study and conduct research in China.

The deadline for application is between January and early April, 2016

ITSP supports midstream/downstream research and development (R&D) projects undertaken mainly by universities, R&D Centres, industry support organisations, professional bodies and trade and industry associations. ITSP invites applications for funding every six months or so. The Government adopts a three-tier funding framework for ITSP under the ITF. Tier 2 involves the funding of applied R&D projects which are industry-oriented and have potential for commercialisation. Tier 3 involves the funding of exploratory and forward-looking projects. The first round of funding applications for 2016 under Tier 2 and Tier 3 of the Innovation and Technology Support Programme (ITSP) is now open to application.

The deadline for application is for application is 31 March, 2016

According to a memorandum of cooperation between National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the European Commission, both sides will jointly fund research projects and support of the both countries to conduct substantive innovative research and cooperation. The programme will support Chinese researchers who have already acquired funding from ERC. The funding for Chinese applicants will not exceed 30.000 RMB.

The deadline for application is April 28^th, 2016

With a view to promoting human resource capacities in the developing countries and to enhancing international understanding and friendship among nations and the people of Poland, the Polish National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair for Science, Technology and Engineering at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow are placing at the disposal of UNESCO thirty-five (35) fellowships of six (6) months duration starting on 1st October 2016. The beneficiaries of these fellowships will be given the opportunity to undertake an individual research programme in the field of Science, Technology and Engineering.

The deadline for application is April 30^th, 2016

In the frame of this new agreement, a first call for collaborative projects is launched in order to further promote scientific cooperation between Flanders and China. The new co-operation agreement replaces the old one with the result that the continuous application process is replaced by regular calls for submission. For the 2016 call the cooperation is limited to all fields of natural sciences and medical sciences in the following themes: mathematical & physical sciences, chemical sciences, life sciences, earth sciences, engineering & material sciences, information sciences, management sciences, health sciences. NSFC provides per project a fixed total amount of 100,000 RMB for the total duration of two years. FWO pays researcher(s) from China a daily living allowance of € 50 per day (or max. € 1300 per month) and reimburses in addition the accommodation costs.

The deadline for application is May 6^th, 2016

1. Applicants must be a citizen of a country other than the People’s Republic of China, and be in good health
2. Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarship (written in Chinese or English)
3. For more information, please refer to http://en.csc.edu.cn/Laihua/scholarshipdetailen.aspx?cid=97&id=2051.

Contact:
Ms. Lydie Ndobo-Mackongo
E-mail: l.ndobo@unesco.org

Applications of Tier 2 and Tier 3 projects must be submitted to the ITF Secretariat either:

a. in hard copy in triplicate (one original plus two duplicate copies) in person or by post. Please also kindly provide a soft copy (preferably in MS Word 2003 or above), together with an application datasheet (available with the application forms); or
b. through the Innovation and Technology Commission Funding Administrative System

Contact:
enquiry@itf.gov.hk

1. Applicants must hold a PhD.
2. Applicants should be principal investigators of on-going or completed NSFC research projects with duration of no less than 3 years.
3. Applicants need to contact EU project team to agree with duration of trip, research fields and living expenses and to acquire the letter of support from person in charge.
4. More information, please refer to http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab87/info51450.htm

Contact:
Chinese contact:
Wencong Li
liwc@nsfc.gov.cn

1. Individual applications are not receivable
2. The official channel for the submission of candidatures is the National Commission for UNESCO of your country
3. Before applying check if you comply with the conditions spelled out in the letter of announcement concerning the programme you are interested in and if your country is invited to participate
4. More information, please refer to http://www.unesco.org/new/en/fellowships/programmes/unesco-poland-co-sponsored-fellowships-programme-engineering/

Contact:
unesco3@agh.edu.pl
s.bantchev@unesco.org
b.qin@unesco.org and
l.zas-friz@unesco.org

1. Applicants must submit your project proposal simultaneously to FWO and NSFC.
2. All the members of the Chinese research team (including the Chinese PI) have to be already involved in an ongoing NSFC project and there should be an overlap of at least one year.
3. For more information, please refer to http://www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/international-collaboration/scientific-cooperation/cooperation-with-china/

Contact:
Chinese contact:
Xu Jin
E-mail: xujin@nsfc.gov.cn

Belgian contact:
Isabelle Verbaeys
E-mail:Isabelle.Verbaeys@fwo.be