Cooperation China - Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme (JSTP)

The China Netherlands Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme (JSTP) aims at stimulating sustainable research collaboration by funding joint research projects and thematic dialogue seminars.

Thematic dialogue seminars
The aim of the thematic dialogues is twofold: the seminars serve as foresighting exercises aimed at identification of research topics for future joint research that can be embedded in the research lines of the participating research teams. Secondly, the seminars are important networking opportunities for Chinese and Dutch researchers.

The seminars for thematic dialogue are aimed, broadly, at all scientific disciplines. They serve as foresighting exercises for future research topics, and are therefore not bound to the annual theme for the JSTP call for proposals of the joint research projects.

Who can apply

Research teams of Dutch and Chinese researchers, with a senior Principal Investigator on both the Chinese and the Dutch side. 

What can be applied for

Joint seminars, with 10 to 15 participating scientists from each side. The maximum financial contribution to an individual seminar will comprise up to 30k€.

When can be applied

Closing date for submitting Thematic Dialogue proposals was 27 April 2010.

Extra Information

Annual calls for proposals will be published in 2010 and 2011. 

Criteria

Full information about the target groups, procedures and guidelines can be found in the JSTP brochure 2010. 

Procedure

After the deadline of the call, the technical admissibility of the proposals is checked. Eligibility criteria are checked in the Netherlands and in China.

The quality of the proposals will be assessed in the Netherlands and in China. In the Netherlands, the KNAW-NWO China Committee assesses the quality of the proposals according to the criteria specified in § 4.2, and ranks the proposals. The ranking is sent as an advice to the JSTP Programme Committee. In China, the proposals will be assessed according to the rules of the contact points (1) MoST/MoE, (2) CAS, or (3) CASS (CASS review panel).

The JSTP Programme Committee decides on the seminars to be funded.

Budget

The budget covers funding for a minimum of 2 thematic dialogue seminars per year.

Financiers

The Netherlands:

• The Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW);
• The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW);
• Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO);

China:

• The Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MoST);
• The Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (MoE);
• The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS);
• The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) .

Contacts

• Ms Saskia Matheussen (NWO)
  phone: +31 (0)70 344 05 49, e-mail: s.matheussen@nwo.nl
• Mr. FANG Qiang (CAS)
  phone: +86 10 68597273, e-mail: qfang@cashq.ac.cn
• Zhang Lihua (CASS)
  phone: +86 10 8519 5149, e-mail: zhanglh@cass.org.cn
  
• Quan Bo (MOST/MoE)
  phone: +86 10 5888 1351 and +86 10 5888 1353, email: quanb@most.cn