NSFC Young Scientists Fund (Category C) / 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目（C类）
National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金委员会) China
China's main entry-level research grant for young researchers, submitted through a registered Chinese host institution during NSFC's annual spring application window; budgets are lump-sum (no itemized budget).
Free to start · no account needed
Get your application narrative and project proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: lump-sum funding (包干制); first independent national grant.
Who can apply: Apply via a host institution registered with NSFC; age and other rules follow each year's NSFC guide.
Annual centralized window; in 2026 it ran March 1-20 (16:00). The 2027 guide is in preparation.
How to apply: through nsfc isis (you need an account there).
What to prepare: proposal, cv.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “集中接收工作于2026年3月1日开始，3月20日16时截止”
Who can apply
- Open to researchers
- Apply via a host institution registered with NSFC; age and other rules follow each year's NSFC guide.
What you will need
- Grant or policy applicationOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (nsfc isis), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your application narrative and project proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家自然科学基金委员会) without your tap.
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