[Research Notice] Call for proposals: FDCT -2022 Macao Funding Scheme for Key R&D Projects

Dear leaders and colleagues:

Our university has received notification from the Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) that applications for the "2021 Macao Funding Scheme for Key R&D Projects" will be accepted after October 24, 2022. We would like to remind you that colleagues who are interested in applying for the application must fill out the online system（https://apps.fdct.gov.mo/subsidy/public/index.html#/）and obtain the approval from your Faculty/ Research Institute/ Research Supervisor of Department, then get the original recommendation form (including the opinions and signatures), as well as related attachments should be submittedon or before November  22, 2022 to RTAO.

The research project for this grant has the following requirements:

1. Direction of the Guideline:“Precision Medicine”,“Biomedical Materials”, “Photoelectric material” and “Intelligent Robot”.
2. “Precision Medicine”,“Biomedical Materials”, “Photoelectric material”with a maximum funding ofMOP15 million;“Intelligent Robot”funding is capped atMOP10 million;and the implementation period for each project shallnot be more than 3 years.
3. Leaders of projects and topics under the projects must be holders of a PhD degree or have a position rank of at least associate professor. Project and topic leaders must be full-time employees of the entities eligible for the application, andmust work at least 9 months per yearat the applying entities. Every project leader or topic leader(s) must be qualified to work full-time in Macau.Furthermore, experts involved in the formulation of the relevant Application Guideline must not be leaders or members of projects (or topics).
4. A project should includeno more than 3 topics. The leading entity of the project must be a local one but we also encourage cooperation with entities from outside Macao. Every project should be undertaken byno more than 6 entities.
5. Key considerations will be given to the followings during the assessment: the content of the research, objectives setting and technology roadmap, division of tasks and work schedules, R&D teams and work basis, expected outcomes.