The rapid development of neuroscience and brain science benefits greatly from the development and breakthroughs of some key technologies in other disciplines. Significant technological advances in physics, chemistry, informatics, computational science, material engineering and other disciplines have greatly promoted the research of neuroscience and brain science in depth and breadth. Tsinghua University-IDG/McGovern Institute established the "Brain+X" seed Grant program on December 16, 2017, aiming to support innovative cooperation among departments of Neurology and brain sciences of Tsinghua University, and to promote effective intersection and deep integration of neuroscience and brain sciences of Tsinghua University with other disciplines. In 2018, Tsinghua McGovern has successfully landed and funded the first batch of "Brain+X" seed fund Inter-faculty research fellow projects.
In 2019, Tsinghua McGovern will further encourage doctoral and postdoctoral students to cross-innovate in neuroscience and brain science and other disciplines, establish Tsinghua McGovern's Brain+X PhD and postdoctoral seed fund program, and fund outstanding doctoral and postdoctoral research projects across departments.
Brain+X Doctoral and Postdoctoral Seed Funds
Support Direction: Interdisciplinary research projects in neuroscience and brain science with other disciplines.
Amount of funding: For a period of two years, the fund will support four doctoral programs and four post-doctoral programs. The total amount of funding for each doctoral project does not exceed 80,000, and the total amount of funding for each post-doctoral project does not exceed 120,000.
Funding rules: The research fund is distributed in stages, which are the first-phase start-up fund and the second-phase fund after the mid-term evaluation. Applicants are required to submit mid-term reports at the end of the first year of the implementation year, and final reports one month before the end of the project implementation period. Both mid-term and final reports should describe the progress of scientific research and the use of funds.
Financial Regulations: The use of the fund must comply with the relevant financial regulations of Tsinghua McGovern's "Brain+X" Seed Grant Project fund management, Tsinghua University Education Foundation and Tsinghua University.
Support implementation period: March 2019-February 2021
Brain+X Seed Fund Requirements
Applicant: Each seed grant research project must have at least two doctoral or postdoctoral candidates, including one from Tsinghua IDG/ McGovern Institute, one from other departments of Tsinghua University (excluding School of Medicine, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences) or affiliated hospitals of Tsinghua University (First Affiliated Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital, Chang Guang Hospital), Doctoral or postdoctoral students in Beijing Hospital, Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital, etc.
Form of application: Applicants can submit multiple project applications, but only can receive up to one research project during the two-year funding period. The projects submitted for application should not be supported by the National Fund for Major Projects and the China Post-doctoral Fund.
Brain+X Seed Fund Application Procedure
Application Date: 23 November 2018 - 28 December 2018
Application materials: Each project should submit one application report in both Chinese and English versions. For specific requirements, please see the attached template. Please submit the application materials to mcgovern@biomed.tsinghua.edu.cn, with the heading of "applicant name+affiliated college/unit+doctoral or post-doctoral funding application".
Project Notice: The project submitted will be reviewed by the Committee of the Fund. For the approved project, Tsinghua McGovern Office will notify the applicant by mail on February 26, 2019. If the project is not notified by mail, it will be a non-funded project.
Contact: Wenli Qian Siqiao Cheng 62772773 62772271