Guangdong Basic & Applied Basic Research Fund
Funds Guangdong universities and institutes through tiered support from early to large programmes.
The Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Fund (广东省基础与应用基础研究基金) is Guangdong Province's flagship basic-science research foundation, functioning at the provincial level analogously to China's national NSFC. It is administered by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Fund Committee under GDSTC. The fund encompasses multiple sub-program streams: the core Provincial Natural Science Found…
Fundamental and applied-basic research across all scientific disciplines for Guangdong institutions, with joint sub-funds co-funded by municipalities and enterprises for targeted priority areas including biomedicine.
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