NSFC Young Scientists Fund Class A
Supports high-tier Chinese investigators pursuing nationally recognized excellence in science.
The NSFC Young Scientists Fund Class A is the most prestigious individual talent grant administered by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Known until December 2024 as the Distinguished Young Scholars Fund (Jieqing, 杰青), it was renamed Class A effective January 2025 as part of NSFC's restructuring of its three-tier talent-program hierarchy. The award targets outstanding early-career …
All NSFC scientific departments. CNY 2.8M for mathematics and management sciences; CNY 4M for all others.
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