NSFC has released the final results for The Research Fund for International Young Scientists (RFIS-I) application. Two proposals proposed by MUHAMMAD SAAD SHOAIB KHAN and FAISAL ISLAM were approved by NSFC. The total funding is 800,000 RMB. Congratulations to those two young postdocs. Dr. Khan and Islam are currently supervised by Prof. Chen.

Aiming at providing more research opportunities for and contributing to the career development of researchers at different academic stages, the Research Fund for International Scientists (hereinafter referred to as the RFIS) is set up by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) to support international scientists with foreign citizenship who are ready to conduct basic research in China’s mainland. The RFIS is open to all research areas within the NSFC’s funding scope, which include mathematics and physics, chemistry, life sciences, earth sciences, engineering and material sciences, information sciences, management sciences, health sciences, and interdisciplinary sciences. The RFIS will also enhance the long-term, sustainable academic collaboration and exchange between Chinese and international scientists.