Departments and Offices

The responsibilities of the departments and offices are to:

    Organize and formulate the development strategy in related scientific fields;

    Select priority funding areas and to compile the annual Guide to Programs;

    Accept and evaluate research proposals and to manage the funded projects of various categories;

    Take charge of the organization and management of international cooperation projects and the organization and constitution of the expert evaluation system;

    Provide consultation on important scientific issues.

  1. Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
    Division of General Affairs

    Division of Mathematics (also in charge of the Office of Tianyuan Mathematics Fund)
    Funding areas: fundamental mathematics, applied mathematics, computational mathematics and scientific engineering computing

    Division of Mechanics
    Funding areas: general mechanics, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics and interdisciplinary mechanics

    Division of Astronomy
    Funding areas: astrophysics, celestial mechanics, stereometry and astronomical techniques and methods

    Division I of Physics
    Funding areas: condensed matter physics, atomic and molecular physics, nuclear technology, accelerators and detectors, and plasma physics

    Division II of Physics
    Funding areas: theoretical physics, particle physics, nuclear physics, nuclear technology, accelerators and detectors, and plasma physics

  2. Department of Chemical Sciences
    Division of General Affairs

    Division I of Chemistry
    Funding areas: inorganic chemistry and analytical chemistry

    Division II of Chemistry
    Funding areas: organic chemistry and chemical biology

    Division III of Chemistry
    Funding areas: physical chemistry and theoretical chemistry

    Division IV of Chemistry
    Funding areas: polymer science and environmental chemistry

    Division V of Chemistry
    Funding areas: chemical engineering and industrial chemistry

  3. Department of Life Sciences
    Division of General Affairs

    Division I of Life Science
    Funding areas: microbiology and botany

    Division II of Life Science
    Funding areas: Ecology and forest science

    Division III of Life Science
    Funding areas: biophysics, biochemistry and molecular biology, immunology, and biomechanics and tissue engineering.

    Division IV of Life Science
    Funding areas: neuroscience, cognitive science and psychology, and physiology and integrative biology.

    Division V of Life Science
    Funding areas: genetics, bioinformatics, cell biology, and developmental biology and reproductive biology.

    Division VI of Life Science
    Funding areas: basic agriculture and crops, and food science.

    Division VII of Life Science
    Funding areas: plant protection, and horticulture and plant nutrition.

    Division VIII of Life Science
    Funding areas: zoology, animal husbandry and grassland science, veterinary science and aquatic science.

  4. Department of Earth Sciences
    Division of General Affairs

    Division I of Earth Science
    Funding areas: geography, penology, remote sensing and GIS, and environmental geography

    Division II of Earth Science
    Funding areas: geology, geochemistry and environmental geology

    Division III of Earth Science
    Funding areas: geophysics, space physics and geodesy

    Division IV of Earth Science
    Funding areas: marine science and polar science

    Division V of Earth Science
    Funding areas: meteorology, atmospheric physics and atmospheric environment

  5. Department of Engineering and Materials Sciences
    Division of General Affairs

    Division I of Materials Science
    Funding area: metallic materials

    Division II of Materials Science
    Funding areas: inorganic nonmetallic materials and organic polymer materials

    Division I of Engineering Science
    Funding areas: metallurgical science and engineering and mining science and engineering

    Division II of Engineering Science
    Funding areas: mechanical science and manufacturing science

    Division III of Engineering Science
    Funding areas: engineering thermophysics and utilization of energy sources and engineering

    Division IV of Engineering Science
    Funding areas: architecture, civil engineering and environmental engineering science

    Division V of Engineering Science
    Funding areas: hydraulic science and electrical science and engineering

  6. Department of Information Sciences
    Division of General Affairs

    Division I of Information Science
    Funding areas: communication and electronics system, signal and new type of information processing

    Division II of Information Science
    Funding areas: computer science, network and information security

    Division III of Information Science
    Funding areas: control theory and control engineering, system science and system engineering, and intelligent systems

    Division IV of Information Science
    Funding areas: information appliances, information optics and optoelectronic devices, laser technology and technical optics

  7. Department of Management Sciences
    Division of General Affairs

    Division I of Management Science
    Funding areas: management science and management engineering, science of business administration, and the special fund for complex science

    Division II of Management Science
    Funding areas: Business administration management

    Division III of Management Science
    Funding areas: micro-management and policy and contingency research projects

  8. Department of Health Sciences
    Division of General Affairs

    Division I of Health Sciences
    Funding areas: respiratory system, circulatory system, digestive system, hematological system, gerontology

    Division II of Health Sciences
    Funding areas: urinary system, reproductive system/perinatology/neonatology, endocrine system/metabolism and nutrition support, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, head and neck science, oral and craniomaxillo-facial science

    Division III of Health Sciences
    Funding areas: neurological and psychiatric diseases, medical imaging and biomedical engineering

    Division IV of Health Sciences
    Funding areas: medical pathogenic microorganism and infection, skin and appendages, orthopedics and sports medicine,
    emergency and intensive care/trauma/burns/cold injury/plastic surgery/
    special medicine/rehabilitation

    Division V of Health Sciences
    Funding areas: oncology

    Division VI of Health Sciences
    Funding areas: preventive medicine, endemiology, occupational medicine, radiology, medical immunology, forensic medicine

    Division VII of Health Sciences
    Funding areas: materia medica, pharmacology

    Division VIII of Health Sciences
    Funding areas: Chinese medicine, Chinese materia medica

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