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A program supported by NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund
Author: Ai Chongrui
ArticleSource: XTBG
Update time: 2014-11-12
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It’s announced that an XTBG research program named “Geographic mosaic of co-evolution of figs and fig wasps and its evolutionary significance” will be financially supported by the joint fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and Yunnan Province (NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund for short), with a funding of 2.2 million yuan from January 2015 to December 2018.

   The principal investigator of the research program is Prof. Chen Jin.

 

NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund

NSFC and the Yunnan Provincial Government jointly set up the Joint Fund of Natural Science (NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund for short) in order to implement the Outline of the National Medium- and Long-Term Program for Scientific and Technological Development (2006-2020), to practice “Science and Technology Plan for the Innovative Yunnan”, to attract more talented professionals, and to carry out basic research on important and key scientific and technical issues of the economy, society, science and technology in Yunnan and surrounding regions, to booster the development of science and technology and the construction of talent resources, to facilitate the indigenous innovation and international competition, and to promote the sustainable development of regional economy and society.

In 2014, the Joint Fund is mainly for 4 Key Program projects in 4 areas (Protection of biodiversity, Population and health, Resources and environment, Utilization of mineral resources and new materials), with an average funding of 2.2 million yuan per project for 4 years.

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Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
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