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Fund for Talented Professionals The fund for talented professionals is an important part of NSFC’s funding system. It mainly includes the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (including those with foreign citizenship), Young Scientists Fund, Fund for Less Developed Regions, Fund for Creative Research Groups, Joint Research Fund for Overseas, Hong Kong and Macao Scholars, and National Fund for Talent Training in Basic Science. Please see the followings for details. National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars aims at speeding up the growth of young scientific talents, encouraging overseas Chinese scholars to work in China and fostering a group of prominent academic pacemakers in the forefront of world science and technology. The Fund specially supports excellent young Chinese scientists under the age of 45, who work domestically or abroad but plan to return soon, doing basic research in natural sciences. I. Eligibility of applicants: 1. Love the socialist motherland and have good research style and scientific ethics; 2. Younger than 45 by January 1 of the year of application; 3. Generally have Ph.D. degrees or professional titles of associate professor level (or above) or equivalent technical titles; 4. Have outstanding innovative achievements or creative research results that are recognized by peers both in China and abroad, have promoted the development of their own disciplines or relevant disciplines, or have major influence on the national economic and social development; 5. Have experimental facilities and human and material resources required to conduct research in China, and have sufficient time and energy to conduct the research proposed; 6. Have citizenship of China, and the employer in Mainland China should be the fixed and only one of the applicant, work in Mainland China for at least six months each year during the period of research. Mainland China hereinafter refe