Beijing Agricultural Research Projects (2019 annual call)

In line with the Comprehensive Plan for the Enhancing the Establishment of Beijing as a National Science, Technology and Innovation Centre (Guo Fa [2016] No. 52), and the relevant municipal-level five-year plan (Jing Zheng Fa [2016] No. 44), the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission in 2018 started to fund and support a series of research projects to enhance the city’s innovation capabilities and to deepen supply-side reforms in the agricultural field.

Funding agency

Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission

Funding allocated

Direct funding of up to 3 million RMB per project

Research topics and subjects

Demonstration and application of excellent varieties with Beijing characteristics
R&D, demonstration and application of key technologies for the quality development of agriculture
Mass innovation and entrepreneurship, and science and technology support to agriculture
Upgrading and smartification of cold chain logistics technologies

Requirements

The areas and topics of the proposed research project should:

Be in line with the topics and areas indicated in annual calls (in 2018 these were: food safety monitoring, detection, standardisation, and equipment; urban agriculture; optimised breeding of special Beijing varieties; nurturing of nutritious and health industries; etc.)
Industry-university-research joint applications are encouraged
Have not received funding from other programmes at either the national or municipal level
Project duration: 3 years

In addition, the applicant should meet the following requirements:

Enterprise or public institute with independent legal personality in Beijing, with strong conditions and capacities implementing the proposed project
Standardised management, operational and financial procedures, absence of negative credit
Enterprise-led projects should also provide additional funding, according to at least a 2:1 ratio with government funding requested