The Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)

 of the People's Republic of China of regulations governing announce the funding of joint Innovative and Technological Research Projects.

The aim is to promote the bilateral research cooperation between the two countries in areas of mutual interest, grants are to be provided to give researchers - including young scientists – an opportunity to address new areas of scientific research.

The implementing agencies are the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) on behalf of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR) for the Egyptian applicants, and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) for the Chinese applicants.

Eligible Research Areas

The aim of this joint announcement is to fund and support joint innovative, application-oriented research projects in the following fields:

-- Water (specifically: desalination and waste water management(

-- Renewable Energy

-- Food and Agriculture

-- Health (Stem Cells, Cancer, and prosthetics research)

-- ICT

 Procedure

 The applicants are required to submit a proposal. On the Egyptian side, the project proposal, including the cover page, is to be electronically submitted by the authorized PI on the STDF Website ( www.stdf.eg ), to which registration is required.Submitted proposals must be uploaded on the STDF website no later than 22.12.2018.

Prerequisites and eligibility for funding / type, scope and rates of funding: click here