国家自然科学基金委员会（NSFC）与美国国家科学基金会（NSF）、英国国家科研与创新署（UKRI）和以色列美以两国科学基金会（BSF）每年在“传染病的生态学与演进（EEID）”领域联合征集合作研究与合作交流项目。2024年5月NSFC将与NSF、UKRI和BSF共同在英国组织召开学术会议，并资助对EEID领域研究感兴趣的科研人员参会，为建立双多边合作关系和后续开展实质性合作研究奠定基础。

一、项目说明

（一）项目类型。

本项目类型为出国（境）参加双（多）边学术会议（出国会议）。

（二）资助领域和申请代码。

EEID项目支持对影响传染病传播动态的生态、进化、机体和社会规律及过程进行跨学科研究，要求以对病原体传播动力学的量化、数学或计算分析为主题，建立并测试能够完整描述传染病系统的数学或计算模型，发现传染病传播规律。该研究聚焦传染病在宿主（包括但不仅限于人类、非人类动物和/或植物）之间传播的决定因素和相互关系，如：病原体的传播；气候等环境因素的影响；自然宿主的种群动态和遗传；病原体、病媒或宿主物种生物学的生理或行为如何影响传播动态；生态传播与进化动态之间的反馈；病原体传播的文化、社会、行为和经济因素等，并鼓励研究人员对低、中等收入国家（LMICs）公共卫生关注的疾病体系，以及农业领域关注的疾病体系开展研究。EEID项目英文版详细资助领域说明请见附件。

请申请人根据资助领域和研究方向，从下列5个科学部代码范围内，选取申请代码：数理科学部（A），生命科学部（C），地球科学部（D），管理科学部（G），医学科学部（H）

（三）资助规模。

本出国会议项目资助规模为12项左右。

（四）资助强度。

资助强度为不超过3万元/项，其中包括出国参会所需的护照签证办理费用、国际旅费（经济舱）、食宿和当地交通费用等。会议承办方UKRI将为获资助者出具会议邀请信，以便申请英国签证。

（五）申报要求。

1. 学术会议将于2024年5月21日－22日在英国伦敦召开。申请书中的合作起止日期请填写2024年5月15日至2024年12月31日。

2. 本项目仅资助个人，请勿在申请书中包含参与者，亦无需填写国外合作者。

二、申请条件

根据《国家自然科学基金国际（地区）合作交流项目管理办法》，申请本项目须符合以下条件：

（一）申请人应为2024年12月31日（含）以后结题的3年期及以上国家自然科学基金在研项目（合作交流项目除外）的项目负责人。

（二）申请人应在项目申请书中阐明其研究基础和方向与EEID研究内容的联系。

（三）申请人应在项目申请书中阐述其开展国际交流合作的能力，包括但不限于语言能力证明、参加国际会议情况等。

三、申请注意事项

（一）申请人注意事项。

申请人须登录科学基金网络信息系统（http://grants.nsfc.gov.cn/），按照撰写提纲及相关要求撰写《国家自然科学基金国际（地区）合作与交流项目申请书》。本项目采用无纸质化申报。

（二）项目申请接收。

科学基金网络信息系统在线申报接收期为北京时间2023年10月8日至2023年12月11日下午16时。 

未尽事宜请联系科研管理部0577-86967611

参考资料:2024年度赴英参加“传染病的生态学与演进（EEID）”国际学术研讨会项目指南 (nsfc.gov.cn)

Guide to the “Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID)” International Academic Symposium in the UK in 2024

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) collaborates with the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States, the UK Research and Innovation Agency (UKRI), and the Binational Science Foundation (BSF) of Israel to jointly solicit cooperative research and exchange projects in the field of “Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID)” every year. In May 2024, NSFC will jointly organize an academic conference in the UK with NSF, UKRI, and BSF, and will fund researchers interested in the field of EEID to participate in the conference, laying a foundation for establishing bilateral/multilateral cooperative relationships and subsequent substantive cooperative research.

1.Project Description

·Project Type: This project is for attending bilateral/multilateral academic conferences abroad.

·Funding Areas and Application Codes: The EEID project supports interdisciplinary research on the ecological, evolutionary, organismal, and social laws and processes that affect the dynamics of infectious disease transmission. It requires quantitative, mathematical or computational analysis of pathogen transmission dynamics as the main theme, establishing and testing mathematical or computational models that can fully describe infectious disease systems, discovering laws of infectious disease transmission. This research focuses on the determinants and interrelationships of infectious disease transmission among hosts (including but not limited to humans, non-human animals, and/or plants), such as: pathogen transmission; impact of environmental factors such as climate; population dynamics and genetics of natural hosts; how the physiology or behavior of pathogen, vector or host species biology affects transmission dynamics; feedback between ecological transmission and evolutionary dynamics; cultural, social, behavioral and economic factors of pathogen transmission, etc., and encourages researchers to study disease systems that are of public health concern in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), as well as disease systems of concern in the agricultural sector. For a detailed description of the funding areas for the EEID project in English, please see the attachment.

·Funding Scale: The funding scale for this overseas conference project is about 12 items.

·Funding Intensity: The funding intensity is no more than 30,000 yuan/item, which includes expenses required for attending international conferences such as passport visa processing fees, international travel expenses (economy class), food and lodging, and local transportation expenses. The conference organizer UKRI will issue an invitation letter to the funded participants for applying for a UK visa.

·Application Requirements:

    1. The academic conference will be held in London, UK from May 21-22, 2024. Please fill in the start and end dates of cooperation in the application form from May 15 to December 31, 2024.

2. This project only funds individuals. Please do not include participants in your application form or fill in foreign collaborators.

2. Application Conditions

·Applicants should be project leaders who have completed a national natural science fund project with a duration of 3 years or more after December 31, 2024 (excluding cooperative exchange projects).

·Applicants should clarify their research foundation and direction in connection with EEID research content in their project application.

  ·Applicants should demonstrate their ability to carry out international exchange cooperation in their project application form.

3. Application Notes

·1.Applicants must log into the Science Fund Network Information System (http://grants.nsfc.gov.cn/), write an “Application Form for International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Projects” according to the writing outline and related requirements. This project adopts paperless application.

·The online application acceptance period for the Science Fund Network Information System is from October 8 to December 11, 2023 Beijing time.

You can consult the Research Management Department：0577-86967611

References:2024年度赴英参加“传染病的生态学与演进（EEID）”国际学术研讨会项目指南 (nsfc.gov.cn)