The results of grants application for the year 2018 were officially released by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) recently. This year, 400 research projects were granted the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, among which 14 applications submitted by Beihang were approved, ranking 4th among all universities in China.

The National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars was launched in 2012. As a type of talent project series, it forms an effective connection with the Young Scientists Fund program and the program of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, promoting the rapid growth of innovative young talents. It mainly supports young science and technology personnel with 5-10 years’ research experience, who have obtained some scientific achievements in their research fields and can independently choose research direction for carrying out basic research. It aims to cultivate outstanding academic scholars who keep advancing, searching and creating in the front edge of scientific research.

The 14 Beihang awardees of the NSFC Excellent Young Scholars Program are Liu Zhiqi from the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Cai Kaiquan from School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Li Haiwang and Sun Dakun from the School of Energy and Power Engineering, Tong Yongxin and Du Bowen form the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Wen Li from the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Xia Yong from the School of Mathematics and Systems Science, Wang Lizhen form the School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Tian Daxin form the School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Li Daqing from the School of Reliability and Systems Engineering, Zheng Shiqiang form the School of Instrumentation Science and Opto-electronics Engineering, Man Xingkun from the School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, and Wang Hua from the School of Chemistry.

Reported by Du Runqiu

Edited by Yu Min and Lyu Xingyun

Translated by Lyu Xingyun