摘要
A collaboration agreement was signed between the ANR and the Natural Sciences Foundation of China （NSFC） in order to facilitate the setting-up and implementation of scientific projects of quality jointly proposed by French and Chinese research teams,in the framework of the ANR＇s Blanc Programme and the NSFC＇s International Joint Research Projects. The conditions specific to this agreement are specified below.The aim is to finance innovative and collaborative research projects of high quality between the best French and Chinese teams.The partners shall
General Remarks Joint Research Projects are a funding instrument that enables scientists to do research in bi-national projects.A JP should only be applied for if the Chinese part and the Austrian part are closely intertwined, so that one part cannot be carried out without the other.The two parts of the research project are financed separately by the respective national funding agency.NSFC finances the costs for the Chinese part while FWF finances the costs for the Austrian part.The respective costs thus have to be applied for at NSFC or FWF.The kind of costs(personnel,material,travel,etc.) that can be applied for depends on the regula-
