Due to requests from applicants and consideration of the coming holidays, we are delighted to announce that IC-DLI has extended the application submission deadline of IC-DLI Collaborative Research Fund to 12:00 midnight of December 20, 2022 (UTC+08:00, Beijing Time). And considering that institutional commitment letter, which should be included in the final application package (please check Instruction for IC-DLI Collaboration Research Fund for details), may take long time for preparation in some universities and institutes, the institutional commitment letter is allowed to submit later than other materials and its submission deadline is 12:00 midnight of January 15, 2023 (UTC+08:00, Beijing Time).

 

The International Center for Deep Life Investigation (IC-DLI) invites applications for IC-DLI Collaborative Research Fund to support researchers at universities or institutions abroad who wish to conduct deep life research. This fund aims to provide more opportunities to international researchers at different stages of their academic careers and strengthen the international research cooperation in the field of deep life, so only international applicants will be considered. We encourage applicants to collaborate with IC-DLI members and launch collaborative projects, but independent applications are also welcome. Applications to this fund are open to all areas of research related to deep life. Appropriate themes may include (but are not limited to):

 

• The relationship and interaction of deep life with surface life, as well as biogeochemical cycling controlled by deep life

• The composition, accessibility, and quantification of organic matter, electron donors, and electron acceptors

• Temporal and geographical patterns of microbial community composition

• How energy flux, temperature, pressure and other factors define the limits of life

• The diversity and function of the deep virosphere

• Evolutionary rates in the deep subsurface and their consequences

 

The project may employ field, laboratory, or computational studies with observational, theoretical, or experimental approaches.

 

Project Duration

The award is for 2 years, from March, 2023 to March, 2025. Projects are expected to be conducted for any duration within the given two-year time frame.

 

Estimated Number of Awards

5-8 Projects will be selected for funding, depending on the quality and quantity of proposals received.

 

Anticipated Funding

Grant will be 100,000 RMB per project for a period of two years

 

Eligibility

• Applicant’s affiliation should be oversea.

• There is no limit on the number of applicants for each project. Researchers at any stage of their academic careers can apply for this project.

• The lead applicant should be IC-DLI member. To join the IC-DLI community, please visit our website https://icdli.sjtu.edu.cn/, click “Subscribe for News Alert” on the home page, fill the information and subscribe. There is no limitation on member application. IC-DLI members will receive the IC-DLI weekly newsletter.

• We encourage active cooperation with IC-DLI. Collaborative projects with IC-DLI members will be given preference, when other quality criteria are fulfilled equally.

• There is no restriction on the location of the work site during the implementation of the project. If the grantee intends to carry out the project in China, IC-DLI will assist with the application for a Chinese visa.

• Applicants are expected to comply with research integrity and good research laboratory practices. Please refer to the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity published by ALLEA, 2017 (http://www.allea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ALLEA-European-Code-of-Conduct-for-Research-Integrity-2017-1.pdf) for detailed information and codes of research integrity and good research laboratory practices.

 

Application and Selection Procedure

• For specific rules and procedures of IC-DLI Collaborative Research Fund, please check with Instruction for IC-DLI Collaboration Research Fund.

• The application documents will be reviewed by the Executive Committee of IC-DLI, in consultation with the Oversee Science Advisory Committee, where necessary. IC-DLI will reveal the recipients of the IC-DLI Collaborative Research Fund on the IC-DLI website and by email within 2 months after the deadline.

• The award selection process of IC-DLI Collaborative Research Fund will not discriminate applicants based on race, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation.

 

Budgetary limitations

The budget can cover materials and supplies, experiment, computing service, travel expenses, insurance, administrative fee, publication, and living allowance (living allowance only for staying in China during the implementation of the project). Salary and wage should not be included.

 

Deadline

Submission deadline of application package has been extended to 12:00 midnight of December 20, 2022 (UTC+08:00, Beijing Time). And the institutional commitment letter is allowed to be submitted later than other materials. The submission deadline of institutional commitment letter is 12:00 midnight of January 15, 2023 (UTC+08:00, Beijing Time).

 

Contact

Dr. Manping Zhang: icdli-mailing@sjtu.edu.cn or scullyzhang@sjtu.edu.cn

Please send the application package to the above email before the deadline, according to the instructions for the IC-DLI Collaborative Research Fund. Email subject line should be in the format of “2022 IC-DLI Collaborative Research Fund+ applicant’s name+ applicant’s affiliation”. For any questions and suggestions, please feel free to contact by email.

 

Attachmment:

01-Instruction for IC-DLI Collaboration Research Fund

02-IC-DLI Proposal Cover Sheet

03-Budget Justification for IC-DLI Proposal