The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) recently announced the result of grant applications for 2023. Researchers at the University of Macau (UM) received grants for their research projects in various fields, including materials science, financial technology, nanomedicine, Chinese medicine, integrated circuits, environmental engineering, and economics. Among the applications submitted by UM, one project received a grant from the Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macao) and 11 from the Young Scientists Fund. Among the applications submitted by the Zhuhai UM Science & Technology Research Institute (ZUMRI), three projects received grants from NSFC’s General Program and two from the Young Scientists Fund.
Sun Pengzhan, assistant professor at UM’s Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, was awarded a grant from the Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macao). He is also the only scholar in Macao to receive the grant this year. 4 out of 11 Scholars related to the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) who submitted applications through UM and received grants from the Young Scientists Fund included Peng Yatao, assistant professor at the Institute of Microelectronics; Li Rihui, assistant professor at the Institute of Collaborative Innovation; Qian Guangsheng, research assistant professor in the FST and Guan Zheng, research assistant professors in the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City. In addition, among the applications submitted by ZUMRI, Yang Yibai, associate professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences, and Luo Li and Cai Zhongya, assistant professors in the Faculty of Science and Technology, received grants from NSFC’s General Program; while postdoctoral fellows Wan Qian and Lou Yaying received grants from the Young Scientists Fund.
In recent years, the university has launched several schemes under the UM Talent Programme, including the UM Research Assistant Professor scheme, the UM Postdoctoral Fellow scheme, and the UM Macao Fellow scheme. The schemes have attracted a number of young scholars to join the university to conduct academic research. Currently, 12 scholars at UM have been awarded grants from the Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macao), and UM’s application success rate for the Young Scientists Fund has reached 50 per cent for two consecutive years.
| Source: Research Services and Knowledge Transfer Office |
國家自然科學基金委員會公佈2023年度集中接收申請項目評審結果。澳門大學科研人員在包括材料科學、金融科技、納米醫學、中藥學、集成電路、環境工程、經濟學等多個領域均獲肯定，其中通過澳門大學申請獲得一項優秀青年科學基金（港澳）、11項青年科學基金，通過珠海澳大科技研究院申請獲三項面上項目資助及兩項青年科學基金項目。
榮獲“優秀青年科學基金（港澳）”資助的學者為澳大應用物理及材料工程研究院助理教授孫鵬展，也是澳門今年唯一獲此殊榮的學者。其獲批項目“原子尺度限域空間的分子輸運過程研究及應用”，圍繞“二維晶體原子孔的精確構建和可控傳質”展開研究，旨在精確控制限域流並獲得目標選擇性與通量，進而開發兼具高選擇性和高通量的埃尺度多孔二維薄膜，為其分離與傳感等應用提供科學基礎。孫鵬展主要從事強限域空間物質輸運過程及機理的基礎研究，並以第一及通訊作者在Nature等學術期刊發表論文20餘篇，授權發明專利三項，曾獲美國材料研究學會獎項。
通過澳大申請獲批“青年科學基金項目”的11名學者中，多位與科技學院有關，包括微電子研究院助理教授彭亞濤，協同創新研究院助理教授李日輝、科技學院研究助理教授錢光升以及智慧城市物聯網國家重點實驗室研究助理教授管錚。是次入選的澳大學者當中有多名研究助理教授，充分展示了澳大近年在研究創新和青年人才培養取得的成果。
澳大近年推出多項人才計劃，包括“澳大研究助理教授”、“澳大博士後研究員”、“澳大濠江學者”等計劃，集聚了一批滿載新知的青年學者加入澳大開展學術研究。澳大校長宋永華表示，澳大鼓勵青年人才聚焦前沿科學問題，面向國家和澳門的戰略需求，積極開展創新研究，為國家和澳門的科研事業做出更多貢獻。
為支持港澳地區科技創新發展，鼓勵港澳青年學者積極參與中央財政科技計劃，國家自然科學基金委員會分別於2019年和2022年向港澳地區開放申請“優秀青年科學基金項目（港澳）”和“青年科學基金項目”。“優秀青年科學基金項目（港澳）”旨在支持在基礎研究方面已取得較好成績的青年學者自主選擇研究方向開展創新研究，至今澳大已有12名青年學者入選。“青年科學基金項目”旨在支持青年科學技術人員在科學基金資助範圍內自主選題，開展基礎研究工作，澳大連續兩年資助率近50%。
同時，珠研院作為澳大首個在粵港澳大灣區設立的產學研示範基地，依託大學三個國家重點實驗室及優勢學科院所的研究力量，設立六個研發／研究中心和一個高級培訓中心，推動科技成果轉化，助力科技發展與產業升級，在推進澳大參與內地科研項目申報工作中亦擔當著樞紐作用。是次澳大社會科學學院副教授楊毅柏、科技學院助理教授羅力和蔡忠亞依托珠研院成功申報國家自然科學基金面上項目，珠研院兩位在站博士後萬千和樓亞穎亦成功獲批青年科學基金項目，展示了珠研院積極推動澳門學者參與國家科研計劃，同時著力培養高層次青年人才隊伍，為國家和大灣區科技事業貢獻力量。
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Sun Pengzhan
孫鵬展