2026 MOE Humanities and Social Sciences Grant

2026 MOE Humanities and Social Sciences Grant
2026年度教育部人文社会科学研究一般项目

June 15, 2026

The Official Announcement in Chinese

Sponsor:

Ministry of Education (MOE)

 

About:

The 2026 MOE Humanities and Social Sciences General Grant is now open for application. For the application, no specific list of research topics will be provided. Instead, a set of Priority Research Areas is identified. Applicants are encouraged to conduct in-depth research on these areas through interdisciplinary and integrative approaches.

 

Funding Areas:

This grant covers 29 disciplines including: Marxist Theory; Chinese Communist Party History and Party Building; Discipline Inspection and Supervision Studies; Public Security Studies; Philosophy; Theoretical Economics; Applied Economics; Law; Political Science; Sociology; Ethnology; Education; Psychology; Sport Science; Chinese Language and Literature; Foreign Languages and Literatures; Journalism and Communication; Archaeology; Chinese History; World History; Arts Studies; Management Science and Engineering; Business Administration; Agricultural and Forestry Economic Management; Public Administration; Information Resource Management; National Security Studies; Design Studies; and Area and Country Studies.

 

Priority Research Areas:

  • Systematic and Theoretical Research on the Party’s Innovative Theories
  • Research on the Theory and Practice of Chinese Modernization
  • Research on the Preservation, Inheritance, and Innovation of Fine Traditional Chinese Culture
  • Research on the Public Outreach and International Communication of Philosophy and Social Sciences
  • Research on Frontier Issues in Emerging Interdisciplinary Fields
  • Research on Fundamental Theories and Core Issues Across Disciplines

 

Program Type and Funding Scale:

  • Planning Program: 3 years, up to RMB 100,000 per project
  • Young Researcher Program: 3 years, up to RMB 80,000 per project

 

Eligibility Requirements:

  • This program is open to applicants of all nationalities. Foreign applicants should provide a proof of employment issued by the HR Department.
  • Each applicant can only submit one proposal as a PI.
  • Planning Program: the applicant should hold a senior professional title or a doctoral degree.
  • Young Researcher Program: applicants should be born after Jan 1st, 1985
  • Applicants falling into one of the following categories can NOT apply this year:
    • Is leading any ongoing MOE Humanities and Social Sciences grant project as a PI;
    • Is a PI of any MOE Humanities and Social Sciences grant projects that have been terminated within recent three years, or have been revoked within recent five years;
    • Is leading any ongoing programs sponsored by National Natural Science Grants or National Social Science Grants;
    • Is applying for 2026 National Social Science Grants
    • Applicants who applied for this program for two consecutive years (2024 & 2025) but did not get funded

 

Application:

Starting this year, applications will be quota-limited. An internal review will be organized if the number of applications exceeds the allocated quota. 

 

Important Dates:

DATES (Shanghai Time)TO BE COMPLETED
By June 19, 2026Faculty who intend to apply should notify us at shanghai.researchgrants@nyu.edu.
By June 30, 2026Please send your application materials to us for an institutional review.
By 4PM July 11, 2026Finalize and submit your application through the MOE online system.
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