Microecology Health and Medicine Research Institute

Management Measures for Young and Middle-aged Physicians' Research Fund Projects

Article 1: The MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory has established the "Microecological Health and Medicine Research Institute Young Physician Research Fund" to initiate and collaborate on clinical research, promoting the integration of microbiology and traditional medicine, and facilitating the transformation and application of breast milk-derived strains. The fund is mainly used for research projects. The project directions include but are not limited to growth and development, mental/psychological, obesity, and immunity, aiming to explore the potential value of breast milk-derived strains in improving related diseases and providing scientific basis and standard recommendations for probiotic clinical applications.

Article 2: The MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory is responsible for the management of the fund's operation. Its specific duties are as follows:

1. Determine the direction of the fund's bidding, and organize the release of specific matters related to the fund application;

2. Verify the authenticity of the application materials submitted by the applicants or project leaders;

3. Organize industry experts to conduct professional reviews of the project applications, and ensure that the reviews are fair and impartial;

4. Supervise the use of fund funds, track, monitor, inspect, and accept the implementation of the fund cooperation projects.

Article 3: The application and review procedures of the fund are carried out in accordance with the national natural science foundation review procedures. It adopts the method of individual application, expert review, and MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory's approval. Projects are selected based on the best application.

Article 4: The MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory invites industry experts with high academic levels and good professional ethics to review the applications for fund cooperation projects.

Article 5: The supporting unit of the project applicant must have independent legal person status and be a research institution or an institution with research capabilities, such as the disease control system, universities, hospitals, or other research institutions. The application form filled out by the applicant must be stamped and confirmed by the scientific research management department of the affiliated unit and the competent unit.

Article 6: The applicant must be the actual project leader of the application, having a bachelor's degree or above and a mid-to-senior professional title or equivalent qualifications, with experience in conducting research in related disciplines such as medicine, nutrition, health education, or food/pharmaceutical science, and having achieved certain research results in this field.

Article 7: MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory is responsible for the initial review of all application projects. Those that do not meet the requirements for support by the fund will not be reviewed.

1. Do not conform to the research field supported by the fund;

2. The application procedures are incomplete, and the "Application Form" is not filled out in accordance with the regulations;

3. The application funds are excessive, and the fund cannot support it;

4. The applicant has applied for a fund cooperation project whose research content has already received other funding.

Article 8: For the application forms that pass the initial review, the laboratory first conducts a written review by experts, and then organizes experts for a meeting review. The review opinions raised by the meeting review should be voted on.

Article 9: MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory decides on the research projects to be cooperated based on the provisions of this regulation and the review opinions raised by the experts.

Article 10: The project leader of the winning project must fill in the project plan within 20 days from receiving the fund winning notification and submit it to MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory for approval.

Article 11: The recipient project leader should sign the "Microecological Health and Medicine Research Institute Young Physician Research Fund Project Cooperation Agreement" with MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory and abide by its implementation. 

Article 12 After the agreement is signed, the MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory will announce the names of the winning projects, the amount of support, the project leaders, and the names of the supporting institutions through the internet, public accounts, conferences, etc.

Article 13 MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory shall promptly disburse funds to the executing units of the cooperative projects in accordance with the "Cooperative Agreement for the Young Physician Research Fund of the Microecological Health and Medical Research Institute".

Article 14 The project leader shall carry out research work in accordance with the project plan, keep original records of the implementation of the fund cooperative project; within 30 days from the expiration of the project implementation period, submit a mid-term progress report to MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory; within 30 days from the expiration of the project implementation period, submit a complete final report to MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory. MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory shall review the mid-term report and final report of the project.

Article 15 For projects that fail to submit mid-term reports and final reports, have no progress, use funds improperly, fail to report and correct as required, etc., MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory may suspend or terminate the execution of the project at any time; MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory has the right to inspect the progress of the project and the use of the fund, and the researcher is obligated to cooperate.

Article 16 If the project leader or participants violate the provisions of this method and commit any of the following acts, MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory shall give a warning, suspend the disbursement of fund support funds, and order them to correct within a time limit; if they fail to correct within the time limit, the original cooperation decision shall be revoked, and the already disbursed fund support funds shall be recovered.

(1) Not conducting research in accordance with the project plan;

(2) Arbitrarily changing the research content or research plan;

(3) Failing to submit the annual progress report, final report or research results report as stipulated in these regulations;

(4) Submitting false reports, original records or related materials;

(5) Embezzling or misappropriating the fund support funds.

Article 17 When publishing research results obtained from the fund cooperative projects, it shall be indicated that they are supported by MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory/Microecological Health and Medical Research Institute's Young Physician Research Fund.

Article 18 The executors of the cooperative projects receiving the "Young Physician Research Fund of the Microecological Health and Medical Research Institute" are regarded as fully accepting all the provisions of this management method.

Article 19 This method shall come into effect from the date of promulgation, and MGBlab Gut-Brain Laboratory is responsible for the interpretation of this method.

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