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Call for Project Proposals 2025

Call for Project Proposals 2025

In an effort to improve China-Bangladesh relations, explore potentials for future cooperation, and facilitate the construction of a China-Bangladesh community of shared future, the Academic Board of the CCS is pleased to announce the call for project proposals, inviting project proposals from Bangladeshi individuals or organizations.

The proposal will fall into four research areas. CCS will select four research projects for funding (one for each research category). These include:

China-Bangladesh bilateral relations in the context of political changes (e.g., Bangladesh`s diplomacy after the general election and the trends of Sino-Bangladesh relations).
The role of media in shaping China and Bangladesh cooperation (e.g., exploration and identification of new growth areas of media cooperation).
Trade & Tariffs policy: prospects & challenges (e.g., research on the impacts of Trump`s tariff on Bangladesh, how Bangladesh deal with it, and U.S.-Bangladesh relations development and its impact on China-Bangladesh relations).
Research on Solutions to the Rohingya Issue: (e.g., Research on Bangladesh`s solutions to the Rohingya issue, feasibility of a Rohingya humanitarian corridor and its regional impact).

Requirements:

The applicants must apply through the prescribed research proposal form. The proposed topic must align with the announced categories, identify the research problems, maintain disciplinary standards, adopt a rigorous and scientific academic attitude, and emphasize specifications and data source authority.
Applicants must be capable of independently conducting and organizing research, undertaking substantial research, upholding ethical conduct, and maintaining academic integrity. Researchers are encouraged to form research groups and submit joint applications.
Project applicants shall submit at least one publicly published research paper closely related to the project (over 6,000 words in English) and a research report (over 25,000 words in English). Applicants are encouraged to publish a popular version of the report in public media. To ensure academic research originality, the use of existing research results as project deliverables is strictly prohibited.
The project will follow the steps outlined below:
- CFP announcement: The second week of September.
- The submission of project proposals by applicants: October 20, 2025.
- Project evaluation.
  - Announcement of approved projects: October 30, 2025

- - The CCS academic board will review the research phase, mid-term research reporting, project conclusion deliverables, final project conclusion evaluation, and the project conclusion itself.
  - Final Report Submission: August 25, 2026
  - Project Funds and Requirements for Disbursement: Each approved project will receive a total funding of RMB 50,000, distributed in two installments: 60% upon project approval, 40% after the project passes the conclusion evaluation.
  - Applicants must first have Bangladeshi nationality and hold the title of Associate Professor or higher (or equivalent academic qualifications) awarded by Bangladeshi universities or scientific research institutions; second, they must be experts in the field of the proposed project and possess sound and well-founded preliminary research results; and third, they must work in Bangladeshi universities, think tanks, or other formally established research institutions approved by the Bangladeshi government.
  - Applicants must comply with the constitutions and laws of the People's Republic of China and Bangladesh, as well as the regulations of the CCS Academic Board.
  - The CCS holds the right to use the deliverables of the projects.
  - The application deadline is October 20, 2025.
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