To improve China-Bangladesh relations, explore potential for future cooperation, and facilitate the construction of a China-Bangladesh community with a 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:
1. China`s Blue Economy Development and China-Bangladesh Cooperation in the Blue Economy .
2. A Study on the Applicability of China`s Whole-River Basin Governance Experience to Bangladesh.
3. Lessons from China`s Experience in the Development of Economic Development Zones and China-Bangladesh Cooperation in Industrial Parks.
4. Operationalizing the Bangladesh-China-Myanmar Economic Corridor.
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 a research report (over 25,000 words in English). Applicants are encouraged to publish a popular version of the report in public media and also publish one research paper closely related to the project . 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:
- The submission of project proposals by applicants: October 30, 2026.
- Project evaluation.
- Announcement of approved projects: November 20, 2026
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- 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: October 30, 2027
- 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 30, 2026.
- Contact information: email: ccs@du.ac.bd and phone number: 01725477204
Prof. Dr. Chen Dongxiao
President, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
Chairman of the Academic Board of the Centre for China Studies
Prof. Dr. A. B. M. Obaidul Islam
Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka
Co-Chairman of the Academic Board of the Centre for China Studies
