On September 8, NSFC announced the review results of centralized acceptance application projects in 2022. Support for 22 projects of our university (including 9 general projects) was approved with a direct fund of 8.8 million yuan. This has come after our university received the approval for 23 NSFC projects in 2021 (including 4 general projects with a direct fund of 6.91 million yuan). Therefore, CQUST has reached a new high in the quality of NSFC projects, especially the number and amount of general projects, putting the university at the forefront of municipal colleges and universities for two consecutive years.