The news of ‘Outstanding Youth Funding Announcement’ did not receive much attention.
Every year there are announcements of funding from various funds. I can’t understand the names of many projects. I just think they are awesome at a glance, and there is nothing else to pay attention to.
Those who pay attention to Youqing’s funding are those in the academic circle. They can all be said to be professionals. As long as you look carefully at the news, you will notice Wang Hao’s name and projects.
Wang Hao's name is quite mediocre. Even if you see this name, it's hard to think of Wang Hao from Xihai University.
However, the project content is too special.
‘Research on the probability of distribution of prime numbers’ is the most difficult mathematical research at first glance, and it belongs to the field of ‘analytical number theory’.
In the National Science Foundation funding list, similar research has not been seen for several years. Generally, the only ones who can apply are top mathematics professors, and they apply for general projects.
Most of the funds funded by the Outstanding Youth Fund are applied research in mathematics and basic research fields in mathematics, and most of them are oriented to areas such as partial differential equations, functionals, and topology research.
It is extremely rare for young scholars to receive funding to study number theory.
The reason is also very simple. The review experts will not believe that young scholars can achieve results in the field of number theory.
This has nothing to do with age. The main reason is that the fields involved are too difficult. International achievements in the field of number theory are very rare, and can even be described as rare.
Every influential result in analytic number theory will be top-notch research.
Many scholars were very surprised when they saw that Wang Hao's application for research on the probability of prime number distribution was included in the public list of outstanding youth funding.
Knowing that Wang Hao had completed the demonstration of the existence and boundedness of Atting's constant, I felt that it was normal for him to pass the outstanding youth review.
The outstanding youth review largely depends on the applicant’s past achievements.
If there are top achievements in related fields, it will naturally become easy to apply for projects. Otherwise, no matter how well-written the application report is, it will be difficult to pass. Unknown scholars can only apply for funding from provincial youth funds.
Climb up.
Even so, it is commendable that the project Wang Hao applied for passed the review of the outstanding youth.
There are 340 projects in the funding list announced by the Youqing Fund, of which 285 applicants are from major domestic universities, involving a total of 93 universities. Most of the applications are monopolized by the top domestic universities.
For example, Shuimu University has 20 people, Capital University has 16 people, Donggang University has 13 people, University of Science and Technology has 17 people, etc. There are also four other universities with more than 10 people selected.
The number of candidates in Northern Xinjiang Province is relatively miserable. There are only 8 people selected in total, 5 of whom are from universities.
Two people from Xihai University were selected.
In addition to Wang Hao, the other one is Yang Boliang, a young professor at the State Key Laboratory of Geological Dynamics, Xihai University’s flagship department.
Only two people in the entire university were selected, but the school still issued an announcement to congratulate Wang Hao and Yang Boliang for receiving funding from the Outstanding Youth Fund.
This is not only an application for funds, but also a personal honor.
Recipients of the Outstanding Youth Fund can naturally also bear the title of "Outstanding Youth".
Many people came to congratulate Wang Hao.
Zhou Qingyuan was one of them. He made a phone call to congratulate him, and later came directly to talk to Wang Hao about the benefits of the Outstanding Youth Fund.
"You don't have to worry about funding when you take care of students next year."
Zhou Qingyuan said, "Last year, there were adjustments for outstanding youth and outstanding youth. Funds subsidized are directly allocated to the school's finances. If necessary, there is no need to apply, it can be allocated directly."
"When the project is settled, we will submit a report on fund consumption. Moreover, the requirements are not that high, and the proportion of indirect expenses has also been increased. It seems that it can reach 30%, and math can even reach 50%."
Wang Hao suddenly discovered the benefits of the Outstanding Youth Fund.
In the past, funding projects could only be applied for if they had expenditures. When making a budget application, special reports were required. It was very troublesome to go to the finance department and submit information again.
Now you can allocate funds directly and make a report together when the project is settled, and the requirements are not that high. For example, indirect expenses are additional expenses during the project process, such as electricity bills, water bills, short-distance transportation fares, etc.
They are indirect expenses. Many similar expenses have no evidence such as invoices.
Half of the math project can be attributed to indirect expenses. In other words, this money goes directly into your own pocket and no one cares about it.
Of course.
Wang Hao would definitely not do that, but the feeling of freedom in financial consumption is also very relaxed. There is no need to record every expenditure, and he definitely feels better in his heart.
Wang Hao and Zhou Qingyuan talked together, and when they returned to the office, they received a lot of congratulations.
For any young scholar in a university, being able to apply for the National Outstanding Youth Project is definitely something worth celebrating.
So Zhu Ping kept asking Wang Hao to treat him to a big dinner.
Facing the expectant looks of a group of people, Wang Hao thought for a while and found nothing to do, so he agreed to have dinner together in the evening.
The office suddenly became very lively.
Zhu Ping was so excited that she wanted to go have a big meal right away.
Zhang Zhiqiang was also looking forward to it very much. He quickly expressed that he would finish his work early.
Yan Jing also expressed her position, "I will go to the laboratory to talk about it later and leave early."
Luo Dayong's expression was a little dull.
He was the only one in the office who did not participate in the conversation. It seemed that it took him a long time to react and said, "Would you like to go out for dinner together tonight? You go first and wait for me. I have to go and be busy for a while."
"Luo Dayong, it's already Friday, why don't you take a break?" Zhang Zhiqiang couldn't help but complain.
Luo Dayong shook his head and said, "I encountered a problem and I have to solve it."
"I was defeated by you!" Zhang Zhiqiang held his forehead helplessly, then walked over to take a look and asked, "Are you still doing that research? It is... very difficult to solve such a complex logical problem.
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Luo Dayong remained silent.
Zhang Zhiqiang suddenly said, "How about this? Dean Chen and I will apply to let you come to the laboratory? I have a project in hand, and with your ability, we can definitely solve it together."
"No, I don't have time." Luo Dayong immediately refused.
"……All right."
Zhang Zhiqiang walked away a little helplessly.
Zhu Ping glanced at Luo Dayong, her face seemed a little worried.
Wang Hao didn't pay so much attention. He only knew that Zhang Zhiqiang invited Luo Dayong to work on a project together, and then Luo Dayong rejected it. Then he stopped caring and continued to read the paper in his hand.
In the afternoon, Wang Hao got into Zhu Ping's car and went to the restaurant he had booked. He was thinking that he should also buy a car.
My driving skills in my previous life were also pretty good.
I do have my driver's license in my hand now, but after taking the test, it has been kept in my ID folder and has never been used.
Zhu Ping started to keep talking. She brought up the topic of Luo Dayong, "Today I want to persuade Luo Dayong to work on a project with Zhang Zhiqiang. How great it would be."
"Zhang Zhiqiang is a bit showy and annoying, but he is very capable of doing research and has published many papers."
"But Luo Dayong just doesn't listen to his advice and will try to force him to his death. Even if he decides to win ten cows, he won't be able to bring him back."
Wang Hao listened to Zhu Ping's constant talk and asked curiously, "Why do you have to work on a project with Zhang Zhiqiang?"
"What a result!"
Zhu Ping explained, "You came late, Yan Jing came late, Zhang Zhiqiang came later, and Luo Dayong came earlier than you. At that time, the school had just established an appointment system."
"Now it's either promotion or departure!"
"Luo Dayong has been in school for four years, almost five years. He has published a total of two or three papers, and they were published in the first year. If he fails next year, it will be really difficult for him to stay in school."
After listening to Zhu Ping's explanation, Wang Hao suddenly understood that Luo Dayong was really in the worst situation in the office.
Zhang Zhiqiang and he are already associate professors. Zhu Ping stayed at the school early and joined the system after staying at the school. Yan Jing came to the school not long ago and her contract has just started. She also entered the laboratory of the physics department and followed a
Experienced professors work on projects, and the results are predictable depending on the situation.
"But I think Luo Dayong is very smart, I feel... quite a genius!" Wang Hao thought about it and gave a simple evaluation.
Zhu Ping burst out laughing immediately, "It's really funny to hear a great genius like you talk about other people's geniuses."
The two chatted and laughed for a while, then got out of the car and entered the restaurant.
After entering the reserved private room, Yan Jing and Zhang Zhiqiang soon arrived. They ordered food and ate and drank in a lively atmosphere.
It was not until half past seven that Luo Dayong came belatedly, his expression still seemed to be in a trance.
After eating a few mouthfuls of food, Luo Dayong continued to fall into deep thought, which did not match the lively atmosphere at all.
After almost finishing eating, Wang Hao finally couldn't help but ask, "What are you thinking about? Is there any problem that can't be solved?"
To be continued...