On October 19, 2022，School of Food and Biological Engineering (FBE) organized a seminar to discuss how to write good research proposals. The seminar was hosted by Prof. Ouyang Qin. Two foreign faculty members of FBE, named Prof. Hossain M. Zabed and Dr. Solairaj Dhanasekaran, delivered their talks. The foreign young faculty members ,postdocs and overseas students of FBE attended the seminar and participated in this interactive knowledge-sharing platform.

In their insightful presentations, the speakers shared their success stories in receiving International Young Scientist Research Grant from NSFC and outlined the strategies for writing good research proposals for similar applications by young fellows. Prof. Zabed and D. Solairaj also shared their recent research activities and outcomes at JSU. In particular, they talked about the possible grant application openings for foreign researchers in China, and strategies for selecting a timely and attractive research topic, designing impressive research content, and justifying the budget of the proposed work.

At the end of the presentation, there was an interactive session in which the postdocs and young faculties asked their questions to the speakers.

(School of Food and Biological Engineering)