The State Key Laboratory of Safety and Resilience of Civil Engineering in Mountain Area (hereinafter referred to as the Key Laboratory) was jointly established by East China Jiaotong University and Chongqing University and was officially approved in 2024. Its research focuses on the performance evolution and disaster-causing theory of civil engineering in mountain areas, ecological and intelligent materials, disaster prevention and resilience enhancement, intelligent construction, and safety monitoring and operation & maintenance. In line with the principles of "openness, mobility, collaboration, and competition," the Key Laboratory establishes open fund projects. The 2025 Open Fund Project Application Guide is hereby released, and researchers in related fields at home and abroad are sincerely invited to apply.

I. Funded Research Directions

1.Research Direction 1:Performance Evolution and Disaster-Causing Theory of Civil Engineering in Mountain Areas

1.1 Formation mechanisms of geotechnical geological disasters in mountainous regions

1.2 Performance evolution of urban infrastructure in mountain areas

1.3 Performance evolution of transportation infrastructure in mountain areas

1.4 Disaster-causing theory of civil engineering under multiple hazards

2.Research Direction 2:Ecological and Intelligent Materials for Civil Engineering in Mountain Areas

2.1 Ecological and low-carbon materials

2.2 Tough and protective materials

2.3 Emergency rescue and reinforcement materials

2.4 Intelligent materials and systems

3.Research Direction 3: Disaster Prevention and Resilience Enhancement of Civil Engineering in Mountain Areas

3.1 Safety and resilience enhancement of geotechnical structures in mountain areas

3.2 Safety and resilience enhancement of urban infrastructure in mountain areas

3.3 Safety and resilience enhancement of transportation infrastructure in mountain areas

3.4 Disaster prevention technologies for civil engineering in mountain areas under coupled multiple hazards

4.Research Direction 4:Intelligent Construction of Civil Engineering in Mountain Areas

4.1 Intelligent design of engineering structures in mountain areas

4.2 Intelligent manufacturing and construction of engineering in mountain areas

4.3 Intelligent construction equipment and robots for mountain areas

4.4 Intelligent construction management and control in mountain areas

5.Research Direction 5: Safety Monitoring and Operation & Maintenance of Civil Engineering in Mountain Areas

5.1 Structural monitoring technologies and equipment for civil engineering in mountain areas

5.2 Performance evaluation and disaster identification of in-service infrastructure in mountain areas

5.3 Risk situation prediction, early warning, and assessment decision-making for civil engineering in mountain areas

5.4 Intelligent operation & maintenance and safe service of in-service infrastructure in mountain areas

II. Funding Amount

The categories and funding amounts for funded projects are:

General projects: RMB 60,000 per project

The research duration for all projects is 2 years. The Key Laboratory will fund approximately 20 projects in total, with a start and end date from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027.

III. Eligible Applicants and Application Requirements

1. Applicants should generally hold a senior professional technical title (associate senior or above), or be researchers or postdoctoral researchers with a doctoral degree from domestic or foreign institutions; outstanding young scientific and technological workers with an intermediate technical title or a master's degree must be recommended in writing by 2 peer experts with senior titles.

2. Applicants must obtain the consent of their affiliated institution before applying. Applicants are encouraged to apply jointly with permanent staff of the Key Laboratory to carry out collaborative research. The Open Fund intends to support researchers outside the institutions constructing the Key Laboratory.

IV. Application Procedures and Instructions

1. After selecting a research direction, applicants shall carefully and truthfully complete the "Open Project Application Form" (see Attachment 1) and the 2025 Application Information Form for Open Projects of the State Key Laboratory of Safety and Resilience of Civil Engineering in Mountain Area (see Attachment 2) in the prescribed format.

2. The "Open Project Application Form" must be reviewed by the applicant's affiliated institution, signed by the institution's leader, and affixed with the institution's official seal before submission.

3. The materials to be submitted include two hard copies of the original application form and one electronic document. The content of the electronic document and the hard-copy application form must be consistent.

4. Regardless of whether the project application is approved or not, all materials will not be returned. Applicants are requested to keep the original application documents themselves.

5. The review, assessment indicators, and management of open projects shall be implemented in accordance with the "Management Measures for Open Projects of the State Key Laboratory of Safety and Resilience of Civil Engineering in Mountain Area (Trial)" (see Attachment 3).

6. The acceptance period for the 2025 Open Fund is from August 25, 2025 to September 25, 2025.

7. After receiving the application materials, the Key Laboratory will organize the review process. Approved projects will be officially established and contracts will be signed; subsequent work requirements will be notified separately.

8. The results obtained from the research of open fund projects shall be jointly shared by the Key Laboratory and the applicants. The project leader shall clearly indicate in published papers and monographs that the work is funded by the Open Fund Project of the State Key Laboratory of Safety and Resilience of Civil Engineering in Mountain Area. The Chinese name of the laboratory is: 山区土木工程安全与韧性全国重点实验室; the English name is: State Key Laboratory of Safety and Resilience of Civil Engineering in Mountain Area. Results not marked in accordance with the regulations will not be accepted in the fund acceptance review.

V. Unified Mailing Address for Materials

Contact Address: East China Jiaotong University, No. 808 Shuanggang East Street, Economic Development Zone, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province

Contact Person: Zeng Jiantao (15909453780)

E-mail: 8678@ecjtu.edu.cn

Attachments:

1. Application Form for Open Projects of the State Key Laboratory

2. 2025 Application Information Form for Open Projects of the State Key Laboratory of Safety and Resilience of Civil Engineering in Mountain Area

3. Management Measures for Open Projects of the State Key Laboratory of Safety and Resilience of Civil Engineering in Mountain Area (Trial)

                              State Key Laboratory of Safety and Resilience of Civil Engineering in Mountain Area

                                                      August 21, 2025