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Bid Proposal for the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute Innovation Project (Research Category) (2020)

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Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Institute Innovation Program Project (Research Category) Tender Application (Year 2020)

Project Name: Responsible Unit: Institute of Marxism Studies Chief Expert: Date of Filing:

I. Basic Information Table 1. Data Sheet Project Name: Keywords: Research Category: [ ] A. Major Discipline-Founding Project [1] B. General Project Chief Expert: Gender: Ethnicity: Date of Birth: Administrative Position: Professional Title: Research Expertise: Final Education: Final Degree: Supervisorial Status: Office Phone: Home Phone: Mobile Phone: E-mail: (If there are multiple Chief Experts, additional rows may be added.)

Basic Information of Other Project Team Members Name: Gender: Date of Birth: Professional Title: Degree: Institutional Affiliation: Main Research Fields and Expertise:

Expected Outputs: A. Monograph B. Translation C. Collected Papers D. Research Report E. Reference Book F. Computer Software G. Database H. Data Collection I. Other

Word Count of Final Output (thousands of characters): Planned Completion Date: Year Month

II. Project Design and Argumentation Table 2. State of Research and Value of Selected Topic Reference prompts for completion:

  1. A review of the academic history or a synthesis of domestic and international research status concerning the themes and content involved in this project.
  2. A scientific, objective, and realistic analysis and evaluation of existing representative achievements and viewpoints; an explanation of the space for further exploration, development, or breakthroughs; and a specific clarification of the unique academic value, applied value, and social significance of this topic relative to existing research.

Table 3. General Framework and Expected Objectives Reference prompts for completion:

  1. The general research framework, research objects, and main content of this project.
  2. The expected objectives of this project’s research in terms of academic thought and theory, disciplinary construction and development, and the discovery and utilization of data and literature.

Table 4. Key Priorities, Difficulties, and Points of Innovation Reference prompts for completion:

  1. The key problems and major difficulties [2] that this project intends to resolve, with an elaboration of the reasons and basis for identifying and refining these specific issues.
  2. The breakthroughs, innovations, or advancements of this project’s research in terms of problem selection, academic viewpoints, research methods, analytical tools, literature and data, and discourse systems [3].

Table 5. Bibliography and Research Materials Reference prompts for completion:

  1. List the main Chinese and foreign references involved in this project’s research according to standard citation norms.
  2. A general analysis of the basic literature and data, along with a summary introduction of representative literature and data; a brief explanation of the basis for selecting important documents, the channels for obtaining them, and the methods of their utilization.

Table 6. Research Schedule and Division of Labor Reference prompts for completion:

  1. The field investigation (or experimental) plan, the plan for collecting and organizing literature and data, the overall schedule, and the annual progress plan for this project’s research.
  2. The specific division of labor for the project leader and core members, and the amount of time invested each year (in months).
  3. The names, forms, and word counts of the major interim achievements and final outputs, as well as the methods and plans for the publication, dissemination, or promotion of these results.