From a university student to a chief academician

Chapter 145 Application for National Natural Science Research Fund
April 2026, 4, Office of the Number Theory Group!
Ye Fei sat at the desk in the middle of the office and asked, "The parameterized equation of the modulus curve, is the calculation result correct?"

"Correct!" a team member shouted.

"Hecke algebra, a better estimate of the maximum ideal generator corresponding to the discriminant model, is the calculation result correct?"

"correct!"

"The complexity analysis of the reduction reconstruction algorithm for the calculation of the modulus form coefficient, is the calculation result correct?"

"correct!"

"The modular form corresponds to the Abelian series Jacobian series. Calculate the algorithm represented by the modular form Galois. Is the calculation result correct?"

"correct!"

"..."

"Hilbert modular form and Siegel modular form, correct?"

"correct!"

[Congratulations for completing the Gaussian class number conjecture of the imaginary quadratic field!

Reward: 200 points! 】

Ye Fei glanced at the system, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Ye Fei smiled and said: "Very well, I announce the second problem of the Gaussian conjecture, the Gaussian class number conjecture of the imaginary quadratic field is proved successful."

"Papa..." All the team members applauded fiercely.

It's not easy, the first question of Gauss' conjecture was completed by Ye Fei alone.

As for the second question, half of it was done by Ye Fei with Amata and Balazs.

The other half and half were completed by Ye Fei, Amata, Balatz and the number theory group.

Two-thirds of the remaining half was done by Amata, Balatz and the number theory group.

The last third is done by everyone.

The sense of accomplishment and honor after completing a math problem cannot be described in words.

Cool, very cool, very cool!

The psychological refreshment is like a hot summer, when you are sweating profusely and your mouth is dry, suddenly a bottle of ice water is poured down.

Ye Fei took out his phone and checked the time, it was three o'clock in the afternoon.

Ye Fei said: "Today's work is over early, everyone go back and rest!"

"In a few days it will be time for you to go to Kyoto to receive the award, and I will go with you when the time comes."

"Han Dong, you help us book the plane tickets, everyone goes."

"The air ticket is AA system. Before Han Dong books the ticket, send the fare to the group, and everyone will transfer the money to Han Dong first."

"You can transfer as much as you want, and you can't lose one point. If anyone loses one point, don't go."

"Okay!" the crowd responded.

Everyone is not the one who is short of money, it is impossible for Han Dong to lose money because of the air ticket.

After Ye Fei finished speaking, he got up to pack his things, and went home with his computer bag.

After Ye Fei returned to school, he continued to attend classes.

He has no class today, so he went home.

It stands to reason that even if the teacher has no class, he should not leave school early.

Even if you leave early, you have to ask for leave.

But who is Ye Fei? If he leaves early, who would dare to say a word?

Being capable is being so self-willed, and the school leaders coax him.

After returning to his residence, Ye Fei went into the study, took out his laptop and put it on the desk, and then he downloaded the project application form of the National Natural Science Foundation of China from the website of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

This is his first application for a research grant.

In the past, his personal research was all mathematical theoretical research, which did not require money.

Therefore, he never applied for a research grant.

But the research done this time is different, it is about one of the four core technologies of the blockchain, asymmetric encryption.

This research cannot be done by just a few people.

He needs talent, space and supercomputers.

Schools can provide venues, but schools cannot fully provide talents and supercomputers.

Let’s talk about talents first. Ye Fei needs professionals in asymmetric encryption. The school can provide some professionals, but Ye Fei needs a lot of professionals, and Zhonghu University cannot provide so many professionals.

Talents need money to do research, and it is impossible for them to do things for free.

In the past, Ye Fei worked on projects by himself, and he didn't need to spend money.

Take the number theory team, the salary of the number theory team is given by the school.

But now he brings people to do projects, he has to give money.

Besides supercomputing, Zhonghu University has a national supercomputing center, which can also be used by major universities for research.

But that requires money, and it is impossible for the National Supercomputing Center to give it to you for free.

Even if Ye Fei has a good relationship with the person in charge of the National Supercomputing Center in Dune.

You can use it once or twice for free, but it is impossible to use it for free many times.

Even if the people from the National Supercomputing Center don't say it, you have no face to go again.

So, it all costs money.

It is impossible for Ye Fei to pay by himself. Even if he has more than 1 million cash on him, the money is not spent like this.

Therefore, these funds cannot be paid by themselves, and they need to apply for scientific research funds.

Scientific research funds are mainly divided into four categories, namely national level, senior officials, bureau level and others.

The national level is divided into the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key Research and Development Project.

Senior officials are divided into some talent planning projects of the Ministry of Education and some projects of the science and technology departments of various provinces and municipalities.

The bureau level is divided into provincial education departments and municipal science and technology bureaus/district and county science and technology bureaus.

Others are divided into open funds, naming projects, professional society projects, enterprise entrusted projects and enterprise cooperation projects.

For these scientific research funds, the specific information will not be repeated too much, so as not to be too wordy.

Let me focus on the national scientific research fund. All major universities and research institutions across the country, and capable people, all apply for the national scientific research fund.

The National Natural Science Foundation of China is the fairest of all scientific research funds.

But whether you can apply depends on the applicant's ability and qualifications.

The national key research and development project is a money-sharing game for the bosses.

Why do you say that?

Because the people who can apply for this project are all the best in the scientific world.

The amount of scientific research funds that can be applied for is very large, ranging from tens of millions to billions.

Just a little bit of damming can kill yourself.

Even, in theory, there is no upper limit on the application amount.

It mainly depends on whether the declared project meets the requirements and the application is approved.

With the development of Xiaguo Science, more and more national key research and development projects are applied every year.

This is what the country is happy to see. As long as you apply and meet the requirements, the country will give you money.

In 2022, the state will invest 2023 trillion yuan, 1.28 trillion in 2024, and 1.7 trillion in [-].

Ye Feixin said: "It may reach 2.42 trillion this year!"

Ye Fei was very greedy for the scientific research funds of the national key R&D projects, and thought: "The national key R&D projects are not needed yet."

"My next research will still be based on theory. When I do applied research, I will apply for the National Key R&D Project Research Fund."

"I just don't know if I can apply for it at that time."

Ye Fei looked at the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He fully meets the requirements for this scientific research fund and can apply for it.

National Natural Science Foundation of China applicant requirements.

45. Under the age of [-].

[-]. Possess a senior professional technical position (title) and a doctorate degree.

[-]. Familiar with the development trend and frontier of science and technology in related fields, have a broad academic vision, strong strategic thinking and macro grasp ability, and should have undertaken major/key national projects in principle.

[-]. Possess relevant experience in scientific and technological management.

[-]. During the funding period of the project, it is guaranteed to have at least six months of management practice in the corresponding scientific and technological management positions of the Natural Science Foundation of China.

There are also behaviors such as good scientific research spirit, quality and no crimes.

It was around ten o'clock in the evening that Ye Fei finished writing the application for the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Ye Fei shook his head and said, "Writing this is quite troublesome."

First of all, the research project must be determined.

It is also necessary to determine whether your own research project is novel, if someone in China overlaps with your own project.

Sorry, your application is not approved.

For example, Ye Fei works on asymmetric encryption algorithms.

This is a very routine research, and there must be many people doing research in the past and now.

However, Ye Fei wants to explain in it that the angles of his research are different from those of other people.

That's what's new.

The next day!

Ye Fei put the written NSFC project application into a USB flash drive, went to the printing shop near the school, and printed them out.

Afterwards, Ye Fei came to the scientific research office of the school.

The people in the scientific research office were a little surprised when they saw Ye Fei. Ye Fei had never been to their place.

"A rare visitor!" The director of the scientific research department smiled and said, "Professor Ye, why did you come to our place?"

Ye Fei waved the application form in his hand and said with a smile, "Of course I'm here to apply for a research fund."

The director smiled and said, "What research fund are you applying for?"

"National Natural Science Foundation of China!"

The director said: "Judging from your qualifications, you meet the requirements for applying for the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and your application should have a high pass rate."

"Give it to me!" The director stretched out his hand and said, "I'll cover the seal for you, and I'll take care of it next."

Generally, applications for scientific research funds are reviewed and processed by the host institution, and all follow-up procedures are processed and submitted.

Ye Fei's supporting unit is Zhonghu University.

The Scientific Research Office prepares all relevant materials and then stamps them.

One is a paper version and the other is an electronic version.

Then upload the electronic version to the website designated by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the project application system.

Finally, it is waiting for the approval of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

The application process takes a long time, usually seven to ten months.

Ye Fei handed the application to the director and asked, "Director, is there any way to quickly pass the application? My last project has ended."

"If I wait this long, I usually have nothing to do."

The director thought for a while and said, "It's not that there is no way, it's just that this method is very difficult."

Ye Fei's eyes lit up, and he asked, "What method?"

"You are in mathematics. As long as you can find an academician who is engaged in mathematics and ask him to say hello to the Department of Mathematics of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the review speed will be very fast, usually within half a month."

"Academician engaged in mathematics?" Ye Fei thought for a while and said, "I seem to know one."

Ye Fei knew several academicians, including Dean Guan, the head of the Supercomputing Center, Dean Li, the vice-president, and Academician Nan Guodong.

But among these three, the first two are academicians of computer science, and the latter is a fellow of cryptography.

None of them are mathematicians.

Ye Fei only knew one mathematician academician, that is Academician Liu Shuquan.

Academician Liu Shuquan was met by Ye Fei at the Supercomputing Center. At that time, Ye Fei completed the work of the Supercomputing Center, and Academician Liu Shuquan, as the leader, brought people to review.

At that time, Academician Liu admired Ye Fei very much and recommended Ye Fei to the Institute of Dynamics, where Ye Fei completed the final research on singular cardinal numbers.

Ye Fei said: "It's just that I haven't contacted for a long time."

Ye Fei has the contact information of Academician Liu Shuquan, but since leaving the Supercomputing Center, Ye Fei only calls every holiday to greet him, and has never met in person.

The two haven't seen each other for over a year now.

The director said in astonishment: "Do you know a mathematician? Which mathematician?"

The people who were working in the office all looked at Ye Fei in astonishment.

The Department of Mathematics of Zhonghu University ranks at the bottom of all 985 universities and belongs to the B+ grade.

It is even worse than the mathematics department of some 211 universities.

Therefore, Zhonghu University does not have a single academician in the Department of Mathematics.

"Academician Liu Shuquan!" Ye Fei said.

"Academician Liu Shuquan?" The director widened his eyes and said, "You actually know him."

Ye Fei asked suspiciously: "I've also made a name for myself in the mathematics world. Is it strange that I know him?"

The director said excitedly: "Don't you know the meaning of the three words Liu Shuquan?"

Ye Fei asked blankly, "What's the point?"

"He is one of Xia Guo's top mathematicians in modern mathematics, the dean of Yuanpei College of Kyoto University, the first dean of the Big Data Research Institute of Kyoto University, and the first dean of the Big Data College of Xia Guo University of Science and Technology."

"Highly accomplished in computational mathematics, applied mathematics, machine learning, mechanics, physics, chemistry and materials science."

"He is Xia Guo's No.1 in nonlinear stochastic partial differential equations."

"In terms of big data research, it is also Xia Guo's No. 1."

"In terms of computational fluid dynamics, it is also a top existence."

Ye Fei said in astonishment: "He..."

The director smiled and said, "Isn't he very powerful?"

Ye Feidao: "His research is too complicated. It's mathematics, physics, chemistry, materials, and robotics."

"Can't you study well in the field of mathematics!"

The director glanced at him helplessly, and said, "If you know Academician Liu Shuquan, then burn the incense!"

"By the way, how is your relationship with Academician Liu Shuquan?"

Ye Fei said: "It's not bad, he took good care of me. Back then, the last step to prove my strange and odd numbers was that he recommended me to the Institute of Power, and I proved it."

"It seems that he really takes care of you." The director said with a smile: "You two have such a good relationship, it will be much easier for you to develop in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, materials and computers in the future."

Ye Fei murmured in his heart, I don't know him, and I also think that my development is going well!
The director said: "Since you know Academician Liu Shuquan, you can ask him to say hello to the Department of Mathematics of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. After that, the review speed will be very fast."

"Okay!" Ye Fei said, "I'll call him right away."

The director said: "That's fine, you can go to work, if there is a problem with the review later, I will come to you."

"Okay." Ye Fei said, "Please trouble the director."

"Should be."

After Ye Fei left, the director shook his head and said with emotion: "A genius is a genius. It's only been a long time in academia, and now I know an academician like Academician Liu, amazing."

The rest were also emotional.

If they can know Academician Liu Shuquan, they can go sideways in the academic world.

Of course, this kind of thing is impossible, they only have envy and jealousy.

After Ye Fei left the scientific research office, he found a gazebo to sit down, then took out his mobile phone to call Academician Liu, and the call was quickly connected.

"Hello, Academician Liu!"

"Ye Fei, you haven't called me for a long time. It's not the holidays or the new year, why do you think of calling me?"

"Academician Liu, can I bother you with something?" Ye Fei asked a little embarrassed.

If it wasn't for the long review time, Ye Fei didn't want to call Academician Liu.

He already owed academician Liu a favor, and he didn't want to continue to owe it.

As we all know, the debt of favor is the hardest to repay.

Ye Fei hasn't returned Academician Liu's favor until now.

Academician Liu was a little shocked. Ye Feike never asked him to do anything.

Academician Liu muttered in his heart: "It seems to be a very urgent matter, otherwise Ye Fei would not come to me."

Academician Liu smiled and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Ye Feidao: "I'm applying for the National Natural Science Foundation of China recently, but the review time will take seven to ten months. I heard that if a mathematics academician greets you, the review process will be much faster, so..."

Academician Liu said with a smile: "That's it, no problem, by the way, you haven't forgotten that you have the privilege to apply for scientific research funds!"

Ye Fei was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he smiled embarrassedly and said, "I forgot about this."

At that time, Ye Fei handed over the mathematical algorithm to the state, which gave Ye Fei five privileges, one of which was to reduce the difficulty of applying for scientific research funds by two levels.

But that happened more than a year ago, and Ye Fei has never applied for a research fund.

So, he forgot about this privilege.

If Academician Liu hadn't reminded him, Ye Fei wouldn't have remembered.

Academician Liu shook his head amusedly: "Others have this privilege, wishing it was deeply etched in their minds, but you have forgotten it instead."

"By the way, what research are you planning to conduct?"

"Asymmetric encryption!"

"Blockchain?" Academician Liu asked.

"Yes!" Ye Fei said: "I heard that Academician Liu has a deep research on big data."

There is a complementary relationship between big data and blockchain.

The blockchain itself is a database, and big data is the in-depth analysis and mining of data, which is an indirect data.

The relationship between them is to prevent data leakage through the combination of big data and blockchain, make the data in the blockchain more valuable, and create a more secure network information environment.

Academician Liu said with a smile: "If you talk about the whole Xia Kingdom, I would say the research on big data is second, and no one dares to say it is the first."

In this regard, Academician Liu is very confident. He is the person who has the deepest research on big data in Xia Guo.

Even in the world, he can be ranked in the top ten.

Ye Fei said with a smile: "Then you should have some research on the blockchain!"

Big data, blockchain, and artificial intelligence are complementary to each other.

Study one of them, and do some research on the other two.

"Of course!"

Ye Fei smiled and said, "Then I will trouble you a lot in the future."

Academician Liu laughed loudly and said, "Although it's troublesome, you can come to me if you don't understand anything about blockchain in the future."

"Thank you!"

After chatting with Academician Liu for a long time, Ye Fei hung up the phone.

Kyoto University, Institute of Big Data, Office of the Dean!

After Academician Liu hung up the phone, he sighed in his heart: "This kid is developing very fast!"

"Last time I heard that he proposed the development of blockchain in the future at the blockchain conference, and now he is starting to study blockchain."

"Although it is only one of the four core technologies of the blockchain."

"Also, blockchain research is very difficult."

"But with his talent, he can definitely achieve something."

For more than a year, Academician Liu has been paying attention to Ye Fei.

He found that Ye Fei's development speed was too fast, so fast that it was inhuman.

This also makes Academician Liu look forward to where Ye Fei will go in the future.

"It's not that the Xia Kingdom lacks talents, it's just that it lacks native-born talents like Ye Fei."

"I hope Xia Guo can cultivate more talents like Ye Fei!"

"In the future, the talents of the Xia Kingdom will not need to go abroad to study, and they will be able to learn more cutting-edge knowledge in their own country."

After speaking, Academician Liu called the National Natural Science Foundation of China and asked them to review the information of Ye Fei of Zhonghu University as soon as possible.

After hearing this, the National Natural Science Foundation of China was surprised that Ye Fei had a relationship with Academician Liu.

After Zhonghu University sent Ye Fei's application materials, it was approved within a week.

(End of this chapter)