On August 17th, 2017, the results of the National Natural Science Foundation were announced. Institute for Energy Research approved seven projects, including three general programs and four youth programs, totally 2.88 million CNY. Zhixia He, Hui Xu and Ming Zhang won the general program of National Natural Science Foundation awards; Jiabiao Lian, Yunpeng Huang, Meili Guan and Zhifeng Jiang won the youth program of National Natural Science Foundation awards. In recent four years, Institute for Energy Research has been approved 22 projects of National Natural Science Foundation, the total research funds are 10 million CNY.