In 2021, the Institute of Energy Research receives 12 awards from NSFC, including 3 General Program projects and 9 Young Scientist Fund projects. The direct funding is 3.97 million yuan. The number of approved awards ranks first among all application institutes in Jiangsu University. In recent years, the scientific researchers from the Institute for Energy Research have obtained 58 projects from NSFC, with total funding of more than 24 million yuan.