On 27 August, the National Natural Science Foundation of China formally announced the review results for the 2025 centralized application cycle. Dr. Chen Zhihong from the R&D Centre secured a 300,000 yuan grant for her Youth Science Fund program (Program Title: In situ Verification of Agglutinin-Glycan Chain Interactions in PW1 Cyanobacteria Self-Flocculation and Elucidation of Heterologous Complementation Mechanisms, Category C).