The final results of the Natural Science Foundation of China (NFSC) were announced in November. Shu Zhenyu, of the NIT School of Information Science and Engineering, submitted a project entitled “Discrete Surface Matching,” which was recognized for its excellence by the Tianyuan Mathematical Foundation. This marks the first time that a NIT special project has received national acclaim. Shu's work was supported by a financial grant from the NFSC. To date, NIT has received 12 financial grants from the NFSC totalling almost 6 million RMB.