| Carbon cycling in China Seas - budget, controls and ocean acidification | “973” National Basic Research Program | Minhan Dai |
| Studies on the carbon sequestration mechanisms of microbial carbon pump in the ocean | National Major Program --Global climate change | Nianzhi Jiao |
| Technology of regional ocean observing system | “863” National High-Tech Research and Development Program | Huasheng Hong, Shaoping Shang, Shaoling Shang |
| Development of a new feed additive with the recombinant antibacterial proteins and utilization in marine cultured animals | “863” National High-Tech Research and Development Program | Kejian Wang |
| Preparation and product application development of bioactive peptides derived from marine animals and polysaccharide-degrading enzymes of algae | Public Science & Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean | Kejian Wang |
| Evaluation of carbon fixation/storage capabilities and potentials of marine alga and bacteria | State Oceanic Administration | Nianzhi Jiao |
| Rapid measurements of marine microorganisms and their application | State Oceanic Administration | Nianzhi Jiao |
| Comparative studies on nitrification and denitrification processes between the Pearl River Estuary and the South China Sea Basin | NSFC Key Project | Minhan Dai |
| Impacts of ocean acidification on carbon fixation of algae in South China Sea | NSFC Key Project | Kunshan Gao |
| Microbial ecological processes and biodiversity in relation to marine environments | NSFC Key Project | Nianzhi Jiao |
| Source/sinks of atmospheric CO2 in the Northern South China – fluxes and modulations | NSFC Key Project | Minhan Dai |
| Microbial ecological processes and their role in carbon cycling of the South China Sea | NSFC Key Project | Nianzhi Jiao |
| Nitrogen fixation in the South China Sea and its biogeochemical controls | NSFC Major Research Plan | Min Chen |
| Microbial ecological processes and their role in carbon cycling of the South China Sea | NSFC Major Research Plan | Nianzhi Jiao |
| Carbon fluxes and their biogeochemical modulation in the Northern South China Sea - a synthesis study | NSFC Major Research Plan | Minhan Dai |
| Isotope Marine Chemistry research | NSFC for Distinguished Young Scholars | Min Chen |
| Transport and transformation of organic carbon in the Pearl River Estuary and in the adjacent Northern South China Sea | NSFC for Distinguished Young Scholars | Minhan Dai |
| Immunological biology in aquaculture | NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund | Haipeng Liu |
| National Base for Higher Education on Marine Sciences | National Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Science | Wenqing Cao |
| The Marine Observation/Research/Creation (MORC) Program | National Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Science | Wenqing Cao |