On the 25^th of February, SEM Young Faculty Association invited some young scholars from other intuitions in Shanghai to SEM, Tongji to attend a seminar to exchange views on how to successfully apply for National Natural Science Foundation Programs of China. Apart from SEM faculty, some 20-odd young scholars from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, East China Normal University, Shanghai Foreign Economic and Trade University, East China University of Political Science, and Shanghai University of Political Science were also present at the seminar. Participants made suggestions on the improvement of the application drafts of National Natural Science Foundation Programs.