On the afternoon of June 14, Professor Li Jicheng, President of the China Alliance of Translational Medicine, Director of the Translational Medicine Branch of the China Medicinal Biotech Association, Editor-in-Chief of the Anatomical Record (Asia), former Dean of the School of Basic Medical Sciences of Zhejiang University, and current Dean of the School of Basic Medical Sciences of Henan University, was invited by Academician Zheng Shusen to represent the association in delivering a lecture on the theme of applying for the National Natural Science Foundation of China at Shulan International Medical College. He provided pre-application guidance on “Selecting Topics and Top-Level Design for the National Natural Science Fund—Common Pitfalls in Topic Selection: Requirements for Scientific Questions and Multidimensional Design Approaches.”