Subject Election of TCM Pharmaceutics PhD in the View of Funded Hotspots of NSFC / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To statistically analyze financing of subjects of TCM preparation of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC);To guide subject election of TCM pharmaceutics PhD. Methods Investigation and analysis were raised in this article in terms of application projects, amount of money, winning bid, and main responsible units of TCM preparation subjects of NSFC. Results Totally 186 funding projects with 60.58 million yuan were funded in the past 13 years. Liposome, nanoparticle, and micelle appeared frequently as new medicine delivery system. Meanwhile, microdialysis and pharmacokinetics were the hotspots of winning bid. Conclusion Based on the key questions in the development of TCM pharmaceutics and technological means of cross disciplines, subject election of TCM pharmaceutics PhD was suggested to focus on evaluation technique and quality evaluation system of new medicine delivery system. Meanwhile, the balance among basic researches, applied researches, and sustainable researches is also important.