Analysis of the research capabilities of medical researchers and the bid-winning rate of fund applications in China / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo assess the quality of applications for the state funds for natural sciences and the research capabilities of researchers in medicine and other relevant fields in China so as to provide the State Fund Committee for Natural Sciences with scientific basis for systematically planning research funds for the medical field and improving the system of supervising funds for life sciences. MethodsAnalysis was conducted on project applications that were submitted to the Life Sciences Department from 1984 through 2001 and underwent quantitative peer review to explore trends of changes in project applications, the scores and the rate of fund-winning projects. ResultsBoth the quantity and quality of project applications in medicine and other relevant fields showed the trend of going up year by year whereas the rate of fund-winning projects presented an opposite trend. ConclusionThe State Fund Committee for Natural Sciences ought to broaden the scope of subsidization for medicine and other relevant fields and readjust existing funds for life sciences so as to shunt and alleviate the application pressure in medicine and other relevant fields.