Objective To analyze the
projects on the
infectious disease epidemiology sponsored by the National Natural Sci?ence
Foundation of
China(NSFC),explore the hotspot and development trend,and offer a reference for
researchers in this field.
Methods Based on the NSFC database,the
projects on the
infectious disease epidemiology(H2609)sponsored from 1987 to 2014 were analyzed. The changes of
fund numbers,amounts and
research fields were described. Results During the study period,NSFC sponsored 373
projects,including 228 general
projects(61.1%),78
youth projects(20.9%)and 67 other
projects(18.0%). The average amount of the
grant was 358.2 thousand Yuan(20 thousand?8 million). The main sponsored re?search fields were mechanisms of pathogen and
immunity(36.2%)and
population?based
epidemiological studies(33.0%). The top three
diseases were
hepatitis,
HIV/
AIDS and
tuberculosis. Conclusion The amount of funding on researches of
infectious disease epidemiology has increased continuously,which has played an important
role in
training scientific
talents in the field of prevention and control of
infectious diseases.