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By combing the application and funding situation of general， young scholar and regional scholar programs from National Natural Science Foundation of China（NSFC） in field of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in 2023， this paper summarizes the distribution of supporting units， application and funding hotspots， and the problems of application and funding projects in this discipline， in order to provide a reference for applicants and supporting organizations to understand the hotspot dynamics and reporting requirements of the discipline. In 2023， the discipline of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine received a total of 2 793 applications， and there were 1 254 applications for general programs， 1 278 applications for young scholar programs， and 261 applications for regional scholar programs. The amounts of project funding obtained by the three were 145， 164 and 35， respectively， and the funding rates were 11.56%， 12.83% and 13.41% in that order. From the situation of obtaining funding， the age distribution of the project leaders who obtained funding for the general， young scholar and regional scholar programs were mainly distributed in the age of 40-46， 30-34， 38-44 years， respectively. Within the supported programs， the Chinese medicine affiliations accounted for 55.52%. With respect to research subjects， the proportion of one single Chinese herbs， or monomers， or extracts accounted for 29.4%， but the proportion of Chinese herb pairs or prescriptions accounted for 47.1%. Research hotspots included ferroptosis， bile acid metabolism， macrophages， mitochondria， microglia， exosomes， intestinal flora， microecology and so on. The current research mainly focused on the common key problems of the advantageous diseases of Chinese and western integrative medicine， but still need to be improved in the basic theories of Chinese and western medicine and multidisciplinary cross-disciplinary research.
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The National Natural Science Foundation of China is one of the major funding agencies for neurorehabilitation research in China. This study reviews the frontier directions and achievements in the field of neurorehabilitation in China and worldwide. We used data from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database to analyze the publications and data provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China to analyze funding information. In addition, the prospects for neurorehabilitation research in China are discussed. From 2010 to 2022, a total of 74,220 publications in neurorehabilitation were identified, with there being an overall upward tendency. During this period, the National Natural Science Foundation of China has funded 476 research projects with a total funding of 192.38 million RMB to support neurorehabilitation research in China. With the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, China has made some achievements in neurorehabilitation research. Research related to neurorehabilitation is believed to be making steady and significant progress in China.
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BACKGROUND: The Joint Fund has explored the cooperation mechanism between the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and local government, promoted the development of basic research, and created a new model system. The Joint Fund has had a huge influence on scientific and technological community, especially in the field of population and health. METHODS: Research materials and related data were drawn from the NSFC database. We used the search words "National Natural Science Foundation", "Joint Fund", population and health", and "medical codes" to obtain useful information and collect relevant data. RESULTS: From 2006 to 2019, the NSFC's Joint Fund awarded a total of 767.683 million Chinese Yuan to 590 projects, distributed in 9 local government Joint Funds and 1 enterprise Joint Fund within the field of population and health. And the NSFC-Guangdong Joint Fund has invested the most, followed by the NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund. A total of 92 applicants' host institutions from 20 provinces and municipalities were funded by the Joint Fund in the field of population and health, of which Zhengzhou University received the largest number of projects (137), and Sun Yat-sen University received the largest amount of funding (CNY 76,230,000). CONCLUSIONS: The Joint Fund has increased investment in the field of population and health in recent years. By analyzing the characteristics of population and health projects, we identified the NSFC-Guangdong Joint Fund and NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund invested more, and Sun Yat-sen University and Zhengzhou University received more funding projects, which may help to guide future grant applications.
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BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death, and countries all over the world have given considerable support to lung cancer research. However, analysis on the status of funding in the field of lung cancer is still lacking. METHODS: We visited the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) official websites to gather lung cancer research information between 2008 and 2020. RSTCM6 software was used to extract the keywords of funded projects which were then imported into CiteSpace software for visual analysis of word frequency. RESULTS: A total of 1,745 and 5,939 search results were finally obtained from the NSFC and NIH websites, respectively. The amount of NSFC funding for projects in the field of lung cancer increased steadily from 2008 to 2012, while the NIH funding for lung cancer was significantly higher in even years than in odd years between 2008 to 2018. The Shanghai Jiaotong University, Sun Yat-sen University, and Guangzhou Medical University were the top three research institutions that had received the most projects funded by the NSFC. Apoptosis, proliferation, invasion, metabolism, the pathogenesis of lung cancer, cell signal transduction, epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT), and immune-related research were the most frequently funded research areas by the NSFC. Biomarkers, targeted therapy, signal pathway, genomics, and immune-related research were funded most the most frequently funded research areas by the NIH. Both the NIH and NSFC funding for lung cancer immune-related research has increased in recent years. CONCLUSIONS: NIH funding in the United States is decreasing year by year, whereas NSFC funding is increasing in China. There are some differences in research focus in lung cancer research funding between China and the United States. However, both countries have increased the support for immune-related research in recent years.
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Crop production is facing unprecedented challenges. Despite the fact that the food supply has significantly increased over the past half-century, ~8.9 and 14.3% people are still suffering from hunger and malnutrition, respectively. Agricultural environments are continuously threatened by a booming world population, a shortage of arable land, and rapid changes in climate. To ensure food and ecosystem security, there is a need to design future crops for sustainable agriculture development by maximizing net production and minimalizing undesirable effects on the environment. The future crops design projects, recently launched by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), aim to develop a roadmap for rapid design of customized future crops using cutting-edge technologies in the Breeding 4.0 era. In this perspective, we first introduce the background and missions of these projects. We then outline strategies to design future crops, such as improvement of current well-cultivated crops, de novo domestication of wild species and redomestication of current cultivated crops. We further discuss how these ambitious goals can be achieved by the recent development of new integrative omics tools, advanced genome-editing tools and synthetic biology approaches. Finally, we summarize related opportunities and challenges in these projects.
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Crops, Agricultural/genetics , Gene Editing/methods , Genome, Plant/genetics , CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics , Ecosystem , Plant BreedingABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) is a vital source of support for scientific research in China and abroad. Among the 18 categories programs managed by the NSFC, the Joint Fund, which looks to develop innovation in basic Chinese research, has drawn particular interest from scientists and researchers. This study set out to review the distribution of funding from the Joint Fund in recent years to provide potential applicants with a useful point of reference. METHODS: Guidebooks and annual reports published from 2015 to 2019 were accessed on the NSFC website and the relevant data from the Joint Fund were obtained. The data were analyzed to identify any trends or patterns in funding distribution. RESULTS: Between 2015 and 2019, the NSFC's Joint Fund awarded a total of 46 million Chinese yuan (CNY) to 354 projects in 29 areas within the field of population health. The funding recipients, who were aged between 30 and 66 years old, came from 47 host institutions. Among the successful applicants, 225 were in senior level positions, 129 were in deputy senior level positions, and 19 were in medium-grade professional positions. Collaboration between institutions was a common feature of funding applications. CONCLUSIONS: By analyzing the distribution of funding from the Joint Fund, we identified a number of common features of successful funding applications, which may help to inform future funding applications.
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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to summarize the current situation and deficiencies of the fundamental research on pediatric otolaryngology-head and neck science. It is hoped that the results can provide support for the long-term development of the basic research on this subject. METHODS: Information concerning the applications to and funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for otolaryngology-head and neck from 2009 to 2019 was collected and analyzed. RESULTS: In the past 10 years, pediatric otolaryngology-head and neck science received 150 applications, accounting for 2.92% of all applications for otolaryngology-head and neck science. Ultimately, 20 projects were funded, accounting for 2.17% of all the funded projects. There were 88 applications for children's ear science and hearing-related research, accounting for 58.67% of the applications for pediatric otolaryngology-head and neck science. Furthermore, 14 approved grants focused on cochlear implants and the genetics and mechanisms of deafness. There were 25 applications related to children's nasal science, particularly allergic rhinitis, accounting for 16.67% of the total applications. Of these, 4 applications were funded, and these mainly focused on the disease regulation and pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis. A total of 30 applications related to children's laryngopharyngeal diseases, accounting for 20% of the applications, mainly focused on obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), adenoid hypertrophy, and tonsil hypertrophy, with only 1 application being funded. The scientific research on children's head and neck was mainly related to laryngeal papilloma and lymphatic vascular malformation, with 7 projects being applied for and 2 being funded. CONCLUSIONS: The fundamental research of pediatric otolaryngology-head and neck science in China is at a relatively weak level and lags behind the average level of the discipline. There are relatively few basic researchers engaged in pediatric otolaryngology-head and neck science, and the dominant research units are relatively concentrated. The basic research of children's ear science is relatively advanced in each subspecialty, so the basic research on children's unique congenital and hereditary diseases should be further strengthened.
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BACKGROUND: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) plays a vital role promoting advancement of science in China. The incidence and mortality rate of valvular heart disease (VHD) increase with aging population. Therefore, it is of significance to discuss the development and trend in the field of VHD and provide references for scholars to carry out further Foundations. METHODS: Internet-based Science Information System and other websites were used to search for projects supported by NSFC related to VHD in 2008-2019 and related information of applicants. Publications, citations and impact factors were queried by Google Scholar and InCites Journal Citation Reports 2.0 and analyzed by SPSS for Windows version 24.0. Key words extracted from these project titles were imported into Citespace for analysis. RESULTS: A total of 117 projects and related information were acquired. Although the annual amount of projects and funding has fluctuated in recent years, they still maintained an upward trend. Institutes were mainly distributed over Hubei Province, Shanghai and Jiangsu Province. Applicants characterized as senior title, male, cardiac surgeon have accounted for a larger proportion of projects, with a greater amount of funding. Through the analysis of keywords and subject distribution, molecular-biology-based mechanism study combined with tissue engineering has become the principal research hot spot and trend in recent years. Annual changes in output in scientific research were consistent with changes in the amount of funding. CONCLUSIONS: This paper collated funding situation supported by NSFC in VHD, analyzed distribution of keywords and summarized the research trend, so as to supply guidance to researchers for advanced researches.
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BACKGROUND: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) plays an important role in supporting scientific research. And numerous scientists and researchers are concerned about the applications and funding. METHODS: Annual reports of 2014-2018 were searched respectively from the NSFC official website. Further analysis was made to discover the regularity and trend of projects funded by NSFC. RESULTS: The funding by NSFC continuously increased rapidly since its establishment. Recently, the annual amount, which is still on the rise, has reached more than 20 billion CNY. From the year 2014 to 2018 multifarious projects types were set up by NSFC to support scientific research of different level and multiple dimensions. CONCLUSIONS: In the past years, NSFC had provides strong support to basic scientific research in all fronts and provided a mechanism for fair competition.
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BACKGROUND: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) plays an important role in supporting scientific research. The Major Program is one of the most important types as it improves the capability of indigenous innovation in China's basic research efforts. Thus, numerous scientists and researchers are concerned about its application and funding aspects. METHODS: The information and data of the Major Program were collected from guide books and annual reports released between the years 2010 to 2018 via the NSFC official website. We conducted further analysis to discover any regularities and tendencies. RESULTS: From 2010 to 2018, a total of 21 areas in the field of health science were funded by the NSFC and eventually 87 projects were approved, totaling 32.8 million CNY. The applicants funded were from 43 host institutions, 70 were males and 17 were females, and the applicants were aged between of 35 and 77 years. Of all the applicants funded, 86 had senior title while only 1 had deputy senior title. The collaboration of institutions was common in the applications. CONCLUSIONS: Several characteristics of the Major Program could be found based on the analysis, which may be beneficial for the applicants in the future.
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To analyze statistically the situation of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) from 2007 to 2016 in the field of acupuncture and moxibustion for supporting the national Universities colleges of traditional Chinese medicine on the General Program (GP) and the National Science Fund for Young Scholars (NSFYS). In view of five aspects, named fund, supporting units, key words, method, disorder and signal path, the differences were compared between GP and NSFYS, the following characteristics were summarized. â The fund aid was increased from 2007 through 2013 and down-regulated from 2013 through 2016. In recent ten years, the funding condition was fluctuated, but increasing in tendency generally. â¡ The relevant projects of the same research direction had been approved continuously for over 3 years in a part of TCM universities, in which, the research continuity was the hot topic. ⢠Regarding the therapeutic methods, acupuncture was the chief therapy; electroacupuncture, moxibustion and acupoints were involved as well. ⣠The disorders involved in the research were cerebral ischemia, myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury. It is suggested that the ischemic disorder is predominated in the research. ⤠The signal path occupied the main research index system, including cell proliferation, metabolism, immune, apoptosis and autophagy. The researches on the other aspects were less.
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Acupuncture Therapy/trends , Moxibustion/trends , China , Humans , Ischemia/therapy , Medicine, Chinese Traditional , UniversitiesABSTRACT
To analyze statistically the situation of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) from 2007 to 2016 in the field of acupuncture and moxibustion for supporting the national Universities colleges of traditional Chinese medicine on the General Program (GP) and the National Science Fund for Young Scholars (NSFYS). In view of five aspects, named fund, supporting units, key words, method, disorder and signal path, the differences were compared between GP and NSFYS, the following characteristics were summarized. ① The fund aid was increased from 2007 through 2013 and down-regulated from 2013 through 2016. In recent ten years, the funding condition was fluctuated, but increasing in tendency generally. ② The relevant projects of the same research direction had been approved continuously for over 3 years in a part of TCM universities, in which, the research continuity was the hot topic. ③ Regarding the therapeutic methods, acupuncture was the chief therapy; electroacupuncture, moxibustion and acupoints were involved as well. ④ The disorders involved in the research were cerebral ischemia, myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury. It is suggested that the ischemic disorder is predominated in the research. ⑤ The signal path occupied the main research index system, including cell proliferation, metabolism, immune, apoptosis and autophagy. The researches on the other aspects were less.
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Humans , Acupuncture Therapy , China , Ischemia , Therapeutics , Medicine, Chinese Traditional , Moxibustion , UniversitiesABSTRACT
The funding of Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for acupuncture projects from 2005 to 2015 was summarized and analyzed. The results indicated during past 11 years, 711 projects regarding acupuncture were funded by NSFC, with a total of 281 million RMB, accounting for 12.39% in TCM projects. It was concluded the funding for acupuncture projects was increased year by year, but was still relatively weak; in addition, the funding was unbalanced in different areas and organizations, mainly in Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, Guangdong, Tianjin, and the continuity and variability both existed in research content and direction.
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Acupuncture/economics , Financial Support , Foundations/economics , Acupuncture Therapy , China , Natural Science DisciplinesABSTRACT
The funding of Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for acupuncture projects from 2005 to 2015 was summarized and analyzed. The results indicated during past 11 years, 711 projects regarding acupuncture were funded by NSFC, with a total of 281 million RMB, accounting for 12.39% in TCM projects. It was concluded the funding for acupuncture projects was increased year by year, but was still relatively weak; in addition, the funding was unbalanced in different areas and organizations, mainly in Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, Guangdong, Tianjin, and the continuity and variability both existed in research content and direction.
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OBJECTIVE: To analyze the projects on the infectious disease epidemiology sponsored by the National Natural Science 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 research 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. CONCLUSIONS: 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.
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Communicable Diseases/epidemiology , Foundations/economics , Foundations/statistics & numerical data , Natural Science Disciplines/economics , China/epidemiology , Communicable Diseases/economics , Databases, Factual , HumansABSTRACT
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.
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Biomechanics, one important sub-discipline of mechanics, is an interdisciplinary subject involved in mechanics, biology and medical science, and it is closely associated with life health and clinic medicine. In this paper, applications and grants of normal projects and youth science foundation projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) on biomechanics from year 2012 to 2016 are introduced. Research directions and research teams of biomechanics are mainly discussed, and some suggestions are given for the development of biomechanics in China.
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The numbers of application and granted funds for NSFC were analyzed statistically in Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Anzhen Hospital from 2009 to 2012.This paper retrospectively analyzed the development recurrent features of scientific research and put forward some suggestions.Meanwhile,it revealed the prospects of scientific research in our hospital.
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Object To establish and apply an evaluation method based on DEA in NSFC project performance evaluation. Methods Based on the analysis of NSFC projects in Peking University People's Hospital,this paper determined the evaluation index system of NSFC projects.The outputoriented DEA was selected and applied in the performance evaluation.Results We figures out the DEA ratio of every NSFC project with the established method in the program of DEAP Version 2.1.Conclusion The method based on DEA can reflect the performance of NSFC projects,and the evaluation results can provide project managers and the management department of NSFC with evidences and references to make polices for project management.
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This paper reviewed and analyzed the 72 fulfilled projects in the discipline of Otorhinolar-yngology supported in division Ⅱ of basic research of clinical medicine by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China (NSFC) from year 2002 to 2006, and gave a brief introduction to the part of research a-chievements. The science foundation promotes Otorhinolaryngology to a quick development, and produces some outstanding research achievements with international recognition. Thus, it plays an important role in el-evating the level of discipline and bringing up specialists. According to the retrospection and analysis of the fulfilled projects and their research achievements, we hope it can objective and overall reflect research pro-gress in the field of Otorhinolaryngology, and offer as a reference to the relevant researchers and scientific re-search managers.