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On April 30, 2024, the 2024 National Natural Science Foundation of China announced the first notice on the project, and the results of the formal examination, that is, the preliminary examination, came out.
Compared with the 304333 last year, the number of project applications received by the NSFC this year has increased by 80,000 and 80,231, which is 8.07 times the increase of last year (9,937). Even if the inadmissibility projects are removed, the increase is 7.6 times that of last year. The growth rate is even more exaggerated, with a growth rate of 26.3 percent this year, compared to only about 4 percent in previous years. Unlike the large number of accepted projects from 2017 to 2020 and the large number of inadmissible projects (more than 3,000 except for 2020), only 1,441 were rejected this year, only 430 more than last year, less than the year before. Judging from the quantity alone, this year's natural competition must be much more fierce than in previous years, and the final funding rate is likely to drop significantly. As for those who have received the notice of inadmissibility, please carefully review the attachment below and choose the application for review according to your own situation.
It is reported that from April 29, the application for the general project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China has begun to be evaluated, and in this year's application rules, each person is limited to 3 national natural project grants (subject to the official release) has become the focus of heated discussion.
May Day overtime review of the Natural Fund
This year's review has increased again.,The book has been preliminarily over.,0 to 1 innovation no.,There's no form that's very poor.。
Natural funds are closely related to fame and interest, units and individuals attach great importance to it, the applicant's ability to tell stories has been greatly improved, high impact factor journal papers have been popularized, and many applicants have sub-journals.
Grading is becoming more and more difficult, and those with research projects are not prioritized, those that cannot promote the progress of the discipline are not prioritized, and those who lack application prospects are not prioritized.
The country naturally has more monks and less porridge, and the financial pressure has risen sharply. An academic celebrity recently proposed: Each person is limited to 3 national natural funds, and then can only compete for other funds: If the 3 national natural funds cannot produce meaningful and competitive results, they should be eliminated. It is understood that if this new rule is implemented, it means that once researchers receive funding from three national natural projects, they will face the risk of being eliminated if they fail to produce meaningful and competitive results. This change aims to improve the efficiency and quality of research funding and encourage researchers to produce more high-impact research results. In addition, this year's review volume has increased again, and the applicants' storytelling ability and the popularity of high-impact factor journal papers have increased significantly. However, the difficulty of grading also increases, as applicants with research projects will not be prioritized, and projects that do not advance the discipline and lack application prospects will also be marginalized. Against the backdrop of increasingly tight funding for scientific research, this new rule undoubtedly brings new challenges to researchers. How to produce more high-quality research results in the limited funding opportunities has become a problem that researchers must face. At the same time, this also puts forward higher requirements for the management and guidance of scientific research units. This adjustment of the National Natural Science Foundation of China is expected to have a far-reaching impact on the mainland's scientific research ecology. Scientific researchers, research units, and relevant administrative departments all need to actively adapt to the new rules and jointly promote the healthy development of scientific research on the mainland.
First trial: Zhang Yanling review: Song Qifan
Final Judge: Jin Jun
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