NSFC and the International Cooperation
Yinglan Zhang
August 9, 2006
National Natural Science Foundation of China
• History and Mission • Organization Structure• Budget• Program and Evaluation• International Cooperation
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Founded in 1986, NSFC is an national funding organization directly under the State Council for the management of the National Natural Science Fund, with the mission to support creative research and foster talents in basic science in China.
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It is the unique organization in China that it receives free applications from individual scientists (about 80,000) and adopts the mechanism of peer review to select the excellent for support.
NSFC Council
NSFC is administrated by its Council which consisted of the President, Vice Presidents and Council members. They are appointed for a term of four years.
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President: Yiyu Chen, Member of CAS, Professor of Hydrobiology
Vice Presidents:Daoben Zhu, Member of CAS, Professor of Organic ChemistryZuoyan Zhu, Member of CAS, Professor of Molecular GeneticsJie Wang, Professor of Algebra and CryptographyWenqing Shen, Member of CAS, Professor of Nuclear PhysicsJiaguang Sun, Member of CAE, Professor of Computer Sciences
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7 scientific departments in charge of the organization of proposal acceptance, evaluation and selection:
Math. & Physical Sciences
Chemical Sciences
Earth Sciences
Life Sciences
Information Sciences
Engineering & Materials Sciences
Management Sciences
• General Office• Bureau of Planning• Bureau of Policy• Bureau of Personnel• Bureau of International Cooperation• Bureau of Finance• Office of Discipline Inspection, Auditing and
Supervision
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With almost 100% of the investment from the central government, NSFC’s total budget in 2006 is 3.4 billion Yuan RMB (425 million$ ).
The annual increase rate of NSFC’s budget during the past 20 years is about 20%.
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06NSFC budget has been increased at an annual rate of over 20%. The budget for 2006-2010 will be doubled compared with that from 2001-2005, reaching over 20 B Yuan RMB.
Annual budget Unit: 100 million Yuan
Time schedule for NSFC program:
• January to March 31, call for proposal on the NSFC net
• April, NSFC program managers select peer reviewers (5 reviewers per project) and send proposals to peer reviewers from NSFC net
• May, peer reviewers send the evaluation back to NSFC departments through NSFC net
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• June, NSFC program managers summarize the peer reviewers comments and select 35% of proposals to the panel meeting
• July, panel meetings (769 experts in 63 panels) held
• August, check proposals information and get ready for NSFC Council’s approval
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• September, NSFC Council meeting held
• October, send notifications to applicants
• Next January, fund allocation
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Rely on expertsDevelop democracyChoose the excellent to supportBe fair and just
Evaluation Mechanism
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General Program
Key Program
Major Program
Special Program
International Cooperation
Free Application
Young Scientist’s Fund
Less Developed Region Fund
National Natural Science Fund
Fund for Outstanding Young Scientists
Fund for Talents Training
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Major Research Plan
Peer review procedure for research programs
Success Rate around 20%
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Institution
NSFC Approval Panel Review
Peer Review
NSFC Departments
Proposals
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Success Rate for Free Applications
Year Proposals Received Proposals Funded Success Rate
2001 23 636 4 435 18.36%2002 27 590 5 808 21.05%2003 31 791 6 359 20.00% 2004 39 659 7 711 19.44%2005 49 325 9 111 18.47%
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International Cooperation and Exchanges 国际合作交流
To carry out extensive, in-depth and substantial international cooperation is the need of basic research.
Signed 64Cooperative Agreements with Institutionsin 35 Countries and Regions
Established an Extensive Cooperative Relationship
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NSFC total budget
Intl. Coop. Fund ≈3-4%
Funds can be used for Intl. Coop. by scientists 10-15%
国际合作交流经费
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• Major international joint research projects;(重大)
• Projects mutually recommended under MOU;(协议)
• International conferences held in China;(国际会议)
• Fund for overseas Chinese scholars;(留学生)
• State key laboratories;(国家重点实验室)
• Sino-German Center for Research Promotion.(中德中
心)
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Categories of Cooperative Projects(类别)
International Program of NSFC
From 1986 to 2005, Total projects funded: 24,972(项)
Total Funding: 681.00 m Yuan RMB
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Together with MOST, CAS, NSFC has supported Chinese scientists in participating cooperation on the construction of CMS and ATLAS detectors at CERN(欧洲核子中心)
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Ocean DrillingOcean Drilling((大洋钻探)大洋钻探)
ProjectProject (ODP184)
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Sponsors over 200 international conferences held in Sponsors over 200 international conferences held in China annually China annually ((国际会议)国际会议)
Cooperation with Japan与日本的合作
• September 20, 1996, NSFC signed MOU with JSPS
48 joint research projects, 26 joint workshops.
• A3 Foresight Program (NSFC, JSPS, KOSEF)
In 2005, two projects were selected for support on nanoscience and nano technology In 2006, one projects were selected for support on Biotechnology
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• The meeting of Heads of Research Councils in Asia (A-HORCs) (NSFC, JSPS, KOSEF)
– 1st A-HORCs on Nov. 2003 in Tokyo – 2nd A-HORCs on Dec. 2004 in Shanghai – 3rd A-HORCs on Nov. 2005 in Gyeongju– 4th A-HORCs on Nov. 2006 in Kyushu
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Cooperation with JST
• January 23, 2006, NSFC signed MOU with JST
“S&T for Environmental Conservation and Construction of a Society with Less Environmental Burden”
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Cooperation with JST• 3 joint workshops (研讨会)
Feb. 2004 in WuhanJune 2005 in TokyoMay 2006 in Beijing
• 8 Major International Joint Research Projects with 10 million Yuan RMB from NSFC
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纳米和梯度热电材料与太阳能光电·热电·风力发电系统
日本航空宇宙技术研究所
新野正之武汉理工大学张清杰4
污水脱氮除磷新理论、新工艺及过程控制
东京大学味埜俊
Mino Takashi北京工业大学环境科学与工程研究所
彭永臻3
城市大气细粒子PM2.5污染特
征与形成机制研究日本国立环境
研究所
岩松伸思Shinji
Wakamatsu
清华大学环境科学与工程研究院
郝吉明2
污水处理系统及水再生利用中的模拟、优化和安全性研究
丰桥科技大学藤江幸一
Koichi Fujie中国科学院生态环境研究中心
杨敏1
合作项目名称依托单位日方申请者依托单位中方申请
者序号
2004年NSFC/JST国际合作项目获准名单
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2005年NSFC/JST国际合作项目获准名单
新型可持续卫生系统研究和健康风险评价
北海道大学大学院工学研究科
船水 尚行西安建筑科技大学王晓昌4
室内空气中典型有机污染物的浓度水平、污染来源及健康风险
静岡県立大学環境科学研究所
雨谷 敬史浙江大学朱利中3
利用生物乙醇柴油及其相应的发动机尾气催化净化技术构筑环境友好的柴油机系统
九州大学大学院総合理工学研究院物質科学部門寺岡 靖剛
中国科学院生态环境研究中心
贺 泓2
生物转化生物质制取清洁能源的新技术原理
長岡技術科学大学工学部建設・環境系
原田秀樹中国科学技术大学俞汉青1
项 目 名 称依托单位日方申请人依托单位中方申请人序号
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