Implications of Rising NSF Funding Rate and Funding Intensity in Past Decade on Funding Work of National Natural Science Foundation of China
The budget of the U.S.National Science Foundation(NSF)in 2022 fiscal year(FY)reached a record high of $8.84 billion,an increase of 4.1％over the appropriation in 2021 FY.According NSF official website,the funding success rate had steadily increased from 22％in 2013 to 28％in 2022,and the average funding intensity has also increased from $ 525 000 per grant to $ 806 000 per grant.Overall,the steady increase in NSF funding success rate can be attributed to the gradual decline in annual proposals from nearly 50 000 to around 40 000,while the number of funded grants remained at around 11 000 annually;The increase in average funding intensity is attributed to the significant increase in NSF's annual budget from approximately $ 6 billion to nearly $ 9 billion,while maintaining the same number of annual funded grants.Based on the changes in NSF's overall funding in the past decade,we herein propose implications for China's natural science foundation work.We suggested that it should continue to increase investment in fundamental research to improve the National Natural Science Foundation of China's(NSFC)success rate and to transform the scientific talent resource into a driving force of high-quality development,finally taking advantage in the scientific and technological competion among major countries.
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