China's funding for scientific research is becoming more and more powerful, and the natural sciences are not only funding more and more projects, but also funding more and more. For example, the basic science center project is the project with the highest positioning and the largest funding by the National Natural Science Commission.
Since its establishment in 2016, the number of projects funded by the project has not exceeded 15 per year, and the direct funding can reach 80 million.
With such a high level of funding, the requirements are naturally very strict. The applied project must aim at the international scientific frontier, and be committed to making breakthroughs, producing original results with international leading level, and seizing the international commanding heights in related research fields.
Applicants also have special requirements, mainly because the academic level of the application team is at the forefront of science, and the academic leader should be an internationally renowned scientist in the relevant field, with strong academic macro control ability, scientific research organization ability, and the ability to gather interdisciplinary outstanding scientific research talents, and the age cannot exceed 60 years old.
There are restrictions on the selection of project topics, the number of projects, and the application conditions, so only a few universities can be approved for basic science center projects every year. The approved institutions not only show their leading position in the relevant fields, but also show the strength of the young research team.
Once a university is approved for a basic science center project, it often breaks the history of the university or even the province in which it is located. For example, Yanshan University was approved for the "Material High Pressure Control" project in 2022, with a direct funding of 60 million yuan, which is not only the first approved basic science center project of the university, but also a historic breakthrough in Hebei Province, which is considered a milestone in the development of science and technology of Yanshan University.
Now, some universities have successively disclosed that they have been approved for the 2023 National Natural Science ** Basic Science Center project, some of which break the history of the university, and some of which are going to the next level.
Southwest Jiaotong University was approved for the "Modern Railway Dynamics and Carrying Safety" project, which is not only the first basic science center project of Southwest Jiaotong University, but also the first basic science center project of the Department of Engineering and Materials Science in the field of transportation, creating two historic breakthroughs.
Nanjing Medical University was approved as the "Best Basic and Precise Prevention of Common Chronic Diseases" project, led by Shen Hongbing, which is also a historic breakthrough for the university.
Surprisingly, the University of Science and Technology of China is also the first time that this project has been approved. The university was approved for the "Multi-process Problem Study of Extreme Flows", which aims to solve key scientific problems in major national needs such as ultra-high-speed flight and wind and sand control.
The most noteworthy is Central South University. In 2020, the university was approved for the first time as a basic science center for "Theory and Application of Resource and Environmental Management in the Era of Digital Economy", which is not only the first basic science center of Central South University, but also the first basic science center of Hunan Province. Now, Central South University has been approved as the second basic science center "Earth's space-time benchmark", which can be described as the icing on the cake.
However, Central South University was fortunate to be approved for the "Earth's Space-Time Benchmark" Basic Science Center project, relying on the airborne President Academician Li Jiancheng. Academician Li Jiancheng has been working at Wuhan University, serving as vice president after 2015, and parachuting into Central South University as president in September 2022.
As we all know, it takes many years of preparation to declare such a major project, and it is obvious that Academician Li Jiancheng has already started to apply for this project during his work at Wuhan University. If you continue to work at Wuhan University, the lead unit of this basic science center will be Wuhan University. Helplessly, the project followed the people, and Academician Li Jiancheng arrived at Central South University, and Central South University naturally became the leading unit. This is equivalent to saying that Academician Li Jiancheng brought a basic science center from Wuhan University to Central South University.
Li Jiancheng received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Wuhan University, stayed on to teach after graduation, served as the dean of the School of Surveying and Mapping of Wuhan University, and was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2011.
As the leader of surveying and mapping science, the basic science center of "Earth Spatio-temporal Benchmark" is naturally inseparable from Wuhan University, so the project is jointly applied by Central South University, Wuhan University and Xi'an Institute of Surveying and Mapping. This is also a good thing, which can promote the development of surveying and mapping discipline in Central South University. The two universities are located in the neighboring provincial capital, not far away, convenient transportation, and are sister universities, so it is conducive to making breakthroughs by concentrating the efforts of the two universities to conduct research.
Statistics show that from 2016 to the present, less than 30 colleges and universities have been approved for the basic science center project, almost all of which are "double first-class", of which "985" universities are the mainstay, with the exception of Yanshan University, which highlights the leading position of Yanshan University in individual disciplines. (See the attached article at the end of the article).
Netizens, the high level of colleges and universities is not only reflected in the high quality of cultivating talents, but also in the high level of scientific research projects. From the number and level of scientific research projects, we can indeed get a glimpse of the strength of universities. I don't know what you think about this, welcome to leave a message to discuss.
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