免疫学的发展与国家自然科学基金

国家自然科学基金自1986年设立以来,一直把促进学科发展作为其重要使命和核心任务.免疫学是生命科学和医学的前沿学科之一.25年来,国家自然科学基金通过发挥项目指南的战略导向作用,加大投入项目研究经费,定期开展免疫学的学科发展战略研究,针对重要研究领域设立重点项目,积极组织和支持跨学部交叉的重大项目,积极扶持地区人才、培育青年人才、造就拔尖人才、吸引海外人才,以及通过支持免疫学研究的平台建设等方式,全力支持中国免疫学的发展.统计数据表明,近10年来,中国免疫学研究的规模迅速扩大,国际合作不断扩展,国际综合排名明显上升.

The role of the National Natural Science Fund in the development of immunology in China

Since the initiation of the National Natural Science Fund in 1986,the promotion of discipline development has always been one of its major missions and core tasks.Over 25 years,the National Natural Science Fund has played an important role in the development of immunology,one of the frontier disciplines in both life sciences and medical sciences,by guiding research directions through its Guide for Programs and Application Codes,giving intensive funding to immunological research projects,developing strategic plans of immunology,soliciting Key projects in targeted immunological areas,organizing and supporting cross-departmental interdisciplinary Major projects,fostering young scientists and talents in undeveloped regions and overseas in immunology,and stressing platform construction of immunological studies etc.An analysis of publications in immunology has shown that in China both the research workforce and international cooperation and exchange in immunology are expanding rapidly,and China’s combined ranking of both citations and papers in immunology has greatly improved in the last 10 years.