Achievements in cancer research supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China

Wei Hong,Erdan Dong,Liping Zhang,Cui Li,Hai Hu,Yanying Xu,Jun Zhang

doi:10.1007/s11434-012-5633-x

Abstract

For the past two decades, great achievements have been made in cancer research of China and the majority of them were supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). In this article, we reviewed the funding history of NSFC including the number of proposals, the amount of grants, distribution of supported program categories during the period of 1987 to 2012 and the representative achievements made by continuous support of NSFC. Also, the impacts of NSFC support on discipline development and talent fostering were analyzed. From 1987 to 2012, a total of 8738 proposals related to cancer research were funded by NSFC. The percentages of the Research Program, Talent-Training Program, and the Research Environment Program were 61.19%, 36.32%, and 2.49%, respectively. Under the support of NSFC, cancer research in China has achieved a significantly rapid and balanced development in both disciplines and scientist resources.

Highlights

For the past two decades, great achievements have been made in cancer research of China and the majority of them were supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Programs in cancer research are administrated by Division of Oncology at Department of Health Sciences of NSFC
The discipline in Division of Oncology is classified based on different human medical systems/organs

Summary

Overview of NSFC grant support on cancer research

NSFC has 3 programs integrated in the whole funding system with different focuses, which are designated for Research, Talent-Training, and Research Environment programs, respectively. From 1987 to 2012, NSFC has funded 8738 programs in cancer research with a total sum of approximately 3 billion RMB. While the total funding of NSFC has been improved gradually, the budget of NSFC and, the support for cancer research have been increased dramatically during the.

Funding subcategories

Breakthroughs in cancer research supported by NSFC

Talents fostering under NSFC’s support