Analysis on the Impact of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic on Scientific Research in Universities

Abstract

Objective: To understand the progress of scientific research during the pandemic, and to analyze comprehensively the factors, in order to better carry out targeted work, and further strengthen the planning of scientific research organizations. Method: We issue questionnaires on mobile phones to colleges and research institutes in the natural sciences. According to the situation of their scientific research teams, each unit selects 5 - 10 faculty members of different research fields, different professional qualifications, different levels and different ages to complete online questionnaires. Being problem-oriented, we select professors, scholars, young instructors and scientific research managers from 6 colleges with different departments and different scientific research scales to conduct the research and discussions. We extract data from scientific research system for macro analysis. The above three methods are complemented and cross-referenced with each other. Results: The scientific research works in colleges and universities are affected widely by the epidemic. The result shows that the experimental process was slow (accounting for 65.78%). The postgraduates were not on duty (accounting for 61.16%), and the limited data of thesis writing appeared detached (accounting for 27.18%). Compared with the same period of the previous two years, the individual applications for government-sponsored research are considered to be basically equal (accounting for 51.46%). Due to the reduction of government financial investments, some major scientific research projects undertaken by enterprises. Conclusion: According to the requirements for epidemic prevention and control, the deployment and planning of the work should be adjusted timely, in order to respond to the actual needs. We must strike a balance between epidemic prevention and control, and scientific research, promote both of them, and grasp development opportunities.