Retrospective analysis of granted projects of the Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Disease during 2005-2014

Abstract

Objective Through review and analysis of the approved research subject during 2005-2014 in Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases (JIPD), promote scientific research ability and speed up the cultivation of talents, as well as provide basis for the establishment of scientific research development plan in the thirteenth five-year-plan. Methods To input approved research subject during 2005-2014 and personnel register table provided by personnel department to Microsoft Excel 2010 software, to analysis the trend of annual approved subject by compare the quantity of approved project with Stata12.0 statistical software for statistical analysis of data. Results In this paper, the granted projects of the Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, was analyzed. The results showed that from 2005 to 2014, 100 projects were granted to JIPD. 29.0% (29/100) of the projects were at the national level; 31.0% (31/100) were at provincial and ministerial level. International cooperation projects and those supported by state key laboratory accounted for 12.0% (12/100). 28.0% (28/100) of the projects were at the commission and city level. 58 were basic research and 42 projects were applied research. Most project leaders were young aged researchers with intermediate professional titles. Conclusions The approved type of projects mainly focus on basic research. Bidding projects in general have an upward tendency and youth researchers are rapidly growing. However it is still needed to further enhance the ability of winning national and international cooperation projects, to expand research field and strengthen the study of other parasitic diseases. Key words: Scientific research management; Granted project; Parasitic diseases