Analysis of projects of schistosomiasis sponsored by National Science Foun-dation of China

VernacularTitle:2005-2016年血吸虫病研究项目国家自然科学基金资助情况分析
Author: di Wen ZHOU ¹ ; Liang SHI ; dan Xue KE ; Jie WANG
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1. 江苏省血吸虫病防治研究所
Keywords: Schistosomiasis; National Science Foundation of China(NSFC); Research situation
From: Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2017;29(5):592-597
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To summarize the present development by analysis of projects in schistosomiasis funded by National Science Foundation of China(NSFC). Methods Based on the ISIS database of NFSC,the projects in the studies of schistoso-miasis from 2005 to 2016 were analyzed. The distributions of sponsored numbers,amounts,types,agencies,disciplines and changes in research topics by means of network profiles were described. Results During the study period,198 projects were funded by NSFC totally with 76.05 million yuan in which the general and youth projects were main types. The main sponsored agencies were research institutes and medical colleges. The top three fields sponsored were medical pathogenic microbes and in-fection,veterinary and medical immunology. Conclusion The funding on schistosomiasis researches has a downward trend, but studies are continuing in depth. In this situation,innovative and interdisciplinary researches need to be encouraged to pro-mote the development of schistosomiasis.