Connecting the Last Mile to Speed Up Space Science Development of China—Review and Prospect of Funding Practices for Space Science by NSFC

Subjects: Other Disciplines >> Synthetic discipline submitted time 2023-03-28 Cooperative journals: 《中国科学院院刊》

侯增谦 姚玉鹏 董国轩 于晟

Abstract： Strengthening the basic scientific research in an all-round way and achieving more breakthroughs from zero to one as soon as possible are the major strategic needs of building a world leading power in science and technology in the new era. As the main channel funding basic research in China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has always focused on the basic frontiers and major scientific issues in space science, carried out strategic research on the planning of relevant disciplines, sorted out key scientific questions, defined the priority development direction, and provided continuous and stable funding through major, key, general, talent, and other programs and the development of major scientific instruments and equipment. Chinese space scientists have achieved a number of original achievements with important international influence with the above supports. Utilizing the comprehensive implementation of the systematic reform of NSFC, it will strengthen top-level design and forward-looking layout, focus on the scientific research of China’s major space science tasks, connect the last mile of space science development, support Chinese scholars to conduct cutting-edge research using the first-hand scientific data obtained by scientific satellites, deep space probes and space station platforms, and continue to produce milestone scientific breakthroughs, which are leading landmarks in building a strong aerospace and scientific powerhouse.

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