Wan Qiang, Xu Yanying, Dong Erdan
Department of Health Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing, China; Department of Nephrology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
J Diabetes. 2015 May;7(3):307-14. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12265. Epub 2015 Apr 14.
As the largest funding agency of natural science of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has made great efforts in promoting the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) research in recent years. The aim of the current study is to summarize the diabetic nephropathy research in China by analyzing NSFC-funded projects. Data on all projects in the DN field funded by NSFC from 1986 to 2013 were collected. The funding tendency, funding areas, and hotspots in the DN field, and major research institutions, were analyzed. As one output of this support, outstanding research groups in China, and their representative studies, are also highlighted. From 1986 to 2013, the NSFC has funded a total of 248 projects in the DN field, with a total funding amount of 91.5 million RMB (US$14.9 million). A rapid increase could be seen in the past 5 years, with an average annual 30% increase in projects numbers and a 52% increase in funding amount. All fields in DN research have been covered by the NSFC, including etiology, pathophysiology, diagnostics, and therapeutics. Along with increased funding of the DN research, there has been a growth in the papers published in Science Citation Index journals by Chinese scholars. In the past decade, the funding scale and funding budget have increased dramatically. Benefiting from this, DN research in China has also made considerable progression.
作为中国最大的自然科学基金资助机构，国家自然科学基金委员会（NSFC）近年来在推动糖尿病肾病（DN）研究发展方面做出了巨大努力。本研究旨在通过分析NSFC资助项目来总结中国的糖尿病肾病研究情况。收集了1986年至2013年NSFC资助的DN领域所有项目的数据。分析了DN领域的资助趋势、资助领域、热点以及主要研究机构。作为这种支持的一项成果，还突出介绍了中国的优秀研究团队及其代表性研究。1986年至2013年，NSFC在DN领域共资助了248个项目，资助总额为9150万元人民币（1490万美元）。在过去5年中可以看到快速增长，项目数量平均每年增长30%，资助金额增长52%。NSFC涵盖了DN研究的所有领域，包括病因学、病理生理学、诊断学和治疗学。随着DN研究资助的增加，中国学者在科学引文索引期刊上发表的论文也有所增长。在过去十年中，资助规模和资助预算大幅增加。受益于此，中国的DN研究也取得了相当大的进展。
