国自然科学基金 z-bio 2025-07-08 3354

　　Recently, the National Science Foundation of China has formulated a pilot implementation plan for major non-consensus projects and will launch a funding pilot in 2025. The specific announcement is as follows:

　　The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to "establish a non-consensus project screening mechanism recommended by experts by real-name experts."Recently, the National Science Foundation of China formulated a pilot implementation plan for major non-consensus projects and will launch a funding pilot in 2025.

　　At present, my country's scientific and technological development is in a critical stage from quantitative change to qualitative change. How to open up and lead the development direction in the "no man's land" of scientific and technological competition has become an urgent question that must be answered in front of my country's scientific and technological workers.

　　As an important carrier for breaking through existing cognition and leading the development of science and technology, non-consensus innovation research with original and disruptive characteristics has become an important focus of major scientific and technological powers. Such research is often difficult to obtain support through conventional channels due to its high controversy, difficulty in identifying and high risks.How to effectively identify and fund non-consensus projects has become an international challenge.

　　As the main channel for my country to fund basic research, the National Science Foundation of China has fulfilled its political responsibilities, conscientiously implemented the strategic deployment of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and resolutely assumed the important reform task of funding non-consensus projects.

　　Through in-depth research, systematic planning, and upholding the truth and innovation, a series of innovative measures are formulated: establish an expert committee of major non-consensus projects composed of front-line high-level scientists, fully empower the expert committee in project identification and selection, and effectively exert the academic appreciation and judgment of high-level experts;

　　Establish a channel for soliciting projects that experts recommend and the National Science Foundation of China actively discovers "dual track parallel"; adopt the "on-demand-segment-long-term" funding model, support in stages and gradually increase funding intensity;

　　Build a evaluation orientation that breaks the routine without judging the source, without setting thresholds, and without only past performance, and guide and encourage front-line scientific researchers, especially young scientific researchers, to engage in non-consensus innovative research;

　　Adopt the unconventional selection model of "in-depth interactive seminar + expert committee collegial discussion" and invite experts with different academic views to select projects through in-depth mutual debate and full discussion;

　　In project implementation and assessment, the management concept of "dynamic adjustment, prudent and inclusiveness" is adopted to create a good innovation ecosystem that encourages exploration and tolerate failure.At the same time, we pay attention to the supervision of the entire process of project management, and unify incentive responsibility and the use of power with integrity.

　　The Natural Science Foundation of China has built a multi-level and systematic non-consensus project funding mechanism by implementing major non-consensus projects, original exploration program projects, and strengthening the identification of African consensus innovation research in projects such as the opposite projects, Youth Science Foundation of China (Class C) and other projects, and strives to explore an effective path to support non-consensus innovation. On the one hand, it supports my country's scientific researchers to open up important research directions in the "no man's land" of international scientific and technological competition; on the other hand, it guides and encourages scientific researchers to explore boldly, do not blindly pursue hot spots, and do not do "follow-up" scientific research, and build a good ecology conducive to original innovation, thereby promoting the high-quality development of my country's basic research and providing solid support for building a strong country in science and technology.