Trend of Development of Plant Science and a Survey of Fund in Division of Botany in the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

摘要

According to the developing trends of plant science and the traits of the division of botany, "attaching importance to the frontiers in botany, supporting weak subdisciplines, and paying attention to newly growing points" is picked up as the funding strategy of Division of Botany in NSFC. The budget and the number of projects funded have increased year after year in recent four years, and in 2004, the budget and the number of projects funded are twice of that in 2001. The paper presents principle adopted in recommending projects to be funded and briefly introduces the applications as well as a survey of fund. The list of programs funded by Division of Botany in 2004 is provided.