国家自然科学基金地球科学面上项目15年资助情况分析

根据国家自然科学基金委员会地球科学部1990—2004年基金项目年度统计资料，归纳总结了1990年以来15年期间地球科学领域面上基金项目的申请和资助数量与金额、项目平均申请与资助金额的变化规律；分析了自由申请项目以及青年基金项目和地区基金项目的资助规律；比较了地球科学领域分支学科申请和资助情况。分析表明：地球科学面上项目的资助数量不断上升，资助率多年平均为21.92%；资助强度年均增长14.15%,至2004年,项目平均资助强度已达30.03万元；各类面上项目中，以自由申请项目获资助数量最多，占资助总量的76%，其次为青年基金项目，地区基金项目所占比例最低，不足资助总量的4%；地球科学各学科面上项目申请和资助数量及金额均呈上升趋势，但具体资助情况互有差异，其中地理学和地质学申请和资助数量及金额占到所有面上项目总数的50%以上，但资助率却低于其他学科；各学科的项目平均资助强度每年增加幅度大约为1.80万元，在2000年之前，各学科的项目平均资助强度相差较少，但自2000年开始，地质学、地球物理学和地球化学成为高资助强度的3个学科。

Analysis of the Earth Science Projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China Since 1990

Based on the analysis of the Earth science General Projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC) between 1990-2004,this paper addressed some key finding about the fund characters of the NSFC in the field of Earth science:(a) The quantity of the request projects is increasing from 1656 to 3247.The increase speed has been quickened since 2001 by the rate of 13.68%.The Earth science researchers have taken the National Natural Science Foundation as the most important fund channel of scientific research.(b) The average fund intensity of the Earth science general projects is enhanced from 48 400 Chinese Yuan to 300 300 Chinese Yuan per project by the increasing rate of 14.15% per year.(c) The rate of the funded project is in the level of 21.92% of all the request projects.In the last five years(2000-2004),this rate has increased to 23.64%.(d) In all the kinds of the General Projects,the Free Application Projects are the most important part,which occupies 76% of the amount of all the funded projects.The project of Young Scientists Fund occupies 20%,and the last 4% is for the project of Less Development Regions Fund.