"the best research funding" reviewed

Performance of funding by NSFC #China is reviewed by an international committee. Some main suggestions (comments in the brackets are mine):

1 substantially more staff to process huge applications, at the same time reduce the number of applications submitted (good to cut applications)

2 International problems, to attract international researchers (good for many overseas researchers)

3 extend the peer-review model to other funding agencies in China (good suggestion, however…)

4 improve the review of inter-disciplinary research (where I am in this dilemma: metallurgy, chemical engineering, material science)

5 promote early career researchers (too many PhD in China, who should be considered)

6 increase flexibility in spending the fund (should avoid corruption at the same time)

 

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Posted on: Friday, 28 October 2011 4:05 AM
Author: Richard N. Zare
Subject: [Editorial] China's Science Funding

 

Authors: Richard N. Zare, Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker

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