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NWAFU Was Approved 179 Projects of the 2018 National Natural Science Foundation of China

Author: Gu Shenjie & Cui Weifang  Date:2018-09-05    

Recently, the National Natural Science Foundation of China announced the results of the 2018 National Natural Science Foundation of China. NWAFU was approved 179 projects, with the approved direct funding of 86.988 million yuan. The project funding rate reached 27.04%, which was 7.53 percentage higher than the average funding rate of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

From the project type: 105 general projects were approved, 69 youth projects were approved, 1 excellent youth project was approved, 2 key projects were approved, 1 foreign young scholar project was approved, and 1 special fund project was approved. From the subordinate Science Department of the project, the Department of Life Sciences was approved 107 projects, the Department of Earth Sciences was approved 32 projects, the Department of Engineering Materials was approved 13 projects, the Chemistry Department was approved 10 projects, the Management Department was approved 9 and the Department of Mathematics and Physics was approved 4 projects, the Medicine Department was approved 3 projects and the Information Science Department was approved 1 project.

Translated by: Ruan Shuling

Proofread by: Zhang Xiaorong