1, the format and requirements of the application must be filled in carefully. The applicant changes the title or subtitle without authorization, resulting in the phenomenon that the content does not meet the requirements. The most prominent is the key scientific problem to be solved in 2.3. Of the 36 applications read, 30 (about 85%! ! ) has become the key problem to be solved in 2.3, lacking the word science, so many applications regard electron microscope observation or molecular technology as the key problem to be solved, which is quite different from the requirements. Another example is the resumes of applicants and key members. Some applications miss key members, while more applications ignore the requirement that all published papers and achievements must be recorded, resulting in a lot of "waiting" and "waiting", some of which even have no top three authors.
2. The orientation of the National Natural Science Foundation is to "support basic research, persist in free exploration and play a guiding role". As basic research, we need to pay attention to and apply the latest research results, but we must not follow the fashion: research hotspots are important, but we need to pay more attention to the frontier of science and emphasize "novelty". Objectively speaking, a considerable part of Nongkou's application is applied basic research. In addition to original research, there will be some in-depth research projects based on life science research and according to the characteristics of China. Such applications must state their characteristics, importance to agriculture and environment in China, and the irreplaceability of in-depth research. The application for applied basic research should avoid being written as a technical project, and the application of a certain technology to solve any problem is not the direction supported by the fund.
One of the application principles of NSFC is "do something, don't do something", but some applications are too big, and the research content is all-encompassing and comprehensive, without finding the right focus. As for the project team, there is no previous accumulation or related foundation, and it is even more impossible to apply for the project only according to the importance of the project.
3. The Science Fund for Science Issues is not a key project. The fund emphasizes the exploration of scientific problems. Simply put, it is to understand "what", "why" and "how", open one of the black boxes and make discovery, invention, creation and progress. Basic research is only the first, not the second, and scientific research is changing with each passing day. Therefore, it is necessary to know the latest development at home and abroad and put forward the scientific problems of the applied project concisely.