Recently, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (hereinafter
referred to as the "NSFC") announced the evaluation results of the 2024 National
Natural Science Foundation centralized acceptance application projects.
According to the currently released project statistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong
University has achieved over a thousand approved projects for the eighth
consecutive year, with new breakthroughs in the number of projects in multiple
categories.
As of now, Shanghai Jiao Tong University has received a total of 1393 project grants, setting a new historical high with a direct funding of 779 million yuan. Among them, there are 648 general projects, 30 key projects, 6 key international (regional) cooperation projects, 637 youth science fund projects, 26 excellent youth science fund projects, 15 national outstanding youth science fund projects (including 2 continuing grants), 3 innovative research group projects, 14 foreign scholar research fund projects, and 3 cooperative innovative research team projects. In addition, projects such as the Basic Science Center and the Joint Fund are currently undergoing review or approval processes.
According to the data released by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, in 2024, the foundation will support 20758 general projects, 745 key projects, 87 key international (regional) cooperative research projects, 23226 youth science fund projects, 654 excellent youth science fund projects, 433 national outstanding youth science fund projects, 43 innovative research group projects, 3519 regional science fund projects, 315 foreign scholar research fund projects, and 25 cooperative innovation research team projects.
In recent years, Shanghai Jiao Tong University has continuously innovated
its research organization model, strengthened the construction of its talent
pool, made efforts to promote institutional and mechanism reforms, promoted
cross disciplinary integration of resources, and created a healthy and active
academic ecology; Emphasis will be placed on strengthening the forward-looking,
strategic, and systematic layout of basic research, actively aligning with the
new requirements of the country for basic research and the new measures of the
National Natural Science Foundation reform. Guide researchers to combine
research topics with national strategic needs and cutting-edge scientific
issues, and fully promote the improvement of the school's basic scientific
research capabilities, contributing more wisdom and strength to China's
high-quality development of science and technology.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, abbreviated as "SJTU", is located in
Shanghai and is a national key university directly under the Ministry of
Education and jointly built with Shanghai. It is a centrally administered
university and one of the oldest higher education institutions in China. It is
listed as a key construction university of the "Double First Class", "985
Project" and "211 Project" in China.
According to the official website of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in May
2024, 18 disciplines have been selected as national "Double First Class"
construction disciplines; 12 disciplines have been selected as peak disciplines
in Shanghai. The school currently has 51 doctoral degree authorization points
for first level disciplines. There are 56 first level discipline master's degree
authorization points, covering 12 disciplinary categories; 10 doctoral degree
authorization points; 34 authorized master's degree programs; 38 postdoctoral
mobile stations.
Engineering, Materials Science, Computer Science, Pharmacology and
Toxicology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Biochemistry, Clinical Medicine,
Molecular Biology and Genetics, Physics, Agricultural Science, Neuroscience and
Behavioral Science, Immunology, Microbiology, Environmental Science and Ecology,
Social Sciences, Animal and Plant Sciences, Economics and Business, Biology and
Biochemistry 19 disciplines rank in the top 1% globally.