National Natural Science Foundation of China
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The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; Chinese: 国家自然科学基金委员会; pinyin: Guójiā Zìrán Kēxué Jījīn Wěiyuánhuì) is an organization directly affiliated to China's State Council for the management of the National Natural Science Fund.[1]
History
NSFC was founded in February 1986 by theoretical chemist Tang Aoqing, with the approval of the State Council. It is an institution for the management of the National Natural Science Fund,[citation needed] aimed at promoting and financing basic research and applied research in China.
In 2010, NSFC launched a medical department, analogous to the United States' National Institutes of Health. Plans for a medical department had been announced in 2001, but only with the 2008 appointment of Chen Zhu as health minister did basic biomedical research gain enough political support to push the department forward. The medical department is expected to give about one billion renminbi in grants for 2010.
See also
- National Science Foundation (U.S.)
References
- ^ "Welcome to NSFC". Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
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