1991～2001年国家自然科学基金GIS类项目的初步分析

Research on the GIS Projects Supported by NSFC from 1991 to 2001

地理信息系统 (GIS)在我国国家信息化、国家安全、经济建设、科学研究等方面发挥着越来越重要的作用 .在推动我国 GIS基础和应用基础研究方面 ,国家自然科学基金 (NSFC)发挥了重要作用 .以 NSFC地球科学部地理学科资助的 GIS类项目为例 ,从获资助项目数量、学术论文发表和人才培养 3个方面 ,对 1991～ 2 0 0 1年 NSFC资助的 GIS类项目进行了初步分析 ,并与同期美国自然科学基金资助 GIS类项目情况进行了初步对比分析 .为了加强我国 GIS基础和应用基础研究 ,提出逐步增大对 GIS的资助项数 ,支持跨单位、跨学科的优秀研究群体 ,在NSFC项目指南中增加 GIS专门条款等建议 .

Geographic Information System(GIS) is more and more important in the development of information, security, economy, and research of China. The National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC) has pushed ahead basic and applied basic research of GIS. In this paper, the analysis is given about the GIS projects supported by NSFC from 1991 to 2001 according to the three aspects of award program quantities, articles in core refereed journals, and the fosters of scientific talents, with the example of the programs supported by the Geography discipline of the departments of Earth Sciences. A comparison was made between the projects supported by NSFC and NSF of U. S during 1991～2001. In order to quicken the basic and applied basic research of GIS, we advice NSFC to increase the award GIS programs quantities step by step, support excellent multi-corporation and multi-disciplines' GIS research communities, and add GIS items in the Guide to Programs of NSFC.