基础研究人才成长的沃土——对国家自然科学基金人才类项目的历史回顾

Fostering talents for basic research:a historical review of talent programs of NSFC

国家自然科学基金作为我国支持基础研究的主渠道,在国家自然科学基金委员会(基金委)的管理下,30年来一直以人才培养为重要工作,尤其是针对处于学术生涯不同发展阶段的科研人员设立了一系列人才项目,构成了国家自然科学基金的人才培养资助体系。本文利用基金委档案、历年年报等资料对这一系列人才类项目进行回顾与分析,包括其设立的过程和概况、所取得的成效等,试图对国家自然科学基金人才类项目资助工作形成整体性认识与总结。

The National Natural Science Fund, as a primary resource for basic research in China, has been fostered scientific researchers during the past thirty years. In particular, it has set up a series of talent funding programs for researchers in different stages, which constitute the system of National Natural Science Fund providing support for scientific talents. Based on archives, annual reports and other official documents of National Natural Science Foundation of China （NSFC）, we give an overall review to the talent programs of National Natural Science Fund in this article, from the establishment and development of each program to the performance of these programs, in order to shed a light on improvement of these programs and related policy for talent promotion.