美国国家科学基金会对融合研究的资助及启示

US National Science Foundation’s Funding for Convergence Research and Its Inspiration

融合研究是促进科学技术发展的新范式,不仅会促进科学技术取得突破性发展,而且是解决21世纪人类面临宏大挑战的一种重要途径。文章考察了融合研究的内涵和特点,以及美国国家科学基金会(NSF)融合研究的概念;根据NSF十大投入计划和新的战略规划(2018—2022年),指出发展融合研究在NSF中的战略地位;分析NSF支持融合研究的基础和融合项目的特点,并对第一批融合项目的实施作了介绍;总结出NSF支持融合研究可供借鉴的若干结论,并对我国发展融合研究提出若干建议。

Convergence research is a new paradigm to promote science and technology,which will not only promote scientific breakthroughs,but also address the great challenges that human facing in the 21st century.This study investigates the meaning and characteristics of convergence research and the concept of National Science Foundation(NSF)convergence research.According to the 10 Big Ideas and the new Strategic Plan(2018–2022)of NSF,this paper points out the strategic position of development of convergence research in NSF,analyzes the foundation and characteristics of convergence research projects supported by NSF,and presents the implementation of the first convergence awards.The paper also summarizes some conclusions of NSF’s support for convergence research,and puts forwards suggestions for China’s development of convergence research.