美国"发展融合研究"项目及其对中国交叉科学研究资助的启示OACHSSCD

[Purpose/Significance]China is actively promoting interdisciplinary research and innovation.However,there is a lack of in-depth understanding and replicable experiences regarding the mechanisms,systems,and development paths of interdisciplinary research.This study investigates the U.S.National Science Foundation(NSF)"Growing Conver-gence Research"program to provide references for research and funding in China's interdisciplinary science field and to support decision-making by science and technology management departments.[Method/Process]This study examined the projects,researchers,and scientific outputs funded by the NSF"Growing Convergence Research"program.This study focused on 83 projects'researchers and scientific achievements,defining the career stages of researchers from two dimen-sions:scientific age and interdisciplinarity,and setting a threshold for significant interdisciplinarity.The study statisti-cally analyzed and evaluated the scientific age distribution of project members and the interdisciplinarity of the research teams and projects.[Result/Conclusion]The research results indicate that the"Growing Convergence Research"program places a high emphasis on the participation and cultivation of young researchers.Additionally,it exhibits strong interdisci-plinary characteristics in team composition and project outputs.