According to the announcement on September 8, 2022, the National Natural Science Foundation of China received 294,396 project applications for the first time, and accepted 292,829 projects after preliminary review and reexamination.

Among them, 20,472 general projects, 761 key projects, 79 key international (regional) cooperative research projects, 22,262 Youth Science Fund projects, 630 Excellent Youth Science Fund projects, and 25 Excellent Youth Science Fund projects (Hong Kong and Macao) were funded.

, 415 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars projects, 43 innovative research group projects, 3521 Regional Science Fund projects and 109 Research Fund projects for foreign scholars (including 49 Research Fund projects for Outstanding Foreign Young Scholars and 60 Research Fund projects for Senior Foreign Scholars

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