The first application is actually very important for everyone's development. Someone scribbled one with the idea of taking a chance. Naturally, they won't win, but what they are doing is the psychological barrier of not winning the fund. * * * After investigating the experiences of many successful applicants, I also collected the experience, gains and losses of the application from the Internet to share with you:

The "writing" here includes the topic selection and the final writing, so writing an application is not only a writing problem, but a series of problems starting from the topic selection. I personally and my research group have nothing to do with the Natural Science Foundation, and I am not a well-known cattle laboratory in China. So I think this should be of reference value to most unrelated bugs.

For the first application, our goal is to write an all-A application, otherwise you can't be guaranteed to win the bid. Although we can't reconcile the tastes of all experts, as long as we don't fall into the hands of abnormal experts and are not tied up by a group of scalpers (this is a matter of luck), we can still try our best to ensure that 80% of the applications get A (priority funding) and the worst one gets B (consent funding). This result will certainly not be a problem.

How to write the first application for funds? I want to talk about the following aspects:

1. When will the first application start?

This question is actually very important. Look at the fund page, there are many people who can't wait to apply for the National Natural Science Foundation earlier after graduation, and even regret missing this year's application. I don't know. It's totally unnecessary. Premature application often leads to insufficient foundation and accumulation. This is why Jie Qing is mostly between 40 and 45 years old. Many people think that they are already good, but when they are put into the country, especially when they compete with their peers who graduated from doctoral programs three years earlier than you, they basically fall behind in the accumulation of papers. You can't apply too late. If you have a good idea, a year late means giving up the opportunity. This is the same as publishing a paper. If you can think of a good idea, others will think of it sooner or later. It depends on who starts early. I remember I had a good topic in 2006, but I had to wait 1 year because the Youth Fund was not finished. As a result, in 2006, my peers reported a similar topic, and in 2007, I had to report a different topic. This is the time to apply. I think the best time to apply for the first time should be the year after graduation, and March of the next year after graduation in July, during which you can make full preparations. Within half a year after graduation, you will often have some further thoughts on your work during your doctoral period.