%0 Journal Article %A Xizhang GAO %A Wenjie FAN %A Shuying LENG %T Young Scientist Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in geography %D 2018 %R 10.18306/dlkxjz.2018.02.001 %J PROGRESS IN GEOGRAPHY %P 174-182 %V 37 %N 2 %X

This study focused on the Young Scientist Fund in geography supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) from 1987 to 2016. Through the collection and analysis of information including applicants' profile, supporting institution, and follow-up funding, this study revealed the Young Scientist Fund support for the sub-disciplines of geography and their regional distribution characteristics. The gender, age, affiliation, and academic title of the project managers and their abilities to generate further funding from the NSFC were also analyzed. The 30 years' implementation of the Young Scientist Fund helped to bring up a great number of outstanding young scholars in various sub-disciplines of geography, which has laid a solid foundation for the cultivation of talents in geography in China.

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