On January 3, 2023, the official website of the National Natural Science Foundation of China announced the funding results of the special project of the Ministry of Mathematical and Physical Sciences - two types of original exploration plan projects (referred to as "original projects"): a total of 14 projects were funded, with a total funding amount of 3802 ten thousand yuan.

Among them, 6 guideline-guided original exploration projects were funded, with a total funding amount of 17.93 million yuan; expert-recommended original exploration plan projects were funded 8, with a total funding amount of 20.09 million yuan.

Experts from the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences recommend a total funding amount of 20.09 million yuan for original exploration projects.

On March 4, 2022, the "2022 National Natural Science Foundation of China Original Exploration Program Application Guidelines" was published on the official website of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. According to the guide, original projects are divided into two types: expert recommendation and guide guidance. The funding period for expert-recommended original projects is generally 1-3 years, and the funding intensity generally does not exceed 1 million yuan per year. The funding period and funding intensity of guideline-guided original projects are determined by the project guideline.

The recently released "2022 Funding Results of the Special Projects of the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Experts Recommended Original Exploration Program Projects)" shows that among the 8 projects, the funding amount of a single project is less than 3 million yuan. Among them, Yang Shangbin, an associate researcher at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was responsible for the "Research on the Active Measurement Method of the Solar Vector Magnetic Field" project with a funding of 2 million yuan; Huang Qingguo, a researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Chinese Academy of The project of searching for new physical signals” was also funded with 2 million yuan; the “Research on Optical Many-Body Physics with Self-Drive Effect Involved” in charge of Nankai University professor and doctoral supervisor Hu Yi was funded with 2.9 million yuan.

The total amount of funding for original exploration projects of the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences is 17.93 million yuan.

For guide-guided original projects, the science departments of the Natural Science Foundation of China will form project guides and release them in due course through soliciting suggestions from scientists, discussions in academic forums, or expert demonstrations. The "2022 Funding Results of the Special Projects of the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Guidelines and Guidance Original Exploration Program Projects)" shows that among the six projects, the funding amount for a single project is about 3 million yuan. Among them, Lin Yufeng, associate professor and doctoral supervisor of Southern University of Science and Technology, was responsible for the "Dynamic Inversion of Earth-like Planetary Liquid Core Dynamics and Prediction of Main Magnetic Field Based on the Magnetic Field Observation of the 'Australian Science-1' Satellite" with a funding amount of 2.98 million yuan; China Ji Haisheng, a researcher at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is responsible for the project "Research on the Response and Evolution of the Magnetosphere and Ionosphere over the Earth's Middle and Low Latitudes Caused by Solar Activities" with a funding of 3.04 million yuan.

The "2022 National Natural Science Foundation of China Original Exploration Program Project Application Guide" stated that the unconventional review mechanism for original exploration program projects should be improved to further guide and motivate researchers to devote themselves to original basic research work, accelerate the realization of forward-looking basic research, and lead A major breakthrough in original achievements. Its funding orientation is to support researchers to put forward original academic ideas and carry out original basic research work with strong exploratory and risky characteristics, such as proposing new theories, new methods or revealing new laws, etc., aiming to cultivate or produce research from scratch Leading original achievements , solving scientific problems, leading research directions or expanding research fields, and deeply promoting the high-quality development of basic research in China.