·Establish special funds to support the popularization of innovative project resources. Each science department has set up science popularization projects in special projects. Incorporate science popularization work into year-end assessment requirements.
·Encourage scientific researchers to actively carry out science popularization work while doing good scientific research, and include science popularization results in project results.
On September 15, the official website of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Natural Science Foundation") issued the " Opinions on Strengthening the Popularization of Science in the New Era " (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") stating that a special project to fund the popularization of science resources in innovative projects will be established. funds, incorporate science popularization work into the year-end assessment requirements, and strengthen the science popularization capacity building of the Science Fund.
The opinion stated that the Natural Science Foundation of China will include science popularization work in the year-end assessment requirements, and commend and reward departments and staff with remarkable results in science popularization work; the relevant information of the relying units carrying out science popularization work will be included in the "Advanced Support for the Management of the National Natural Science Foundation of China" "Unit" evaluation index ; explore ways to commend and reward supporting units and scientific researchers who are proactive in carrying out science popularization work, have rich science content, novel methods, and outstanding results.
The opinion states that for project types with relatively high funding intensity, such as major projects, major research plans, innovative research group projects, major national scientific research instrument development projects, and basic science center projects, science popularization work should be carried out around project implementation. For project types with less funding intensity, such as general projects, youth science fund projects, and regional science fund projects, scientific researchers are encouraged to actively carry out science popularization work while doing good scientific research, and include science popularization results in project results .
The opinion stated that each science department should set up science popularization projects in special projects, regularly publish project application guides, organize theoretical research and practical activities related to science popularization with characteristics in the subject field, and increase support for international cooperation and exchange science popularization projects. Plan and organize international science popularization activities , support scientific researchers to actively join or take the lead in establishing international science popularization organizations, and promote the interaction and sharing of high-quality science popularization resources at home and abroad; set up special funds to fund the science popularization of innovative project resources . For the representative science fund innovation achievements recommended by various science ministries, the Science Communication and Achievement Transformation Center further selects and carries out professional science popularization planning and production, cultivates the science fund science popularization brand, and expands the social influence of the science fund.
Science popularization (hereinafter referred to as science popularization) is an important part of the national innovation system. Promoting the high-quality development of science popularization is an inevitable requirement for achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance. It is an important part of the work of the Science Fund and must be fulfilled as an important national science funding agency. social responsibility. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (hereinafter referred to as the Natural Science Foundation) has attached great importance to leveraging the unique advantages of the National Natural Science Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the Science Foundation) to promote the popularization of basic research and support scientific researchers in popularizing basic research. We have achieved certain results in terms of cutting-edge scientific knowledge, publicizing science fund funding policies and outstanding achievements, and promoting the spirit of science and scientists. However, we need to increase coordination, improve incentive mechanisms, strengthen content construction, enrich communication methods, and close collaboration and linkage. It still needs to be strengthened and improved. In order to comprehensively strengthen the science popularization work of the Science Fund, in accordance with the work arrangements of the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Popularization of Science and Technology in the New Era" issued by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, the "National Science Literacy Action Plan Outline (2021-2035)" is implemented ", benchmarking against the new tasks and new requirements for science popularization in the new era and new journey, and combined with the actual work of the Natural Science Foundation of China, the following opinions are hereby put forward.
1. Overall requirements
(1) Guiding ideology.
Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we must thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on scientific and technological innovation, especially on science popularization, and firmly grasp that “scientific and technological innovation and scientific popularization are the key to realizing innovation.” "The two wings of development should put the popularization of science as important as scientific and technological innovation" strategic positioning, with the theme of letting basic research enter society and letting society understand basic research, and the main line of science popularization of innovative project resources funded by the Science Fund. Adhere to the concept of big science popularization, face the scientific and technological circles, face young people, and face society, gather forces from all parties, coordinate and popularize cutting-edge scientific knowledge in basic research, promote the scientific spirit and the spirit of scientists, disseminate scientific ideas, advocate scientific methods, publicize science fund policies, and strengthen scientific research. The Fund’s science popularization capacity building provides strong support for vigorously creating a social atmosphere conducive to scientific development and improving the scientific quality of the entire population, assisting high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-style modernization.
(2) Working principles.
1. Uphold the party’s leadership. Strengthen political leadership, consciously base on the overall deployment of in-depth implementation of the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, and the strategy of innovation-driven development, deeply understand the important supporting role of the science fund’s science popularization work in building a world power in science and technology, and persist in the overall leadership of the party throughout science and technology. The whole process of fund science popularization work.
2. Strengthen policy guidance. Reflect the unique advantages of the Science Fund as the main channel for funding basic research, tap into the valuable science popularization resources contained in Science Fund projects, improve management mechanisms such as project support, platform support, and reward support, give full play to the value-driven and incentive-driven role of policies, and further stimulate science and technology. The endogenous motivation for carrying out science popularization work in the world.
3. Pay attention to content construction. Fully mobilize the enthusiasm of scientific researchers and supporting units, use the science fund funding results and innovation stories as the starting point, widely publicize the cutting-edge knowledge, innovative ideas, scientific methods, scientific spirit and scientist spirit generated in the implementation of science fund projects, and use the people around us to The story enhances the freshness and contemporary feel of the Science Foundation story.
4. Improve communication efficiency. Grasp the characteristics of integrated media communication, use publicity carriers and communication channels that are suitable for the communication content, and improve audience satisfaction. Persist in making good use of traditional media for in-depth interpretation and create high-quality science popularization products for science funds. Timely track the communication methods that adapt to the needs of the times, and continuously enrich the means of communication. Realize interactive intelligent evaluation, timely grasp the communication effect, and continuously optimize the communication matrix.
5. Ensure technological security. Carry out confidentiality review, enhance risk prevention and control awareness in the field of science popularization, and strengthen the construction and supervision of public opinion positions for science popularization. Strengthen the publicity, popularization and education of science and technology ethics. For scientific research activities that have differences in public perception and may bring challenges to science and technology ethics, supporting units and scientific researchers should actively guide the public to treat them scientifically and continuously promote science and technology for good.
2. Take multiple measures to strengthen the science popularization capacity building of the Science Fund
(3) Strengthen project support.
The first is to implement science popularization guidance policies in categories. For project types with relatively high funding intensity, such as major projects, major research plans, innovative research group projects, major national scientific research instrument development projects, and basic science center projects, science popularization work should be carried out around project implementation. For project types with less funding intensity, such as general projects, youth science fund projects, and regional science fund projects, scientific researchers are encouraged to actively carry out science popularization work while doing good scientific research, and include science popularization results in project results. The second is to strengthen the integrated display and application of science popularization projects of the Ministry of Science. Each science department sets up science popularization projects in special projects, regularly publishes project application guides, and organizes theoretical research and practical activities related to science popularization with characteristics in the subject area. The Science Communication and Achievements Transformation Center (Science Fund Magazine) (hereinafter referred to as the Science Communication and Achievements Transformation Center) collaborates with the Ministry of Science to track the implementation progress of science popularization projects in a timely manner and strengthen the publicity and promotion of outstanding science popularization achievements of the Science Fund. The third is to increase support for international cooperation and exchange science popularization projects. Plan and organize international science popularization activities, support scientific researchers to actively join or take the lead in establishing international science popularization organizations, and promote the interaction and sharing of high-quality science popularization resources at home and abroad. The fourth is to establish special funds to support the popularization of innovative project resources. For the representative science fund innovation achievements recommended by various science ministries, the Science Communication and Achievement Transformation Center further selects and carries out professional science popularization planning and production, cultivates the science fund science popularization brand, and expands the social influence of the science fund.
(4) Create the brand of “Science Fund Science Popularization in Action”.
The first is to strengthen topic selection planning. Focusing on the "four aspects", centering on the important activities and events of the Natural Science Foundation of China and the scientific and technological hot spots of social concern, we will popularize the latest cutting-edge research results produced by the Science Foundation projects in a targeted manner. Quality science popularization works will improve the effectiveness of the science fund’s science popularization achievements. The second is to organize the selection of works. Fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the supporting units, activate the science popularization resources of the Science Fund projects of the supporting units, organize selection and award activities for basic research popular science works, and demonstrate the social responsibilities of the supporting units to work in the same direction around the science popularization work of the Science Fund. The third is to organize science popularization activities. Focusing on major events such as the National Science and Technology Week, National Science Popularization Day, and National Science and Technology Workers Day, we will rely on the science popularization results of existing projects, science popularization projects or science popularization education bases at all levels to explore the combination of science popularization and rural revitalization, organize online and offline Combined science popularization activities. Carry out the "Science Popularization Report into Campus" activity to enhance the scientific interest of young people and cultivate potential basic research talent teams.
(5) Construct a science popularization matrix.
The first is to consolidate and improve the communication power of the existing platform. Give full play to the influence of existing communication platforms, improve the accuracy and depth of science popularization. Continue to do a good job in the work related to its own journals and traditional media with long-term cooperative relations. Further open up new paths for science popularization cooperation with other traditional media. The second is to continuously explore new media development models. Explore and open various new media accounts to expand the breadth of science popularization and increase science popularization efforts. Build a special platform for new media science popularization to strengthen the display, exchange and interaction of science fund science popularization works.
3. Establish the concept of big science popularization and improve the efficiency of science popularization of innovative project resources funded by the Science Fund
(6) Strengthen science popularization collaboration and linkage.
The first is to establish an interaction mechanism between the Natural Science Foundation of China and supporting institutions. Strengthen the publicity and implementation of science popularization policies, enhance the science popularization awareness of supporting units, give full play to the organizational advantages and proactive role of supporting units, and support supporting units in guiding scientific researchers to carry out high-quality science popularization work. The second is to strengthen communication and collaboration with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the China Association for Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and other departments, to ensure policy coordination, exchange experience in science popularization work, and promote the co-construction and sharing of high-end science popularization resources.
(7) Promote the application of results.
The first is to promote the construction of the open access warehousing platform (OAR platform), improve the service capabilities of the OAR platform, and strengthen the dissemination and sharing of science fund funding results. The second is to improve the construction of the achievement transformation platform, timely transform the results funded by the Science Fund into popular science expressions, strengthen the promotion and popularization of the results, and promote the application, implementation and transfer of the results.
4. Strengthen organizational leadership and provide strong support for the science popularization work of the Science Fund
(8) Improve the organizational structure.
The party group regularly studies and implements the relevant science popularization policies of the Party Central Committee and the science popularization work requirements deployed by superior departments. The office (Research Integrity Construction Office) takes the lead to coordinate science popularization work and publicity work, implement the science popularization work deployment of the party group, study and formulate the annual science popularization work plan of the Natural Science Foundation of China, and organize the formulation of science popularization policies, methods, implementation opinions and other normative documents , study and solve major problems in science popularization work, coordinate and promote science popularization work, collect statistics on important science popularization activities and results, and regularly report important matters of science popularization work to the party group.
(9) Create joint efforts for joint management.
All departments must fully understand the importance of science popularization work, conscientiously implement the requirements of the party group to promote science popularization work of the Science Fund, further strengthen the initiative of science popularization work in their own departments, regard science popularization work as a key task of the department, and deploy and implement it together with other work. Same inspection, same assessment. There is a science popularization liaison officer in the department who is responsible for effectively liaising with the department's science popularization work and other matters.
(10) Give full play to the main role of the Science Communication and Achievements Transformation Center.
The Center for Science Communication and Achievement Transformation must firmly establish a sense of service, take the initiative to provide services, continuously improve the organizational and planning capabilities of science popularization work, and strengthen research and practice in science popularization activity brands, science popularization content creation, science popularization platforms, science popularization organization models, etc. Fully undertake the science popularization entrusted tasks, organize and promote supporting units and scientific researchers to actively carry out science popularization work on the results funded by the Science Fund, and provide policy guidance and service guarantee for the science popularization of innovative projects funded by the Science Fund.
(11) Strengthen the construction of science popularization team.
The first is to promote the construction of science popularization talent pool. Relying on the basic research talent advantages of the Natural Science Foundation of China, a basic research science popularization talent pool is established to provide high-quality science popularization talent resources for the science popularization work of the Science Foundation. The second is to strengthen science popularization quality and ability training. Strengthen cooperation with professional science popularization institutions and regularly carry out science popularization professional skills training for various departments, supporting units and scientific researchers.
(12) Establish an evaluation incentive mechanism.
First, the Natural Science Foundation of China has incorporated science popularization work into the year-end assessment requirements, commended and rewarded departments and staff who have achieved remarkable results in science popularization work, established advanced models and role models, and enhanced the sense of honor and gain in science popularization work. The second is to include the relevant information of the supporting units in carrying out science popularization work into the evaluation indicators of "Advanced Supporting Units in the Management of National Natural Science Foundation of China". The third is to explore ways to commend and reward supporting units and scientific researchers who are proactive in carrying out science popularization work, have rich science content, novel methods, and outstanding results.
