据近期英国《柳叶刀》杂志报导,号称二十世纪最杰出的美国国立卫生研究院资助的科学研究正在受到严重伤害,这表现于科研基金的严重短缺。以其主要科研计划R01为例,1988年近两万份申请中尚有三分之一获得资助,以后逐年下降,到现在获得资助的百分比不及12％。 发生这种不幸状况的原因是多方面的。首先是该研究院的领导者们不能成功地让国会认识到自然科学的重要性。第二,科研工作的直接及间接成本的增加已大大超过年通货膨涨水平。此外,其它不当的资金使用也使得用于新的研究资 According to a recent report by The Lancet, scientific research funded by the NIH National Institutes of Health, known as the twentieth century, is being seriously harmed as a result of a serious shortage of research funds. Taking its major research project R01 as an example, one third of the nearly 20,000 applications were still funded in 1988 and subsequently declined year by year. The percentage of funding received now is less than 12%. There are many reasons for this unfortunate situation. First and foremost, the leaders of the institute can not successfully make Congress aware of the importance of the natural sciences. Second, the direct and indirect costs of research work have greatly increased over the annual inflation. In addition, other improper use of funds has also led to new research funding