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Review on the Applications and Funding in the Field of Lunar and Planetary Sciences by NSFC in 2025

CHENG Huihong, ZHAO Kai   

  1. (Department of Earth Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Beijing 100085)
  • Online:2025-10-27 Published:2025-10-27
  • About author:CHENG Huihong, research areas include project management and strategic research funding in geophysics and space physics. E-mail: chenghh@nsfc.gov.cn

CHENG Huihong, ZHAO Kai. Review on the Applications and Funding in the Field of Lunar and Planetary Sciences by NSFC in 2025[J]. Advances in Earth Science, DOI: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2025.073.

Abstract:Lunar and Planetary Sciences, as a core supporting discipline for deep space exploration, plays a crucial role in uncovering the evolutionary laws of the solar system, understanding the essential nature of Earth's origin, and promoting interdisciplinary integration and innovation. This article presents an overview of the application and funding of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) programs for the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Discipline, Department of Earth Sciences, in the year of 2025. Lunar and Planetary Sciences Discipline received a total of 388 proposals from 130 supporting institutions during the centralized acceptance period. In terms of research contents, approximately 70% of the proposed studies focused on the Moon and Mars, and 63.5% of the proposals exhibited a characteristic of interdisciplinary research. Furthermore, young applicants with ages from 26 to 40 formed the dominant group, constituting 72.4% of all applicants. Twenty-three projects funded from previous cycles have been concluded by the end of 2024. These projects achieved important advancements in many planetary science fields, including planetary geology, planetary space physics, and planetary atmospheres.
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