Chapter 374 [Directly leading to the doubling of the total investment in domestic basic scientific research funds]
After the news was announced and scholars in various major fields learned about the general project funding fields disclosed by the Science and Livelihood Foundation, many people immediately checked whether the subdivided fields they were engaged in were on the funding list. There is no doubt that as long as they check
This is basically a lack of funding.
Many netizens and some young scholars and doctoral students who chose the field of mathematics found that basic mathematics was not on the list. Many netizens went directly to the latest news on the official website of the Science and Livelihood Foundation to leave comments.
"Guanbojun, I have been working on it for a long time. There are so many categories, why not mathematics? Breakthroughs in mathematics will bring about leap-forward development of physical chemistry. Basic mathematics does not pay attention to you to make a fool of yourself?"
“Wouldn’t mathematics, which is the foundation of basic subjects, not be funded?”
"Compared to those experimental sciences that can easily cost hundreds of millions, what kind of funding does mathematics need?"
"Who said it's free? Buy pencils, paper, computers... buy walnuts to supplement the brains of researchers, and buy high-quality wigs."
"Be more serious..."
"Mathematics is only for meal money, but physics is for lunch?"
"Mathematical research does not cost much money. The main costs are labor costs, travel, and conference costs. However, mathematics researchers still need funding, especially young researchers."
"Studying number theory definitely requires the use of supercomputers. Renting a high-speed mainframe is also a huge expense..."
"There is almost no need for hardware investment, but it costs a lot to raise people, especially to train people, postdocs, PhDs, masters, etc. If young people want to live a more dignified life, first-tier cities need ten thousand or twenty thousand, right? For ordinary coders,
Standards, investment in this area is far from enough."
"Scientific research funding is not equal to income..."
"In the Department of Mathematics at the undergraduate school, the annual budget of the entire department is less than my current personal (postdoctoral) research funding for one year. In fact, it is only 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. At the worst time, there were four professors in one office, and the associate professor could not guarantee that everyone would have enough.
Offices, but later the school changed leaders and couldn't stand it, so they improved the office conditions. As a result, a group of engineering dogs said, how can people in the mathematics department have offices..."
"Brother 1: I'm sorry, why are you crying so hard?"
"I said you don't read other disclosure documents of the foundation? General project funding is the designated funding area of the foundation. In addition, there are free subject project applications. There is no regulation that fields such as logic, mathematics, humanities and social sciences are not allowed to
For funding, if you feel that the funding is insufficient, you should take the initiative to apply for it. Of course, whether the funding will be approved or not is another matter."
"There is a saying that Brother One did it all. I just want to ask: Where are the others? Are they all dead?"
"After all, they are all smart people. A 'fool' like Brother Yi will live a long time."
"I can guarantee that there must be a large number of people who defraud funds under the guise of science. There are many such people. It depends on how well the foundation's review committee fights with these people."
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This incident caused an uproar in the academic world within a day. The biggest reason was too much money. Lu Ming said it himself, 70% of the foundation's funds would be used for investment in basic scientific research and would be maintained in the future.
normal.
The astronomical figure of 112 billion yuan, what is this concept?
Comparing the structure of national science and technology funding last year, you can see why it caused such a stir. Last year, the country’s total science and technology funding was about 1,760.6 billion yuan, of which 1,478.1 billion yuan was for experimental development, accounting for 84%; and 184.9 billion yuan was for applied research.
Yuan accounted for 10.5%; basic research funding of 97.5 billion yuan accounted for 5.5%.
It can be seen that the scale of domestic science and technology funding has increased year by year, but the funding allocated to basic research is actually pitifully small.
This is not surprising, because for the pursuit of short-term and quick results, it is best to invest this year to generate real economic returns next year. This kind of people are willing to spend money, but basic research is unlikely to be achieved after investing in it for five years, ten years or even decades.
Naturally, he would not want to invest in any return.
Capital is even less capable. Lu Ming is an exception, but he also uses his own money to spend it.
I won’t say that I want to use Tiansheng Capital’s money and the money of LP institutions to play with it. If I really do this, the LPs will definitely object, because they may not be able to see promising things for decades.
If the series is given for free, they will naturally object, and they will even redeem the funds without hesitation after maturity.
This is the basic market. Lu Ming will definitely not stalemate the relationship with them. If the basic market collapses, he will still play with a hammer. However, Shanren has his own tricks. Basic scientific research is almost invested and should be done in vain.
Applying technology is another story.
It will take ten thousand years to produce the chip!
Lu Ming didn't just say this. Of course, part of Tiansheng Capital's money must flow into applied technology investment, that is, support and investment in corresponding enterprises, and then there will be stories to tell, which can push up the stock price.
Those who can be supported are successful investments. Those who cannot be supported are not in good shape if the situation is hopeless. So cut a handful of leeks and run away. As long as LPs see the rise in asset prices, they will naturally not object.
Which is more important, basic science or applied technology, has become a commonplace topic on the Internet.
There is no doubt that both are important, and both are indispensable. They are like two legs of a human being. Which one is more important? A better metaphor is a high-rise building. Is the foundation or the body more important?
Basic science is like the foundation of a building, and applied technology is like a house built on the foundation. Without a foundation, a building cannot be built, or if it is not built solidly, it will collapse.
However, if a building only lays a foundation without constructing the upper part of the building, the foundation will not play its due role, and it will not benefit society and mankind.
It can be seen that science and technology are the cornerstone and edifice of the progress of human civilization. They are equally important and cannot work without either.
However, in terms of sequence, a building cannot be built without a foundation. The foundation comes first. Therefore, basic science comes first and is the beacon that leads social civilization forward. Only under the illumination of this beacon can we see the way forward clearly and social development can
There is a direction. From this perspective, basic science is a higher priority science.
The more than 100 billion spent by the Science and Livelihood Foundation has directly caused the domestic basic research funding to skyrocket by nearly 115%, more than doubling it. At least in the next year, the domestic basic scientific research expenditure will more than double.
It's a done deal.
People in academia, especially those in the basic science community, were excited to see this news. How could they not be excited when the Science and Livelihood Fund spent real money to support basic scientific research?
In particular, some basic science fields that require huge amounts of money but have little output ratio have led to projects being shelved indefinitely and remaining on the plans. Scientists working on these saw this news as if they had seen the dawn.
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At 17:00 in the afternoon, Lu Ming left the foundation headquarters and went directly to the Tiansheng Capital headquarters.
In the CEO's office, Lu Ming sat silently at his desk. He was drafting a memorandum, which was still related to the Science and People's Livelihood Fund and was also a capital operation plan.
Lu Ming also knew that in order for the foundation to maintain long-term operation, it cannot simply rely on his donations to fund so many basic science fields. It is true that hundreds of millions of dollars is a huge amount of money, but it is also true that it can be used up in one year.
What should we do next year? We can’t do it for one year, right? What if we need more money to expand the scale of funding in the future?
Therefore, the foundation must have the ability to invest and make money. Many university endowment funds will invest in high-risk investments such as v and pe. Tiansheng Capital's LP has several university endowment funds, all of which are ultra-long-term investments.
The return cycle does not require short-term cash returns.
Lu Ming's operation was very simple. He made the Science and Livelihood Foundation become a major LP institution under Tiansheng Capital. Money actually changed his left hand for his right hand because he was the head of these institutions.
But the name has changed, and the money under the foundation's name is invested in Tiansheng Capital. The money is still the same as before, and the total amount remains the same. However, the foundation will also get a share of the profits from the money generated in the future.
This is equivalent to planting a cash cow for the future of the foundation, and the invisible meaning is to stabilize people's hearts. Those engaged in basic scientific research are actually worried that the foundation has done away with more than 100 billion this year, and next year's funding budget will be cut in half.
Not even. No one will be responsible for the follow-up funding of the research project, and people have been offended. By then, it will be different both inside and outside.
If the foundation has a cash cow to ensure that the annual expenditure budget has a guaranteed amount, then some scientists who have concerns will no longer have to worry about anything, and they can devote themselves wholeheartedly to scientific research.
