Analysis of projects appliation and grant funding in the field of laboratory medicine from National Natural Science Foundation of China during 2014-2017

At present, laboratory medicine has become one of the fastest growing subjects in the field of medicine. The development of laboratory medicine directly led to the improvement of diagnosis and the increase of test methods in clinic. The data of project applications and grants of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in the field of laboratory medicine from 2014 to 2017 were reviewed and summarized. The future prospect was also analyzed to provide references for related researchers in this field.(Chin J Lab Med, 2018, 41: 794-796) Key words: Medical laboratory science; Foundations