Stop the unhealthy trend of "greeting" in scientific research review! The disciplinary inspection and supervision team has taken action against the Fund Commission | Project | Misconduct

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 12:20 PM

The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group stationed at the Ministry of Science and Technology supervises the Natural Science Foundation of China to carry out special rectification

Cracking down on the unhealthy trend of "greeting" in scientific research project evaluation

On the morning of July 10th, at 8:00 am, the Ministry of Engineering and Materials Science of the National Natural Science Foundation of China held the 2023 Key Project Review in Beijing. Lu Jianhua, a member of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, emphasized the discipline of the review to 219 evaluation experts from universities and research institutes. Subsequently, the experts went to 15 conference rooms to conduct the review. Outside the venue, the participating applicants are queuing up to be notified by the staff and will enter the venue one by one for their defense.

At the meeting, the "List of Prohibited Behaviors for Project Evaluation Requests of the National Natural Science Foundation of China" was printed, which stipulated 24 prohibited behaviors from the dimensions of scientific researchers, supporting units, evaluation experts, and staff of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. "This was formulated under the promotion of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission stationed at the Ministry of Science and Technology, after the Natural Science Foundation of China carried out the special rectification work for stubborn diseases where evaluation experts were 'greeted'," a relevant person in charge of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Natural Science Foundation of China told reporters. ".

"In the review of scientific research projects, the issue of 'greeting' and being 'greeted' has been banned and criticized, seriously polluting the scientific research environment and even breeding corruption problems." Gao Bo, the head of the disciplinary inspection and supervision team stationed at the Ministry of Science and Technology, introduced that in order to improve the comprehensive efficiency of integrated anti-corruption and promote further improvement of the style and academic atmosphere of the scientific and technological community, the disciplinary inspection and supervision team stationed at the Ministry of Science and Technology carried out special supervision, and held a special meeting with the Party Group of the Natural Science Foundation of China to deeply analyze the reasons for the persistent problem of 'greeting' and to study and deploy special rectification work.

To carry out special supervision, the first step is to identify the problems. The disciplinary inspection and supervision team stationed at the Ministry of Natural Science Foundation of China urges the Party Group and its disciplinary commission to conduct special research through holding symposiums, heart to heart talks, distributing survey questionnaires, and other methods, widely listening to the opinions and suggestions of the scientific and technological community on the special rectification, conducting regular research on the "greeting" stubborn disease, understanding the construction and use of the Natural Science Foundation's evaluation expert database, identifying management blind spots and risk hazards in the selection of evaluation experts, and proposing measures to systematically cure the "greeting" stubborn disease.

In response to the loopholes in project review, the disciplinary inspection and supervision team stationed at the Ministry of Natural Science Foundation of China has promoted the strengthening of institutional construction by the Natural Science Foundation of China. Through the formulation and revision of various internal management measures, "greeting", "requesting", "inquiring" and other behaviors related to scientific research misconduct will be punished, and sensitive information that is not suitable for disclosure during the entire process of scientific foundation project review will be included in the list of work secrets for strict management. "Under the guidance of the disciplinary inspection and supervision group, the Party group of the Natural Science Foundation of China has proposed the overall principle of 'positive guidance, extreme defense, and serious punishment', urging the main responsible comrades of each science department to study and improve various mechanisms of the project review process, explore the establishment of a controllable, flat management, and traceable mechanism for selecting evaluation experts, continuously optimize the project review avoidance system, compress the space for rent-seeking power, and effectively maintain the standardization and fairness of the review work," said the relevant officials of the Natural Science Foundation of China.

In order to strengthen deterrence, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group stationed at the Ministry guides the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Natural Science Foundation of China to conduct a comprehensive investigation, sorting, and analysis of complaints, reports, and problem clues from evaluation experts who have been "greeted" since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and project applicants who have actively "greeted", and to supervise and guide the Office of Scientific Research Integrity Construction of the Natural Science Foundation of China to conduct investigations on issues related to scientific research integrity and academic style. "Based on the investigation situation, we will conduct in-depth and detailed investigations on the key personnel and matters involved in the project review and acceptance process. Once confirmed, the relevant responsible persons and units will be severely punished. For the existence of scientific research misconduct, we will urge the Office of Scientific Research Integrity Construction to increase its exposure and continuously strengthen deterrence." The relevant person in charge of the stationed disciplinary inspection and supervision team said that the disciplinary inspection and supervision team has also visited the project review site 7 times to supervise and inspect the implementation of relevant institutional mechanisms after the special rectification. "Since the launch of the special rectification work, the Natural Science Foundation of China has received a total of 58 complaints and reports reflecting 'requests' and' greetings', all of which have initiated investigations."

At the evaluation site, Wang Qidong, Executive Deputy Director of the Department of Engineering and Materials Science, told reporters that the evaluation atmosphere this year has significantly improved compared to previous years. "In the past, we have taken many preventive measures to address the issue of 'greeting', but our deterrence is not sufficient. After carrying out special rectification this year, the evaluation process has become stricter, and we have made every effort to create a fair vote atmosphere for experts."

It is reported that project review includes communication review and meeting review. In the communication review stage, the department sends the application submitted by each applicant to the experts for review through a dedicated information system and provides comprehensive evaluation and funding opinions. Each science department holds a meeting to discuss and vote based on the expert review opinions, and finally selects the list of applicants to participate in the meeting review. "According to the improved project review process, applicants are not allowed to stay in the hotel where the experts are staying during the meeting review period, and can only go to the venue during the designated defense time. Experts are allowed to stay in the hotel one day in advance, and electronic devices such as mobile phones are handed over to the staff for centralized management when signing in. The grouping information of the venue is only known at the moment before the evaluation begins, and the applicant information can only be seen when entering the evaluation meeting room. All evaluations are compressed to one day and the experts do not leave the venue, minimizing the possibility of affecting the fairness of the evaluation," said Wang Qidong.

"This is my first time participating in a conference review, and I feel that the entire process is strict, formal, and smooth." Professor Cai Baoping from China University of Petroleum admitted to reporters that he had encountered a situation of "greeting" when participating in communication reviews before. "After special rectification, the current review atmosphere is much better than before. As a reviewer, I have much less psychological pressure and less interference, which also helps to further create a clean and positive research environment."

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