The New Regulations Of National Science And Technology Awards Will Be Implemented From Now On, And The Three Highlights Have Been Known For A Long Time!

The revised regulations on national science and technology awards promulgated by the State Council shall come into force on December 1. The regulations have revised and implemented the reform requirements of science and technology awards from "recommendation system" to "nomination system"; strengthen the construction of the integrity system of science and technology awards, and make it clear that the evaluation experts should have a high academic level and good scientific ethics. Individuals and organizations that violate ethics or conduct scientific research misconduct in scientific and technological activities are not allowed to be nominated or awarded National Science and technology awards Establish a database of serious dishonesty in scientific research and prohibit the use of the name of national science and technology award to seek illegitimate interests.

Point 1: change "recommendation" to "Nomination", more transparent procedure

One of the highlights of the new regulations is the implementation of the reform requirements for the adjustment of science and technology awards from "recommendation system" to "nomination system". The latter is also an international practice.

For a long time, China's science and technology awards have adopted the following methods: the administrative departments issue the recommended quantitative indicators, each unit organizes scientific and technological personnel to apply for awards, and the units are screened and then recommended to the national science and Technology Award Office. There have been different voices in the scientific and technological circles that the administrative "offside" has led to the insufficient "gold content" of some recommended awards.

Since the central leading group for comprehensively deepening reform deliberated and passed the plan on deepening the reform of science and technology award system in 2017, the next year, the national science and technology award changed from "active self recommendation" to "passive recommendation". The amendment of the regulations will raise this reform measure to the level of laws and regulations.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of science and technology introduced the reform of reward reporting methods, the implementation of the system of nominations by experts, scholars, organizations and relevant departments. On the basis of adhering to the guidance of the government, the role of experts and scholars should be brought into full play and the academic nature of awards should be strengthened.

At the same time, the responsibility of nomination should be strengthened. The nominators should make nominations in strict accordance with the nomination methods, provide nomination materials, be responsible for the authenticity and accuracy of the materials, and bear corresponding responsibilities in accordance with the provisions.

As a procedural guarantee, the new regulation also makes rigid requirements for the transparency of the review process. It is clear that the evaluation activities shall adhere to the principles of openness, fairness and impartiality, and the evaluation methods, the total number of awards, and the reward results shall be disclosed to the public.

Point 2: building "integrity archives" and strengthening supervision and punishment

Some researchers and institutions have violated ethics or scientific research misconduct, and after avoiding the limelight for a few years, they appear in the list of science and technology awards. This situation has been questioned by public opinion.

The new regulations focus on the construction of the integrity system of science and technology awards, requiring the national science and technology awards to "vote down" the above-mentioned individuals or organizations in the nomination stage, and establish a database of serious dishonesty of scientific research integrity of the nominated experts, scholars, organizations, evaluation experts and candidates.

At the same time, the regulations will strengthen the supervision and punishment of science and technology awards. On the one hand, the supervision committee supervises the whole process of nomination, evaluation and objection handling according to relevant measures, and reports the supervision situation to the national science and Technology Award Committee.

On the other hand, it provides the corresponding legal responsibility for each subject of the incentive activities. In violation of the regulations, individuals and organizations that have serious dishonesty in scientific research integrity will be recorded in the database of serious dishonesty in scientific research integrity, and joint punishment will be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.

Li Zhimin, former director of the science and technology development center of the Ministry of education, who has long been engaged in the research of science and technology award system, said that "one vote veto" for scientific research misconduct, "zero tolerance" for prize running and continuous accountability for violators will make national science and Technology Awards more fair and authoritative, and further create a clean academic environment for researchers and guide them to specialize in science and technology Pay attention to research and develop potential.

Highlight 3: strengthen honor and return to reward "original intention"

For a period of time, the national science and technology awards are linked with subject evaluation, talent evaluation, degree setting and even academician selection, which leads to some scientific researchers flocking to the awards.

"This is a lot of talk about reward spillover effect in the scientific and technological circles. It turns honor into utility and deviates from the original purpose of science and technology award. " Li Zhimin said that the reform of the national science and technology award system is being further deepened, which will better solve the problem of balance between efficiency and fairness in scientific research.

The new regulation clearly stipulates that it is forbidden to use the name of national science and technology award to seek illegitimate interests.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of science and technology said that the honor of science and technology awards should be strengthened, and the national science and technology awards would be awarded to scientific and technological workers who pursue truth, devote themselves to research, have expertise in learning, and have the courage to surpass and climb the peak.

Tan, Deputy Minister of the Chinese Association for science, technology and personnel, has long been involved in the in-depth evaluation of the Chinese Association for science, technology and technology. In the future, according to the requirements of the new regulations, we will fulfill the role of academic community and promote the return of science and technology awards to honor themselves.

It is reported that after the new version of the national science and technology award regulations, a series of supporting documents, such as the implementation rules, will be introduced in succession. In the next step, various kinds of science and technology awards will be standardized to reduce the number of awards and improve the quality of awards.