一年一度的国家自然科学基金课题评审结果公布了,我科的两位中年医生中标面上项目,两位青年医生中标青年项目。他们兴高采烈地跑来向我报喜。我询问他们:“你们知道获得国家自然科学课题意味着什么吗?”他们茫然,没有给出满意的回答。国家自然科学基金课题中标是中青年科技工作者研究方向建立的主要标志之一。什么是研究方向?研究方向是科学家学术生涯的奋斗目标,是科学家立足学术界的资本和话语权,同时也是一个科 The results of the annual National Natural Science Foundation review were announced. Two middle-aged doctors of our department won the bid for the project and two young doctors won the bid for the youth project. They happily came to greet me. I asked them: “Do you know what it means to get a national science project?” "They are dazed and do not give a satisfactory answer. The bid of the National Natural Science Foundation of China is one of the major symbols of the research direction of middle-aged and young science and technology workers. What is the research direction? The research direction is the goal of the scientist’s academic career, is a scientist based on the academic capital and the right to speak, but also a section