The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) has released the results of approved applications in the year 2016. NJUCM has made a great stride this year. The total number of projects got approved from NJUCM is 103, and the total amount of granted funds for research amounts to RMB 404,39 billion yuan, making a historical breakthrough both in the number of projects and in the amount of funds. In comparison with other Chinese Medicine universities, NJUCM ranked the second place in terms of the total number of approved projects, and ranked the top place in terms of the overall funds.