Abstract: Objective To evaluate the predominance， characteristic and shortage of the scientific activities at the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases （NIPD）， through analysis on its award-winning research achievements. Methods Information was collected on the award-winning research achievements by the Institute in the last 45 years. Time trend，disease category， subject， award type， award grade， award level and project property of the award-winning research achievements were analyzed by using SPSS11.0 software. Results Totally， 78 research achievements were awarded 128 times in the last 45 years. 43.6% awards were at province and ministry level； 23.1% awards were at nation level. Awards involved in schistosomiasis， malaria， and kala-azar accounted for 33.3%， 28.2% and 12.8%， respectively. As for subject，preventive medicine， pharmacy and biology accounted for 28.2%， 18.0% and 16.7%， respectively； 82.1% of the awards belonged to applied researches. Conclusion NIPD has a strong capacity in scientific research. To get more achievements in future， it is essential to closely integrate the experiment research to disease control.

Key words: Parasitic diseases, Scientific research, Award, Analysis