Abstract: The manuscript generally introduced the NSFC projects on mechanics during the 12th Five Year Plan. The project application and funding issues are presented, including the supporting institution ranking with a mount of proposals and their subordination distribution to the Chinese Academic of Science, the local provinces and autonomous regions, the Ministry of Education and the else ministries. Furthermore, the overview of project application and funding for General Programs, Young Scientists Fund, Fund for Less Developed Regions under di erent sub-discipline and research subject were given in details, accompanied with the statistics of age distribution, professional tile and the proportion of female for the applicants and principle investigators. At last, the suggestions about NSFC project findings were given to promote the development of mechanics.