This paper selects the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) funded by the Youth Science Foundation of NSFC about Architectural History and Theory as the research object, and collected and sorted out the fund projects that have been successfully declared in this discipline in the past ten years (2010-2019). Statistics and comparisons were made on multiple indicators such as the number of funded projects and the distribution of units. Focused on the topic content of the project and extract keywords. Quantify statistics and draw charts from the aspects of time and space distribution of research objects, element characteristics, research types and research methods. On this basis, it analyzes and reveals the topic selection characteristics and changing trends of approved projects from both static and dynamic aspects. Provide reference and reference for project topic selection for young scholars in this field.