Generally speaking, it is possible. It depends on the specific requirements of each unit. Papers, monographs, patents or projects can be used as conditions, and they can all earn extra points.
Or you may have participated in national, provincial or ministerial level awards, etc. From the review requirements, there is actually a wide range of options for award bonus points, and there are many ways to do so. It is also possible to have other bonus points if you have not published a paper. The role of a paper is that it is a summary of work experience, a display of theoretical research, and a representative of academic level. The paper condenses the essence of the author's thoughts. Compared with other works, the paper can prove your strength level in a shorter and clearer way.
In fact, publishing a paper is only the last step of a scientific research, and books, projects, teaching materials, patents, etc. all have the same effect as papers, and books and teaching materials have advantages in publishing over papers. , plagiarism checking and review are not so strict. And you can also participate in the award evaluation. The advantage of the award evaluation is that once you are evaluated and have made a huge contribution, you can jump directly to the evaluation. This is also a great progress in our country’s evaluation system.
It can be seen that if time is urgent, awards can be given without publishing a paper. Compared with papers, other ways of awarding awards are not as common as papers in terms of time and difficulty. Admittedly, at present, publishing papers is the choice of most award reviewers.