The Western Project of the National Social Science Fund is only a category of the National Fund, and the discipline level is still national. The humanities and social sciences planning project of the Ministry of Education is not a national project, but a ministerial project. Although provincial social science fund projects have been held at the level, it is unfair that many schools treat provincial and ministerial projects equally. On the level alone, it is natural that the national base is high and the school does not recognize it, because it is already like this. However, some schools regard the humanities and social sciences planning projects of the Ministry of Education as national level according to their weights, although they are not.

Extended data:

Humanities and Social Science Fund Project of Ministry of Education VS National Social Science Fund Project

More intuitive difference:

00 1 Is it different from the Project Guide?

The national social science fund project has, but the humanities and social science project of the Ministry of Education has not. This means that you will have more freedom in choosing topics when applying for humanities and social sciences programs of the Ministry of Education.

002 the difference between the project level and the approved amount of funds.

The national social science fund project is a national project. At present, both general projects and youth projects (including western projects) are 20 to 22w, and the amount of later funded projects is the same, and the key projects are 35w；; The humanities and social sciences fund project of the Ministry of Education belongs to the provincial and ministerial level projects, with the current planned project 10w and the youth project 8w.

003 the difference between "restrictive clauses"

The applicant's personal information shall not appear in the loose-leaf of the national social science fund project "Project Demonstration", and the number of words shall be limited to 7000 words; The humanities and social sciences fund project "Table A" of the Ministry of Education has two word limits, which shall not exceed 800 words. Personal information of the applicant shall not appear in Form B, of which three items are limited to two pages and the fourth item is limited to 800 words.

In addition, there is a content in the application form of the National Social Science Fund and the loose leaf of "Project Demonstration" that does not clearly reflect the preliminary research basis of the members of the research group, but it is in the humanities and social science fund project of the Ministry of Education, and it is in "Table A"

In addition, the humanities and social sciences fund project of the Ministry of Education has not been approved for two consecutive years, and it is not allowed to declare in the third year.

More important differences include:

00 1 differences in project review procedures

There are three links in the application of national social science fund projects: initial evaluation, letter evaluation and provincial meeting evaluation, while the humanities and social science fund projects of the Ministry of Education only have letter evaluation, that is, anonymous evaluation. This means that the application materials of the humanities and social sciences fund project of the Ministry of Education can go out of the province directly as long as they pass the formal examination, and then enter the credit evaluation link. Once the letter is approved, the project will be approved unless there are problems such as illegal declaration and plagiarism, or it is reported and verified in the publicity link.

Because the humanities and social sciences fund project of the Ministry of Education lacks two evaluation links, the only evaluation link is "double blind"-that is, the evaluation experts don't know who the applicant is, and the applicant doesn't know who the evaluation experts are. Therefore, the evaluation of the humanities and social science fund projects of the Ministry of Education is more in line with "procedural justice" in design, and therefore it is considered to be the fairest category of social science research projects in China.

002 differences in project funding tendency.

The policy orientation of the national social science fund project is obvious, emphasizing that the subject research should meet the actual needs of the country and strengthen the awareness of problems; Although the humanities and social sciences fund project of the Ministry of Education also emphasizes this aspect, and there is a trend of strengthening year by year, it encourages applicants to carry out basic research or applied research in their best fields more than the national social sciences.

There is no application guide for the project, and the applicant should formulate his own research topic according to his own research foundation and academic expertise around the guiding ideology of this project application.

If everyone is a "three noes" person with no background, qualifications and influence, and the basic research is solid, and a real scientific research project is urgently needed to carry out academic training, exercise and enhance their scientific research ability, then the humanities and social sciences fund project of the Ministry of Education will be the best choice for everyone.