Implement cost compensation funding for major projects.
For other projects except major projects, the fixed subsidy method will be implemented.
Seventh project leaders should be in accordance with the provisions of these measures, in line with the principle of seeking truth from facts and careful calculation, the preparation of practical project budget. The project supporting unit shall strictly review the project budget in accordance with the relevant provisions, and report to the Natural Science Foundation of China after signing the opinions.
Article 8 The project capital budget includes revenue budget and expenditure budget.
The revenue budget includes funds from various channels of project research, including funds obtained from the Natural Science Foundation, funds obtained from project supporting units and funds obtained from other channels.
Expenditure budget includes scientific research funds, international cooperation and exchange funds, labor costs and management fees.
Details are as follows:
1. Scientific research funds refer to the expenses directly used for scientific research. Including:
Scientific research business expenses: experiment, calculation and analysis expenses, power and energy expenses, travel expenses, research and academic conference expenses, publication and printing expenses of materials and papers, information and communication expenses such as document retrieval and network access, and subscription fees of academic journals.
Experimental materials expenses: the purchase expenses of consumables such as raw materials, reagents and medicines, the purchase, planting and breeding expenses of experimental animals and plants, the collection and processing expenses of specimens and samples, and the packaging and transportation expenses.
Expenses of instruments and equipment: expenses for purchasing, transporting, installing and maintaining special instruments and equipment, and expenses for purchasing and processing materials and accessories of self-made special instruments and equipment. Laboratory renovation fee: the cost of laboratory renovation to improve the experimental conditions of funded project research. Shall not be used for laboratory expansion, civil engineering, housing maintenance and other expenses.
Cooperation fee: to cooperate with other units to undertake part of the research and experimental work of natural science fund projects.
2. The funds for international cooperation and exchange refer to the expenses for international cooperation and exchange directly related to the research work of the funded project, including part of the expenses for visiting the project team members and foreign experts, and the amount of foreign exchange required shall be settled by the project supporting unit itself. These include:
The funds for international cooperation and exchange of general projects shall not exceed15% of the funds funded by the Natural Science Foundation;
The funds for international cooperation and exchange of key projects and major projects shall not exceed 10% of the funds funded by the Natural Science Foundation.
3. Labor costs refer to the labor costs of graduate students and postdoctoral staff who directly participate in the project research.
The general project service fee shall not exceed15% of the funds funded by the Natural Science Fund;
The labor costs of key projects, major projects and various special projects shall not exceed 10% of the funds funded by the Natural Science Foundation.
4. Management fee refers to the expenses incurred by the project supporting unit for organizing and supporting the project research, including the expenses of public equipment and housing during the project implementation. The management fee shall not exceed 5% of the funds funded by the Natural Science Fund, and the cooperative unit shall not repeat the extraction.
Article 9 The Natural Science Foundation of China organizes experts or chooses intermediaries to review or evaluate the research budget funded by the project, and the amount of funding is determined after review according to the funding situation of various projects of the Natural Science Foundation of China and the opinions of experts, as well as relevant financial and financial systems.
Tenth project leaders must use project funds in strict accordance with the purposes, scope and expenditure standards approved by the approved project budget.
Eleventh approved project budget is generally not adjusted. Due to the adjustment of project research objectives, major technical routes or main research contents, as well as unexpected losses caused by force majeure and other reasons, which have a great impact on the project budget, it must be reported to the Natural Science Foundation of China for approval according to procedures.
Twelfth project funds shall not be used to pay all kinds of fines, donations, sponsorship, investment and other expenses, shall not be used for all kinds of welfare expenses, and shall not be used for other expenses prohibited by the state.
Thirteenth project supporting units should strengthen the management of project funds. Project funds must be earmarked, and no unit or individual may intercept, occupy or misappropriate them for any reason or way.
Fourteenth in the research funded projects annual surplus funds, carried forward to the next year to continue to use. The remaining funds of the project are still used for the basic research of natural science or some applied research work of the project supporting units.