According to the Measures for the Administration of Project Funding of the National Natural Science Foundation, the service fee refers to the service fee 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.
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.
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