On the one hand, the failure of Zheshe Fund is due to the large base of projects approved by colleges and universities, but it also reflects the high risk of failure of social science fund projects in colleges and universities. There is a problem of "emphasizing the establishment of projects but neglecting the establishment of projects" in social science fund projects in colleges and universities, and the supervision of social science fund projects in colleges and universities should be further strengthened. In addition, China Academy of Social Sciences is a major project sponsor of previous social science funds, but the number of failed projects is small, which shows that its social science fund projects are of high quality. The number of failed social science fund projects has a certain relationship with the policy orientation of scientific research management in a unit, which is an important symbol of the scientific research management level of a unit. Generally speaking, the failed projects are mainly concentrated in universities with a large number of humanities and social science projects and strong research strength, but the number distribution of each unit is different.