If it is really necessary to adjust the project budget in any of the following circumstances, the supporting unit shall report it to the Natural Science Foundation for approval.
1. During the implementation of the project, the total budget needs to be adjusted due to major adjustments in the research content or research plan;
2, between the same project funds need to be adjusted.
If it is really necessary to adjust the budget of the direct cost of the project, it shall be adjusted in accordance with the following provisions:
1. If the budget of materials, testing, laboratory processing, fuel power, publishing/literature/information dissemination/intellectual property affairs needs to be adjusted under the condition that the total budget of the project remains unchanged, the project leader shall apply according to the actual needs of scientific research activities and report it to the supporting unit for approval.
3, equipment costs, expert consulting fees, labor costs generally do not increase, if you need to reduce, by the project leader to apply, reported to the supporting unit for approval, for other aspects of the project expenditure.
The indirect cost budget of the project will not be adjusted.
Extended data:
Direct expenses refer to the expenses directly related to the project research process, including:
1. Equipment expenses: refers to the expenses incurred in purchasing or trial-producing special instruments and equipment, upgrading existing instruments and equipment, and renting instruments and equipment from other units during the project research.
2. Material cost: refers to the cost of purchasing, transporting, loading and unloading, sorting and other expenses of various raw materials, auxiliary materials and low-value consumables consumed in the project research.
3. Inspection, test and processing fees: refers to the inspection, test and processing fees paid to foreign units (including those relying on independent economic accounting units within the unit) during the project research.
4. Fuel power cost: refers to the consumption cost of water, electricity, gas and fuel that can be separately measured during the operation of related large-scale instruments and equipment and special scientific devices during the project research.
5. Travel expenses: refers to the round-trip travel expenses and local transportation expenses in different places for scientific experiments (experiments), scientific investigations, business investigations and academic exchanges during the project research. Travel expenses standards shall be implemented in accordance with relevant state regulations.
6. Conference expenses: refers to the conference expenses incurred in the process of project research for organizing academic discussions, consulting and coordinating the project research work. Conference expenses shall be implemented in accordance with relevant state regulations, and the scale, quantity and duration of the conference shall be strictly controlled.
7. International cooperation and exchange fee: refers to the expenses for project researchers to go abroad and go to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, foreign experts to come to China and experts from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to work in the Mainland during the project research period. International cooperation and exchange fees should strictly implement the relevant provisions of the state on the management of foreign affairs funds.
8. Publishing/literature/information dissemination/intellectual property affairs expenses: refers to the intellectual property affairs expenses such as publishing, materials, special software purchase, literature retrieval, professional exchanges, patent application, etc. that need to be paid during the project research.
9. Labor expenses: refers to the labor expenses paid to graduate students, postdoctoral students and temporary workers without wage income during the project research, as well as the social insurance subsidies for temporary workers. The service fee should be reasonably determined according to the local conditions and the full-time working hours of the relevant personnel involved in the project.
10. Expert consultation fee: refers to the fee paid to temporarily hired consulting experts during the project research. The expert consultation fee standard shall be implemented according to the relevant provisions of the state.
1 1. Other expenses: Other expenses incurred in the course of project research other than the above expenses shall be listed and approved separately when applying for budget.
Direct costs should be included in the unified financial management of the supporting units, accounted for separately, and used for special purposes.
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