According to the relevant data of the paper, the national social science fund project and the humanities and social science project of the Ministry of Education must enter the management system three months before the end of the research period and apply for extension. Each project can apply for extension 1 time, and the longest research period after extension is no more than five years, and the application can be made three months in advance.

The National Social Science Foundation was established with the approval of the State Council, 1986, and is managed by the National Office of Philosophy and Social Sciences.