Legal basis: Article 24 of the Regulations of the National Natural Science Foundation. During the implementation of the fund-funded project, the supporting unit shall not change the project leader without authorization.
The person in charge of the project is under any of the following circumstances, and the supporting unit shall timely put forward an application for changing the person in charge of the project or terminating the implementation of the project funded by the fund, and report it to the fund management institution for approval; The fund management institution may also directly make a decision to terminate the implementation of fund-funded projects:
(a) no longer rely on the scientific and technological personnel of the unit;
(two) can not continue to carry out research work;
(3) plagiarizing other people's scientific research achievements or practicing fraud in scientific research.
If the person in charge of the project is transferred to another supporting unit, the supporting unit and the original supporting unit shall reach an agreement through consultation, and the original supporting unit shall put forward an application for changing the supporting unit and report it to the fund management institution for approval. If no consensus is reached through consultation, the fund management institution shall make a decision to terminate the implementation of the project funded by the fund.