What is included in the special materials fee is introduced as follows:
Including the procurement, transportation, loading and unloading of various raw materials, auxiliary materials and other low-value consumables consumed in the research and development process of the project. Organizing and other expenses.
According to Article 3 of the "Measures for the Management of Scientific Research Funds of Southwest University", the scope of expenditures for scientific research funds:
(1) Equipment expenses: refers to the special equipment purchased or trial-produced during the research and development process of the project. Instruments and equipment, upgrading and transforming existing instruments and equipment, and leasing instruments and equipment from external units. Special funds must strictly control equipment purchase expenses.
(2) Material costs: refers to the costs of purchasing, transporting, loading and unloading, and sorting out various raw materials, auxiliary materials and other low-value consumables consumed in the research and development process of the project.
(3) Testing and laboratory processing fees: refers to the inspection, testing, laboratory and processing fees paid to external units (including independent economic accounting units within the project undertaking unit) during the research and development process of the project.
(4) Fuel and power costs: refers to the separately measurable water, electricity, gas and fuel consumption costs incurred during the operation of relevant large-scale instruments and equipment, special scientific devices, etc. during the project research and development process.
(5) Travel expenses: refers to travel expenses to other places, transportation expenses within the city, etc. incurred during scientific experiments (tests), scientific inspections, business surveys, academic exchanges, etc. during the research and development process of the project. Expenditure standards for travel expenses should be implemented in accordance with relevant national and school regulations.
(6) Conference fees: refers to the expenses incurred in holding meetings to organize academic seminars, consultations, and coordinate projects or topics during the research and development process of the project. The project undertaking unit shall strictly control the scale, number of meetings, meeting expense standards and meeting duration in accordance with relevant national regulations.
(7) International cooperation and exchange fees: refers to the expenses for project researchers to go abroad and for foreign experts to work in China during the project research and development process. International cooperation and exchange fees should strictly comply with the relevant regulations on the management of national foreign affairs funds. International cooperation and exchange fees incurred by the project must be reported to the project organizing unit for review and approval in advance.
(8) Data fees: refers to the costs of data collection, entry, copying, duplication, translation, etc., as well as the purchase fees for necessary books and special software, etc. incurred during the project research process.
(9) Data collection fees: refers to the costs of questionnaire survey, data tracking and collection, case analysis, etc. incurred during the project research process.
(10) Printing fee: refers to the printing fee, printing fee and transcribing fee of the project research results incurred during the project research process.
(11) Publishing/Documentation/Information Dissemination/Intellectual Property Affairs Fees: Refers to the publishing fees, document retrieval fees, professional communication fees, patent applications and others that need to be paid during the research and development process of the project. Intellectual property affairs and other expenses.
(12) Labor fee: refers to the labor fee paid to relevant personnel without salary income among the members of the research team (such as graduate students) and temporary personnel hired by the research team during the research and development process of the project. cost.
(13) Expert consulting fees: refers to the fees paid to temporarily hired consulting experts during the research and development process of the project. Expert consultation fees shall not be paid to staff involved in planning projects and topic management.
(14) Management fees: refers to the expenses incurred in engaging in scientific research management activities.
(15) Other expenditures incurred during the research and development process of the project, other than the above-mentioned expenses, shall be listed separately and approved separately when applying for a budget.