According to Article 3 of the Measures for the Administration of Research Funds of Southwest University, the scope of expenditure of research funds:
(a) Equipment costs: refers to the costs incurred in the process of research and development of the subject of the purchase or trial production of specialized instruments and equipment, upgrading and transformation of the existing instruments and equipment, as well as leasing of instruments and equipment of external organizations. Special funds to strictly control the expenditure on equipment acquisition costs.
(2) material costs: refers to the research and development process in the subject of various raw materials, auxiliary materials and other low-value consumables consumed in the procurement and transportation, loading and unloading, finishing and other costs.
(3) testing and processing costs: refers to the research and development in the process of the subject paid to the outside unit (including the subject unit within the independent economic accounting unit) of the inspection, testing, laboratory and processing costs.
(d) Fuel and power costs: refers to the research and development in the process of large-scale instruments and equipment, special scientific devices and other operations can be measured separately, such as water, electricity, gas, fuel consumption costs.
(E) travel: refers to the research and development in the process of scientific experiments (tests), scientific visits, business research, academic exchanges, such as out-of-town travel costs, in-town transportation costs. Travel expenses should be in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state and the implementation of the school's expenditure standards.
(F) meeting costs: refers to the research and development of the subject in the process of organizing and carrying out academic seminars, consulting and coordination of the project or subject and other activities and the cost of convening a meeting. The subject unit should be in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, strictly control the scale of the meeting, the number of meetings, meeting expenditure standards and duration of the meeting.
(VII) international cooperation and exchange fees: refers to the research and development of the subject in the process of the subject researchers to go abroad and foreign experts to work in China. International cooperation and exchange fees should be strictly enforced the relevant provisions of the national foreign affairs fund management. The international cooperation and exchange expenses incurred by the project shall be reported to the project organization unit for examination and approval in advance.
(viii) Information expenses: refers to the expenses incurred in the process of data collection, recording, copying, reproduction, translation and other costs incurred in the course of the project research, as well as the purchase of necessary books and specialized software.
(ix) Data Collection Costs: refers to the costs of questionnaire surveys, data tracking and collection, case analysis, etc., incurred in the course of project research.
(x) Printing costs: refers to the printing, printing and transcription costs of project research results incurred in the course of project research.
(xi) Publication/Documentation/Information Dissemination/Intellectual Property Matters Fees: refers to the publication fees, literature search fees, professional communication fees, patent applications and other intellectual property matters, etc., which need to be paid in the process of research and development of the project.
(xii) Labor Costs: refers to the labor costs paid to the relevant personnel (such as school graduate students) who have no salary income among the members of the project team and the temporary staff employed by the project team in the process of the research and development of the project.
(xiii) Expert Consulting Fees: refers to the fees paid to consulting experts hired on a temporary basis in the process of research and development of the project. Expert consulting fees shall not be paid to staff members involved in the management of program projects and topics.
(xiv) Management Fee: refers to the expenses incurred for engaging in research management activities.
(xv) Expenditures incurred by the subject in the process of research and development other than those mentioned above shall be separately shown and separately approved when applying for the budget.
Legal basis:
Article 16 of the Construction Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China, the bidding and tendering activities for the contracting and contracting of construction works shall be conducted in accordance with the principles of openness, fairness, and equal competition, and the contracting unit shall be selected on the basis of merit.
The bidding and tendering for construction works, this law does not provide, the provisions of the relevant bidding and tendering laws shall apply.