Starting from June, if the project is approved for funding, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) will notify the university in batches through approval letters.
Here are the procedures to follow:
- The Office of Research and Development (ORD) will import the newly approved project into the project management system. Simultaneously, an automatic email notification will be sent to the principal investigator (PI), providing details of the approved budget list and relevant regulations and instructions from NSTC.
- The PI is required to sign the research project execution agreement on NSTC's website within one month or within the specified time frame. Once the agreement is signed, the ORD handler can proceed to request the first installment of funding, which accounts for 50% of the total approved budget.
- On a weekly basis, the ORD handler will review the projects that have signed the agreement on NSTC's website. All the necessary documents will be compiled and submitted in bulk to NSTC for processing.
- Beginning from the 6th month after the project execution, the ORD handler will request the second installment of funding, which accounts for 50% of the total approved budget, from NSTC on a monthly basis.
- After the PIs have submitted the mid-term reports online through NSTC's website two months before the completion of each year's execution period, NSTC will notify the university via approval letters. The university can then proceed to request the first installment of funding for the following year.
Note
- When requesting the first installment of funding for the following year, for projects with approved budgets that span multiple years (with the same project number), it is required that each project has a percentage of expenditure exceeding 70%. This percentage is calculated by dividing the actual expenditure by the amount disbursed. If the expenditure falls below 70%, it is necessary to provide a clear explanation of the reasons and obtain approval from NSTC before requesting funding for the next year.
- The PIs shall inform the Accounting Office to generate a budget statement (經費收支明細報告表) for the project once the expenditure exceeds 70%. The ORD handler will then compile the necessary documents and submit them in bulk to NSTC to request funding.