Huayu for engineering students

Chapter 239 Funding Issues ([-])

"How long can our project funds last?" Old Gu turned to ask the teacher in charge of fund supervision.

"From the current point of view, most of the projects are just starting, so the capital expenditure is not large.

The verification of the principle of ion evaporation has been completed, and the capital consumption is much smaller than expected.I think it may be because the ideas provided by Wang Xu are too clear, so many expected losses did not occur.

According to this situation, we may be able to re-evaluate carefully, reduce the margin to the minimum, and reserve some free funds to adjust as needed.

I roughly estimated that our existing funds were originally estimated to be able to support two months of research, and now it is estimated that it can be extended appropriately.

Under the most optimistic estimate, our funds should still be usable for three to four months.

For the detailed time, I still need two days to do the actuarial calculation. "The cadre in charge of fund supervision and budget was transferred from the Ministry for support, and is mainly responsible for the actuarial calculation and supervision of funds.

His initial evaluation was based on the normal scientific research process, but when it came to this project, it seemed a little different.

Many projects show progress in their progress charts, especially those that enter the experimental phase.

This kind of smoothness is somewhat beyond imagination, which has led to the fact that almost every project has a balance of funds than expected.

This shows that his evaluation is too high, and he must re-evaluate the funding of the entire project based on the current progress.

Although the Ministry did not provide much financial assistance, it still provided some other support as much as possible. In terms of policy, it acquiesced in this model of cutting first and playing later. In terms of personnel, it seconded several elite soldiers in management and overall planning Support.

This has actually shown that the attitude of the Ministry is very optimistic. The Ministry of Science and Technology really has a terribly weak sense of existence in this era. There is almost no technological innovation, and it is catching up everywhere.

In the evaluation of scientific research achievements throughout China, it is almost the best achievement to reach the level of foreign countries in the 80s.

Mizuki's side suddenly produced several internationally leading achievements, so it's no wonder that they haven't been targeted by the higher-ups.

It is estimated that the Ministry is having a headache. This year's scientific and technological progress award has been issued. After all, Mizuki's achievements are too scary.Graphene, single crystal copper, high-sensitivity signal detection circuit, high-fidelity signal amplification circuit, and proven growth methods, each of which is world-leading.

Although the two circuits are not well-known, they have been widely used in many confidential researches such as radar, sonar, monitoring, and remote sensing. There are more than a dozen original designs and their variants.

The idea of ​​these two circuits can be said to have brightened Huaxia's eyes a lot. Achievements of this level can only be ranked behind in the list of Mizuki's scientific research achievements last year.

The implementation of two consecutive large-scale research projects in Shuimu, "Supercomputing" and "Growth Method", makes it almost inevitable that the results will blow out in the foreseeable future. The "supercomputing" project is actually the same as the "growth method" project, and it has just been officially launched since the beginning of the year.

The slowness of the "supercomputing" project is actually normal. After all, the supercomputing project is actually initiated from the bottom up, and the student union and the youth league committee have played an important role in it.

Such a project trains mainly young teachers and students, and the project leader is Professor Yan, who is also a relatively young professor. Therefore, the positioning of this project has become an experimental project for cultivating future backbones.

In this way, from the beginning of various application processes to the specific ideals of each project, these young teachers are all independently completed by these young teachers, so the overall process is naturally not too fast.

They are all in accordance with the standard process. This kind of formality is not just a waste of time. On the contrary, it is a tool for large organizations to improve efficiency.

Therefore, this kind of training will be comprehensive, not only for young teachers, but also for young Shuimu project management institutions.

There is nothing wrong with Mizuki's decision-making, and it is even more far-reaching than Wang Xu's when he conceived it. This is not surprising. After all, Wang Xu is only sure about the direction of technology.

But how to realize it, how to apply for a project, how to manage it, how to coordinate it, how to monitor it, and how to check and accept it all require experience, and scientific research management is not at all simpler than that of a large company.

Mizuki is obviously aware of his own shortcomings, so he is consciously using every opportunity to improve.

The "growth method" project is aimed at more mature professors and researchers at their peak. If they do not have enough talents, they will cooperate across departments and colleges. This is an investment for the moment, and it focuses more on the improvement of real scientific research capabilities.

Although with Wang Xu's guidance, many detours can be bypassed, but countless related projects can make up for this shortcoming.

Use the projects that Wang Xu is sure of to directly obtain achievements and honors, and the projects that he is not familiar with really train the team. This is the real reason why the scope of growth method projects has spread to such a large extent.

Several teachers were talking about funding and project progress, but Wang Xu was a little lost. Yes, he also had to participate in meetings of this level, and the title of chief scientist of the project team was not for nothing.

"Student Wang Xu, do you have any suggestions on the source of funds?" Several teachers have already made speeches, and the source of funds has also changed from the ministry, to the city, district, and all levels of the school. In the end, we can gather more together, and it is very possible to survive this year.

But in the end, I still asked Wang Xu. After all, it is well known that this kid has a lot of crooked ideas.

"Actually, we can try some financial means." Wang Xu suddenly gave an unexpected answer.

"Using financial means to finance scientific research? You mean industry-university-research?" Lao Gu seemed to have a little inspiration, but he didn't fully understand it.

Wang Xu thought for a while, searched his memory bank, hesitated for a while, and finally said:
"Industry-university-research, industry-university-research, maybe too much emphasis on industry, but I always feel that there is a missing leg, and that is finance.

Using financial tools to engage in scientific research is nothing new overseas.

In foreign universities, a lot of scientific research is sponsored by companies. Everyone thinks that big companies donate money to carry out scientific research. Our news often reports this way, but it is not the case.

There are actually several misunderstandings here. The first one is that only enterprises will lose money if they invest in scientific research.

These companies are all profit-making institutions, how could they really invest in a loss-making business? Even if a single project seems to be losing money, it is likely to be profitable overall.There are many ways to earn money in the future, and I believe the teachers also know about it.

The second misunderstanding is that only companies invest in scientific research.

In fact, overseas, the financial industry may invest more in scientific research, and even if it is invested by enterprises, many financial institutions are involved in various types of financing.

Many financing means can be used in it, but this requires a sound financial environment.

It is even more necessary for Huaxia's financial institutions to jump out of their comfort zone, which may be difficult in a short time.

The third misunderstanding is that our company has no strength and cannot afford to invest in scientific research.

In fact, it is not. Many of our companies are indeed not as large as overseas companies, but our investment in R&D is also not as large as that of overseas companies. Now those companies have commissioned many scientific research projects.

But those kinds of projects are often short-term projects. For ordinary universities, they still have certain significance. For universities like Mizuki, they are too far away from the frontier of science and technology.

However, the projects of universities like Mizuki often do not have short-term benefits, so it is difficult to attract direct investment from enterprises, and they can only be done in the form of donations.

We still have some powerful companies, but they don't know what to invest in, and they don't know where the returns are.

This is actually a matter of ideology, and it needs to be slowly formed with some examples to be convincing.

But didn’t we set up a technology pool, which allows companies to invest in scientific research by exchanging qualifications. If they don’t know what to invest in, they should invest in the overall technology pool. "

Directly give them the exchange points exchanged for their technology pool to form a virtual currency, allowing them to obtain access to the technology pool through investment, and even this virtual currency can also allow transfers and transactions between enterprises, isn’t that Is it financial? "

Wang Xu's explanation made the leaders feel a little mysterious, but it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it. There seemed to be risks in it, and it felt like they were very entangled.

"This proposal, let's think about it when we go back. To be honest, I don't know what the consequences of doing this will be." Lao Gu thought for a long time. The benefits of this thing are obvious. really good.

They almost didn't know how to express their position, so they had to simply record this proposal, and planned to think about it slowly after the meeting.

This is the way of playing virtual currency in later generations. In the 90s, the entire financial industry was still ignorant, and it is really a bit too superficial.

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(See you tomorrow)

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