Abstract:In order to meet the current trend of diversified and complex project fund management in research institutes, this paper designs and develops a research fund management system based on fund management but not limited to fund management, with budget management as the goal and throughout the project management process, and provides a methodological reference for project management and fund management practices in research institutes. The system contains business modules, a workflow engine, timed tasks, permission control, and other functional modules. Among them, the customizable workflow engine, as a part of the overall system, controls the process with status, associates each business, and has system functions such as establishing approval models based on business data models and performing process expansion and execution. The system is also used by a research institute as a case study. Through the system's three business modules of project management, budget control, and expenditure application, it significantly improves the efficiency of scientific research project approval, increases the accuracy of user query results through unified data standards, and helps multi-departmental collaborative operation, enabling real-time monitoring of project progress, thus significantly improving the effectiveness of scientific research funding management.