On August 23, the National Natural Science Foundation of China announced the review results of the National Natural Science Foundation's centralized application projects in 2024. The School of Management Science and Engineering of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics received four grants, including one National Natural Science Foundation key project, one general project, and two youth projects, with a total project funding of 2.61 million yuan.

In recent years, the School of Management Science and Engineering of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics has adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, firmly grasped the "New Finance" strategy, and adhered to the concept of "focusing on management and science, cross-integration, and characteristic development". It has accelerated the promotion of organized scientific research construction, continuously optimized the scientific research project cultivation mechanism and incentive mechanism, enhanced the competitiveness of national scientific research project applications, and provided strong support for teachers to carry out high-level scientific research and produce landmark results.