On August 18, 2014, the official website of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) released the evaluation results of the application for 2014 NSFC projects. In 2014, IIDPF gained 3 NSFC projects, namely: Research on Inter-county Compulsory Education Balance, Financial Needs and Financial Guarantee Mechanism by Prof. Li Xiangyun, a general project with a grant of 600,000 RMB and the project approval number 71473273; Economic Effects Policy Options of Progressive Delayed Retirement Age—Based on General Equilibrium Model of OLG Structure by Prof. Lu Yuanping, a Youth Science Fund project with a grant of 220,000 RMB and the project approval number 71403296; and "Economic Effects of Progressive Delayed Retirement Age and Its Policy Options Based on General Equilibrium Model of OLG Structure" by Mr. Qi Shouwei, a Youth Science Fund project with a grant of 200,000 RMB and the project approval number 71403297.