Ten SME Programs Received Funding from NSFC
Recently, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) officially announced the review results for the 2024 centralized application of NSFC projects. The School of Management and Economics (SME), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen) achieved a record high with a total of 10 approved projects, including 2 General Programs, 7 Young Scientists Funds, and 1 Research Fund for International Scientists.
Data indicates that the NSFC approval rate for SME reached 21% this year, doubling the number of programs compared to 2023, setting a new record. The approval rate for the Young Scientists Fund was 30%, nearly twice the 15.17% average funding rate of the Management Science Department in 2023. Notably, SME successfully secured its first Research Fund for International Scientists this year, marking a significant milestone in international research collaboration.
General Programs

Liu Bin
Associate Professor
Contest design's linearity and its applications to contests with endogenous entry
Project Participant
Cao Yue: CUHK-Shenzhen
Huang Yangguang: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Teh Tat How: Nanyang Technological University

Ye Haichun
Associate Professor
The Impact and Mechanism Analysis of the US Dollar Cycle on China’s Global Economic Role
Project Participant
Hui Xitong, Hou Chenyu: CUHK-Shenzhen
Lin Shu: CUHK
Wu Shujie: Zhejiang University
Young Scientists Funds

Di Chenchen
Assistant Professor
A Study on Seller-Initiated Consumer Finance: Sales-Finance Conflicts, Distribution-Financing Channel and Consumer Welfare

Huang Rihuan
Assistant Professor
An Experimental Investigation of Trade-credit Contract in Supply Chains

Li Ming
Assistant Professor
Internal Migration, Information Friction and Market Integration: Theory and Evidence under General Equilibrium Framework

Liu Hongqi
Assistant Professor
Research on investor expectation formation: explanations based on investor memory

Pan Mengmeng
Assistant Professor
Study on the Motivation and Economic Consequences of the Instrumentalization of Green Bonds for Listed Companies in China

Ren Xiao
Assistant Professor
The Demand and Value of AI-related Human Capital: Evidence from Online Job Posting Data

Zhang Yiming
Assistant Professor
Empirical Analysis on the Granularity of Wait Time Information and Customer Abandonment Behavior in Virtual Queue
Research Fund for International Scientists

Jiang Yangzi
Assistant Professor
Data-driven Recommendation System Construction of an Online Medical Platform Based on the Fusion of Information