Breakthrough in NNSFC Supported Research Projects in 2014

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) has recently announced the review results of research projects of 2014. This is the first time that RBS has won one project of the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars, one of the Outstanding Young Scholar Science Foundation and one Key Project respectively, representing an all-round accomplishment in RBS’ research project development. Projects led by Prof. Liu Jun (Dept. of Human Resources and Organization) and Prof. Jiang Fuxiu (Dept. of Finance) have won the funds for the second time. Prof. Wang Xiaofang’s (Dept. of Management Science and Engineering) project will be funded by the Outstanding Young Scholar Science Foundation for the first time at RBS.

RBS has won 7 general projects of NNSFC and 5 of Young Scholar Foundation out of the School’s 15 projects in total, 21.43% of all RUC’s projects. The funds in aggregate are expected to reach 10.33 million yuan. The establishment success rates for all projects, general projects, and Young Scholar Foundation supported projects at RBS are 60.87%, 58.33, and 100%, respectively, all of which exceed the average rates of NNSFC projects and RUC’s projects.

The steady increases in both establishment success rate and funding result from RBS’ enhancement in faculty team building and research development over the years. With regard to faculty team, RBS has raised its recruitment criteria to attract high-level mid-career and young scholars, and developed a new faculty promotion mechanism with a great emphasis on research output. In the meanwhile, RBS strives to promote research productivity by reducing teaching loads for faculty members with excellent research performance. In addition, consistent with AACSB accreditation standards, RBS carries out a category-based faculty management mechanism, which requires each faculty member to produce proper intellectual con