Selected Grants

Faculty and staff members in SOE are involved with externally funded research and development projects from international, national, regional and local governments and organizations. This page listed some selected projects as indicators of SOE’s proactive research culture.


Quantitative Evaluation Research of Peer Influence among World-Class Universities

Principal Investigator: FENG Zhuolin

Funding Source: Project of Ministry of Education of China

Funding Time: 2020-2021


Research on Doctoral Students Relegation and Attrition Mechanism

Principal Investigator: ZHANG Guodong

Funding Source: Project of National Education Sciences Plans

Funding Time: 2020-2023


Performance Evaluation of and Promoting Mechanism for the Double World-Class Project

Principal Investigator: LIU Niancai

Funding Source: Project of Ministry of Education of China

Funding Time: 2018-2021


Research on the Growth of Doctoral Students’ Supervisors

Principal Investigator: LIU Shaoxue

Funding Source: International Cooperation Project (with Routledge)

Funding Time: 2017-2020


China and Europe on the New Silk Road: Connecting Universities Across Eurasia

Principal Investigator: LIU Niancai

Funding Source: International Cooperation Project (with Utrecht University)

Funding Time: 2017-2020


The Formation Mechanism and Promotion Strategies of Research Universities’ Social Reputation Study

Principal Investigator: ZHAO Wenhua

Funding Source: Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China

Funding Time: 2017-2021


Research on Identification and Classification Construction of Research Talents Evaluation Target Group in Universities

Principal Investigator: LIU Li

Funding Source: National General Project in the 13th Five-Year Plan of National Educational Sciences

Funding Time: 2017-2020


The Mechanism and System Construction of Graduate Research Funding in the Cultivation of Creative Talents

Principal Investigator: LIU Ji'an

Funding Source: National General Project in the 13th Five-Year Plan of National Educational Sciences

Funding Time: 2017-2020


Research on the Spatial-temporal Differentiation, Influencing Factors and Policy Mechanism of the Satisfaction of Young Returned University Teachers during the First Employment Period

Principal Investigator: ZHU Junwen

Funding Source: National General Project in the 13th Five-Year Plan of National Educational Sciences

Funding Time: 2016-2019


Research on the Impact of International Flow of Academic Talents on Research Output under the Background of Building a World-Class University

Principal Investigator: CHEN Liyuan

Funding Source: National Project in the 13th Five-Year Plan of National Educational Science—Youth Science Fund

Funding Time: 2016-2020


The Centre for Global Higher Education

Co-Investigator: LIU Niancai

Funding Source: part of a major ESRC/HEFCE grant led by UCL Institute of Education

Funding Time: 2015-2020


Research on the Development of Work Skills and Research Productivity of Young Teachers at Research Teams in Universities

Principal Investigator: YANG Xi

Funding Source: National Natural Science Foundation of China—Youth Science Fund

Funding Time: 2016-2020