The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) announced the results for the applications made in its concentrated period from January to March in 2021. The University of Nottingham Ningbo China has made a good performance this year. There are 10 applications approved, and the total funding reaches RMB 3.71 million.

Among them, Dr Xiaolan Zheng, Associate Professor in Finance; Dr Maria Jun Luo, Associate Professor in Marketing and Entrepreneurship; Dr Xiaodan Yu, Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Dr Jenny Xiaodie Pu, Assistant Professor in Business Analytics and Dr Boying Li, Assistant Professor in Marketing, from Nottingham University Business School China (NUBS China) have been awarded the Young Scientists Fund from NSFC as project leaders respectively.