The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has awarded funding to 25 projects at the University of Macau (UM) for 2025. Among these, 3 projects are led by academics from the Faculty of Business Administration (FBA). This is a significant accomplishment for our faculty.
FBA’s awarded projects include:
- Prof. Degui LI – Young Scientists Fund (Category A) (formerly known as the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars) for the project “複雜時間序列計量經濟學”. This is the only Category A project awarded to UM this year. His project aims to develop new tools and theories in complex time series econometrics and explore their applications in large-scale economic and financial systems.
- Prof. Hongchuan SHEN – Young Scientists Fund (Category C) (formerly known as the Young Scientists Fund) for the project “决策支持型人工智能應用對企業績效提升的影響與機制研究”. His project explores how AI adoption affects firm performance, providing insights to guide business strategies and policymaking in support of the national AI development agenda.
- Prof. Yifan JIAO – Young Scientists Fund (Category C) (formerly known as the Young Scientists Fund) for the project “網絡游戲防沉迷策略的效果、機制與優化研究”. Her project focuses on the online gaming anti-addiction strategies, with an emphasis on investigating the effects and underlying mechanisms of predominant strategies. The project will explore the optimization of anti-addiction strategies to support the sustainable development of the gaming industry while promoting responsible gaming behavior.
The attainment of these projects represents not only an accomplishment for the individual scholars but also for FBA. It reflects the faculty’s commitment to advancing research, while contributing to UM’s overall research and talent development.
Source: University of Macau, Research Services and Knowledge Transfer Office
