Funding and awards

We are very grateful to the funding agents for supporting our research.

1. New Cornerstone Investigator, 2023-12-2028-12, RMB 25,000,000;

2. 2023 TJU Independent Innovation Research Grant, RMB 200,000;

3. Natural Science Foundation of China Beijing Tianjin Hebei Basic Research Cooperation Project 2022-10-2025-09, RMB 600,000;

4. Intramural Research Fund for Productivity (No. 2022XCG-0006), TJU. 2022-01-2022-12, RMB 300,000;

5. The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China 2021-12-2025-12, RMB 4,000,000;

6. Intramural Talent Research Fund—Leader of Science and Technology (No. 2021XJQ-0004), TJU. 2021-09-2021-12, RMB 500,000;

7. Intramural Fund for Preliminary Research of Challenging Projects (No. 2021XY-0004), TJU. 2021-01-2021-12, RMB 100,000;

8. Tianjin City“Project Plus Team”Key Program. 2020-12-2023-12, RMB 600,000;

9. National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2020YFA0907900) RMB 547,000;

10. Tianjin City Synthetic Biology Innovative Translational Research Incubation Grant RMB 1,600,000 

11. National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2019YFA0905700) RMB 4,370,000;

12. Intramural Translational Research Fund (No. 2020XT-0030), TJU. 2020-01-2020-12, RMB 50,000;

13. Leading Talent Award in Science and Technology of Tianjin City, 2019;

14. NSFC 31870049: RMB 590,000;

15. NSFC 31570060: RMB 650,000;

16. Industrial fund from BioRobust: 200,000

17. Tianjin 1000 Youth Talent Award: RMB 500,000;

18. Tianjin University Start-up fund: RMB 2,000,000;

19. TJU Graduate Innovative Training Program Teaching Award: RMB 10,000;

20. 2019 TJU Independent Innovation Research Grant RMB 30,000;

21. 2018 Tianjin University Pioneering Faculty Award;

22. 2018 Publication of the year award, SPST, TJU;

23. 2017 Excellent Supervisor Award, 1st ACS Jingjinji Chapter Young Star Forum on Health Science;

24. 2015 Grant of the year, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University;

25. 2014 Tianjin University Peiyang Scholar;

26. 2013-2014 NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award;

27. 2001 – 2006 Upenn Medical School Graduate Fellowship;

28. 2000 Thomas Rumble Fellowship.

29. 1992 Shantou City Mayor’s You Hua Scholarship