Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training (Dachuang) Program at Institutional Level ·
January 2026
- December 2026
Co-supervisor ·
Awarded by: Duke Kunshan University Innovation Incubator (Dii)
· $2,000.00
Project title: Developing a Self-administered Light Environment System for Small Pets [team members: Xu He and Tianruo Liu; co-supervised by Prof. Sze Chai Kwok (Duke Kunshan)]
DNAS Interdisciplinary Seed Grant ·
December 2025
- November 2026
Co-principal investigator ·
Awarded by: Duke Kunshan University Division of Natural and Applied Sciences (DNAS)
· $2,800.00
Project title: Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Martian Photoperiod-induced Memory Disruption in Mice [with Prof. Pascal Grange (Duke Kunshan) and Prof. Sze Chai Kwok (Duke Kunshan) as co-PIs]
Kunshan Shuangchuang Innovative Leading Talent Program ·
July 2025
- June 2028
Principal investigator ·
Awarded by: Kunshan Science and Technology Bureau
· $84,500.00
Project title: Brain Mechanisms of Sleep versus Wake Memory Consolidation and Their Regulation by Environmental Light
Provost Fund for Duke–Duke Kunshan University Collaboration ·
February 2025
- July 2026
Co-principal investigator ·
Awarded by: Duke University Provost Fund
· $56,373.00
Project title: Optimizing the Operant Light Self-administration Paradigm in Laboratory Mice as a Potential Model for Human Behavioral Disorders [with Prof. Henry H. Yin (Duke) as co-PI]
Summer Research Program Grant ·
July 2024
- August 2024
Principal investigator ·
Awarded by: Duke Kunshan University
· $11,500.00
Project title: Operant Light Seeking—an Animal Model for Behavioral Addiction