Grants&Fundings

• Oct. 2026-Sep. 2027. “Centre-UB Early Career Researcher Fellowship” from the Centre-UB & ESRC. (£166,183)
-Project: Too Young to Consent: Uncovering the Developmental, Safety, and Privacy Risks of AI Toys for Children Under Five
-Investigators: Yuchen Wang (Fellow), Ying Feng (PI), Zizhou Peng (PI), Office for Product Safety and Standards (Partner)

• Nov. 2025-Jul. 2026. “Interdisciplinary Bid Development Grant” from the University of Birmingham. (£7,000)
-Project: Synergistic Strategies in Food Health Psychology
-Investigators: Ying Feng (PI), Zizhou Peng (Co-I), Scott MaCabe (Co-I)

• Jun. 2023. “Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad” from China Scholarship Council (The highest government award granted by the Chinese government to Chinese students overseas, globally selects 650 young talents from different disciplines every year). ($6,000)

• Mar.2023. “Doctoral Researcher Support Fund” from Loughborough Doctor College (£1,300)

• Mar. 2023. “Institute Conference Fund” from Institute for Digital Technologies. (£600)

• Mar. 2022. “Santander Mobility Award” grants from Santander Bank (£1,250)

• Jun. 2022. “Open Research Grants” from the Loughborough Open Research Collective (ORC) (£200)

• Oct. 2020. “Loughborough University Full Studentship” for Ph.D. research (Full-tuition fee, £70,000)

• Oct. 2018. “Loughborough University Excellence Scholarship” for master’s degree (£4,460)