July 2022                 Diversity & inclusion conference awards ($1,000 USD), Cognitive Science society 2022 for the paper 

                                “Zheng, Y., Gu, Y. Backus, A. & van Soest A. (2022) The value of host-country language: The effect of

                                Dutch language  proficiency on immigrants’ income, savings and financial wealth in the Netherlands”

                                https://escholarship.org/uc/item/88g132bk

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June 2022               Nomination for the 2022 RSM Professor Awards, Erasmus University
 

Dec 2015                Jenny Ligthart Award: Best Research Master Student Continuing on to PhD, TiSEM, Tilburg

                                University (€1,500)

Jun 2015                 NWO Research Talent (Onderzoekstalent) Grant, The Netherlands Organization for Scientific

                                Research [406-15-298] (About € 210,000)

 

Aug 2014                Koopmans Scholarship, Tilburg University (€22,594)
 

Aug 2013                CentER Scholarship, Tilburg University (€15,705)

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Aug 2012                Partner Scholarship between Tilburg & Shandong University (€4,182)

 

2012, 2010, 2008   Outstanding Member of Youth Association (three times)

 

Jun 2011                 Excellent Bachelor Thesis in Shandong Province (2 out of 306 theses)

 

Nov 2010                Second Prize Scholarship of Shandong University

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Nov 2010                Outstanding Student Leader of Shandong University Apr 2010 Third Prize in Social Practice and

                                Investigation Competition at Shandong University

 

Nov 2009                Third Prize Scholarship of Shandong University

 

Nov 2008                Excellent Student of Shandong University

 

Nov 2008                First Prize Scholarship of Shandong University

 

Nov 2008                CVIC SE Scientific Research and Innovation Grants in China (1 out of 306 students)

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