Congratulations to Songnian Chen for being named a RGC (Research Grants Council) Senior Research Fellow 2021-22. This extremely prestigious honor aims to provide sustained support and relief from teaching and administrative duties to exceptionally outstanding full professors at UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong, with a view to facilitating their full dedication to research and development and helping universities attract and retain research talent.

It is awarded to only 10 professors in Hong Kong each year and provides $7.8 million to support intensive research for a 5-year period. Professor Chen’s project is: Quantile Regression Subject to Sample Selection with Continuous and Binary Outcomes.