Taiwan Research Fellowship

Deadline: 15 July 2012
Open to: foreign professors, associate professors, assistant professors, post-doctoral researchers, doctoral candidates, or doctoral program students at related departments of overseas universities, or are research fellows at an equivalent level in academic institutions abroad
Fellowship: ticket subsidy, monthly grants and insurance

Description

The Taiwan Fellowship is established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to award foreign experts and scholars interested in researches related to Taiwan, cross-strait relations, mainland China, Asia-Pacific region and Chinese studies to conduct advanced research at universities or academic institutions in Taiwan.

To implement the Taiwan Fellowship (hereinafter referred to as “the Fellowship”), encourage experts and scholars overseas who are interested in topics related to the Republic of China (Taiwan), cross-strait relations, mainland China, the Asia Pacific, and Sinology to pursue advanced studies at Taiwan’s universities, colleges or research institutions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has issued the following guidelines.  A scholar’s field of study should be in the social sciences and humanities, with a topic related to Taiwan, cross-strait relations, mainland China, the Asia Pacific, and Sinology.

The total number of recipients is subject to MOFA’s annual budget.

The minimum duration of a fellowship is three months, and the maximum one year.

Eligibility

The Fellowship recipients are as follows:

– foreign nationals who are professors, associate professors, assistant professors, post-doctoral researchers, doctoral candidates, or doctoral program students at related departments of overseas universities, or are research fellows at an equivalent level in academic institutions abroad;

– candidates recommended by ROC (Taiwan) overseas missions with a field of study on Taiwan’s foreign relations or cross-strait relations.

Those who are currently conducting research, teaching, or studying in Taiwan are ineligible.

Fellowship

The Fellowship includes the following:

A.    Ticket subsidy:
1.   The recipients will be entitled to one direct round-trip economy-class ticket subsidized between their country of residence and Taiwan
2.   Tickets will be subsidized according to the actual purchasing price, but with a maximum subsidy for each area.

B.    Monthly grants are as follows:
1.   Professors, associate professors, research fellows, or associate research fellows: NT$60,000; and
2.   Assistant professors, assistant research fellows, post-doctoral researchers, doctoral candidates, doctoral program students, and other candidates recommended by ROC (Taiwan) missions: NT$50,000.

C.    Accident insurance is provided during the term of research

Application

Applicants should first submit an on-line application form and then submit the following documents to the ROC Embassy or Representative Office in or nearest to their country of residence, as appropriate, for preliminary review:

– Application form;
– Resume (including a publication list);
– Research proposal (Three pages in principle using a standard research format); and
– Two letters of recommendation, or one letter of recommendation and one letter of consent from the chief administrator of their institute.

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