2022 Research Grant Program to Assist Foreign Scholars in Chinese Studies

2022 Research Grant Program to Assist Foreign Scholars in Chinese Studies Application Information

The Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) has the following provisions for its research grant program.

This program is aim at foreign professors, associate professors, assistant professors (including post-doctoral researchers) and doctoral candidates in departments related to Chinese studies at foreign universities, as well as researchers at related foreign academic institutes.

The research should be undertaken in Taiwan, and be focused mainly on Taiwan or Chinese studies.

CCS provides assistance with research expenses, research materials, liaison with universities and research institutions, and use of CCS facilities, etc.

Research tenure is one month to one year.

Applications should be submitted to the CCS by May 31 of each year before the year in which grants are intended to be used; notification of CCS’s decision will be given by the end of August of the same year after a careful review.

A direct round-trip ticket between the domicile of grant recipients and Taipei is available; monthly grants are awarded according to the following scale:

Full Professor NT$ 60,000 Associate Professor NT﹩50,000

Assistant Professor NT﹩40,000 Doctoral Candidate NT﹩40,000

Accidental death and disability insurance of NT$1 million and medical treatment for each accident of NT$50,000 will be provided for the tenure of the grant.

The duration of the grants may be between one month and one year.

Applicants should send the following materials:

Application form

Curriculum vitae（including a list of publications）

Research Plan (No length limit, but try to strive for clarity as the Grant Selection Committee will base their award decision primarily on the research plan.)

At least one letter of recommendation (Please ask your referee scan the signed copy and e-mail directly to us.)

Deadline for applications is May 31 of 2022.

Grantees who fail to observe Article 8 will have their research subsidies terminated by CCS.

Scholars who receive a grant under the Program must wait a minimum of three years after completion of their research projects before applying again.

● For more details please visit official website: https://ccs.ncl.edu.tw/ccs2/ENGLISH/information.aspx

or contact the Center for Chinese Studies at the address below:

Liaison Division, Center for Chinese Studies, 20 Chungshan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100201, R.O.C.

TEL:886-2-23147321

FAX:886-2-23712126

E-mail:ccsgrant@ncl.edu.tw