The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York is pleased to announce that the Taiwan Fellowship 2021 application deadline is extended to July 15, 2020.
The Fellowship was established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to encourage experts and scholars who are interested in topics related to Taiwan, cross-strait relations, the Asia-Pacific region and Sinology to conduct advanced research at universities or academic institutions in Taiwan.
Research topics related to Taiwan’s domestic and foreign policy issues, including participation in regional economic integration, New Southbound Policy, regional security, gender studies, and combating disinformation, are highly welcome.
Financial assistance
- Monthly grants are paid at the beginning of every month.
- Professors, associate professors, research fellows, or associate research fellows: NT$60,000;
- Assistant professors, assistant research fellows, post-doctoral researchers, doctoral candidates, doctoral program students: NT$50,000.
- One direct round-trip economy-class air ticket between the country of residence and Taiwan.
- Accident insurance of NT$1 million and an additional NT$50,000 for medical treatment in any one accident.
Eligibility
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.
Duration
The minimum duration of a fellowship is three months and the maximum one year. Recipients may begin the fellowship in Taiwan as early as January 2021 and must complete the fellowship by December 2021.
Application procedure
The application period is from May 1 to July 15, 2020.
Applicants whose universities or affiliated institutes are based in the states of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania should send their applications to this office.
Step 1 - Online: Applicants should first submit the online application at: http://taiwanfellowship.ncl.edu.tw/eng/apply_out.aspx
Step 2 - Mail-in:
- Application Form (Please print the completed online application form).
- Resume (including publication list).
- Research proposal (three pages in principle using a standard research format).
- Two letters of recommendation or one letter of recommendation and one letter of consent from the highest administrator of the applicant’s affiliated institute.
All mail-in documents should be sent to the following address postmarked by July 16, 2020:
Sophie Sun
Press Division
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York
1 E 42nd Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Shortlisted candidates will be notified in October 2020.
For further information, please visit the Taiwan Fellowship official website or contact TECO in New York (Sophie Sun / E-mail: hysun01@mofa.gov.tw).