This fellowship is sponsored by the Taiwanese government for 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. Those who are currently conducting research, teaching, or studying in Taiwan are ineligible. The 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.
Stipend amounts vary by fellowship level and length of stay.
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. Those who are currently conducting research, teaching, or studying in Taiwan are ineligible.
Deadline: May 1 to June 30.
Awards: Assistant professors, assistant research fellows, post-doctoral researchers, doctoral candidates, doctoral program students, and other candidates recommended by ROC (Taiwan) missions: NT$50,000 ($1600). The minimum duration of a fellowship is three months, and the maximum one year.