Taiwan Fellowship

Guidelines for the Taiwan Fellowship

I. Purpose
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
established the Taiwan Fellowship in order to encourage experts and scholars
worldwide interested in Taiwan, cross-strait relations, mainland China, Asia
Pacific, and Sinology to conduct research in Taiwan’s universities or research
institutions and promote academic exchanges.

II. Eligibility
Fellowship recipients should be foreign professors, associate professors, assistant
professors, or doctoral candidates of related departments at overseas universities,
or research fellows of equivalent level in academic institutions abroad.

III. Fields
Social Sciences, including Taiwan Studies, Cross-Strait Studies, China Studies,
Asia Pacific Studies and Sinology.

IV. Awards
1. An economy class roundtrip ticket flying the most direct route will be
provided. Tickets will not be provided to recipients who are already in Taiwan.

   2. Research stipends are granted at the beginning of each month in the following
     two categories:
     (1)Professors, associate professors, research fellows, and associate research
       fellows: NT$60,000.
     (2)Assistant professors, assistant research fellows, and doctoral candidates:
       NT$50,000.
3. The minimum duration of scholarship is three months, and the maximum is

one year.

4. Accident insurance of NT$ 1,000,000 is provided during the term of research
in Taiwan.

5. Application closing date: 15 November 2010.

For further information, please contact the R.O.C. Embassies and Representative office or
Center for Chinese Studies, National Central Library
Address: 20 Chungshan S. Road. Taipei 10001, Taiwan
Tel: +886-2-23147321 Fax: +886-2-23712126
E-mai1: ccsgrant@ ncl.edu.tw http://ccs.ncl.edu.tw