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. The Taiwan Fellowship, echoing the APEC Scholarship Initiative, provides 12 Chinese Taipei APEC Fellowship openings per year exclusively for scholars and experts from developing APEC economies. The application process will begin in May 2016, and recipients will begin their research in Taiwan in January 2017.
Eligibility
The Fellowship recipients (herein referred to as “the 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 inTaiwan are ineligible.
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, or doctoral candidates: NT$50,000.
- One round-trip, economy-class ticket for the most direct route to Taiwan (The subsidy will be decided by MOFA in accordance with the relevant regulations).
- The terms of fellowship are 3 to 12 months.
- Accident insurance (plus a medical insurance for accidental injuries) coverage of NT$1 million.
Study Field
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.
How to Apply
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.
The Evaluation Process
The evaluation process is as follows:
- The ROC Embassy or Representative Office receives the application, verifies the data, and evaluates the applicant’s academic influence or potential;
- The ROC Embassy or Representative Office describes the reasons for recommending a candidate as a reference for the evaluation committee;
- MOFA invites scholars, experts and representatives from MOFA to form an evaluation committee for screening the candidates for the Fellowship;
- The candidate receives and submits to MOFA a “Letter of Consent for Research” from one or more universities or academic institutions inTaiwan, thereby completing the Fellowship application process.
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
http://taiwanfellowship.ncl.edu.tw/eng/about.aspx