Grants

Externally-funded research projects—NSTC Visiting Personnel Recruitment Project

Applicants must be teaching/research staff or first-level administrators at the University (including principal investigators of NSTC-funded projects).

    • The three types of recipients are:
    1. Chair professors: Including Distinguished Chair Professors and Chair Professors (limited to international science and technology personnel)
    2. Visiting scholars (limited to international science and technology personnel)
    3. Doctoral level researchers: Exceptional domestic or international science and technology personnel holding a doctoral degree
    • Application time frame: Applications are reviewed as they are received, but should be submitted one month before the initial date of appointment.
    • Application method: Please apply online via the NSTC’s Academic Research and Development Service Portal.
      1. Chair professors and visiting personnel: Recommended by the University following an internal review and approval process
    1. Doctoral level researchers:
      1. Those participating in an NSTC project: Applications may be submitted together with the NSTC project application, or separately following approval of the NSTC project.
      2. Those participating in an NCHU self-funded project or in charge of technology management: Applications may be submitted separately to the NSTC.
    • Funding period:
    1. Chair professors: 1 month–1 year per term
    2. Visiting personnel: 3 months–1 year per term
    3. Doctoral level researchers: 3 months–1 year per term
    • Funding items: Teaching and research expenses, airline tickets, insurance premiums, salary subsidies, labor insurance, separation pension, and R&D fees.
    • Case conclusion and account settlement:
      1. Applicants shall upload a work report to the NSTC system within two months of the project’s conclusion.
      2. The University shall process the final account settlement with the NSTC within three months of the conclusion of the project.

Externally-funded research projects—NSTC Subsidy Program for Domestic Experts and Scholars Attending International Scholarly Conferences

Eligibility:

    1. Current teaching and research staff
    2. Postdoctoral researchers taking part in an NSTC project
    • Documents required for online applications include but are not limited to the following:
    1. Application form
    2. Proof of paper acceptance
    3. Abstract of the accepted paper
    • Applicants shall submit the application by 3 p.m. six weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The University will compile submitted applications and forward them to the NSTC by 5 p.m. the same day.
    • The subsidy is limited to one person per paper (whether presented orally or in the form of a poster). The same provisions apply to directors/supervisors of major international academic associations or editors of internationally renowned scholarly journals whose attendance is required at a conference.
    • The subsidy covers flights, conference registration, daily allowance, processing fees, and insurance premiums.
    • Only one subsidy is allowed per individual per fiscal year. Principal investigators of NSTC projects who already have an “international scholarly conference” account are ineligible to receive further subsidies.
    • Persons with a severe disability (supporting documents required) who must be accompanied by an aid in order to attend a scholarly conference may receive an additional subsidy to cover the aid’s travel expenses.
    • Conferences held in mainland China must be organized by an international academic organization (or chiefly organized by an international academic organization and co-organized by mainland China).
    • Recipients should file for reimbursement within one month of their return to Taiwan, and a conference report and account settlement form must be submitted to the NSTC’s system.