The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York is pleased to announce that the 2025 Taiwan Fellowship will be accepting applications from May 1 to June 30, 2024.
The fellowship was established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to encourage experts and scholars overseas 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.
We welcome research topics related to Taiwan government's major policies, Taiwan's foreign relations, regional security, global supply chain resilience, and economic integration.
Eligibility
The applicant’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.
Eligible applicants include 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 those who 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 can begin the fellowship in Taiwan as early as January 2025 and must complete the fellowship by December 2025.
Grants
- The recipients will be entitled to one direct round-trip economy-class air ticket subsidized between their country of residence and Taiwan (with a maximum subsidy of NT$55,000 if flying from the US).
- Monthly stipends are as follows:
- 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.
- Group accident insurance for the duration of the research in Taiwan.
Application procedures
The application period is from May 1 to June 30, 2024. Shortlisted candidates will be notified in November 2024.
This office only accept applications from those whose universities or affiliated institutes are based in the states of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Step 1 - Online: Applicants should first submit an online application at: http://taiwanfellowship.ncl.edu.tw/eng/apply_out.aspx
Step 2 - Mail-in following documents for preliminary review:
- Application Form (please print the completed online 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 highest administrator of the applicant’s affiliated institute.
All mail-in documents should be postmarked by July 1, 2024, and sent to the following address:
Chiao Hung Hsu
Press Division
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York
1 E 42nd Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10017
For further information, please refer to the Taiwan Fellowship official website or contact TECO in New York (Chiao Hung Hsu/ Email: chhsu01@mofa.gov.tw).
