2022 Taiwan Fellowship Program open for online application from 1st May to 30th June 2021
19 April 2021
The Taiwan Fellowship (hereinafter referred to as “the Fellowship”) sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is now open for Filipino applicants to apply.
The Fellowship aims to invite scholars and experts interested in the research fields of social sciences related to Taiwan, cross-strait relations, China, the Asia-Pacific, Sinology to pursue advanced studies at universities or academic institutions in Taiwan.
Aside from the aforesaid topics, the Fellowship encourages studies on topics relevant to Taiwan’s important policy agenda and major foreign engagements-i.e. the era of COVID-19 and the contemporary international political and economic developments, security issues in Asia and the Pacific, “New Southbound Policy”, global cybersecurity, defense strategy, anti-disinformation/anti-misinformation campaign, and gender equality, etc.
The online application will be open from 1 May to 30 June 2021. The Fellowship recipients should undertake their research in Taiwan during the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.
MOFA will sponsor the Fellowship recipients with the following financial assistance:
- Monthly grants are paid at the beginning of each month.
(a) Professor, associate professor, research fellow, or associate research fellow: NT60,000 (approximate to Php 100,000).
(b) Assistant professor, assistant research fellow, or doctoral candidate: NT50,000 (approximate to Php 85,000).
- A round-trip air ticket: Economy class for the most direct route between Taiwan and the Philippines.
- Duration of the Fellowship: 3 to 12 months.
- Accident insurance coverage (plus a medical insurance for accidental injuries): NT 1 million (approximate to Php 1.6 million)
Applicant is required to fill out an on-line application form, which shall be submitted with the following documents to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines before 30 June 2021 for qualification review:
- Resume (including a publication list);
- Research proposal (three pages in standard research format);
- Two recommendation letters, or one recommendation letter and one approval letter from the head of the applicant’s working institute/agency/organization.
For detailed information and online application, please visit the website at http://taiwanfellowship.ncl.edu.tw.
For further queries, please contact Mr. Chung-Lin WU via email at clwu@mofa.gov.tw, or landline at +63-2-8887-6688 Ext.122.
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines
41F, Tower 1, RCBC Plaza,
6819 Ayala Avenue, Makati
Metro Manila, Philippines
