For those looking for a fellowship, good news! A distinguished initiative of Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is the MOFA Taiwan Fellowship 2025. It provides advanced research support for scholars and experts worldwide in the fields of Sinology, Taiwan, Asia-Pacific relations, and cross-strait interactions. Through this fellowship, intellectual interaction and mutual understanding are promoted by enabling foreign professors, researchers, doctorate candidates, and students to conduct research at a Taiwanese institution.
Completely supported, the MOFA Taiwan Fellowship 2024–25 provides a monthly stipend, round-trip travel, and accident insurance worth NT$1 million. The fellowship will begin in January 2025 and run for three to twelve months. Researchers in the social sciences and humanities have a fantastic opportunity to interact with Taiwanese academics and improve their research techniques.
More than 1400 academics from 93 nations have taken part since the program’s start. Additionally, the program provides 12 APEC Fellowships each year to students from developing APEC economies. To be eligible for the MOFA Taiwan Fellowship in 2024–2025, apply before the deadline.
Country: Taiwan
Financial coverage: Fully Funded
Opportunity Type: Fellowships
Eligibility Criteria:
- International professors, associate professors, assistant professors, post-doctoral researchers, doctorate and doctoral program students, and research fellows from foreign academic institutions are among the applicants eligible for the MOFA Fellowship.
- Those with an emphasis on Taiwan’s international relations or cross-strait relations who have been suggested by ROC (Taiwan) overseas missions are eligible to apply.
- Candidates need to be free for a period of three to twelve months.
- Those who are presently studying, teaching, or performing research in Taiwan are ineligible.
- During the fellowship, MOFA fellows are not eligible to receive any additional funding from Taiwanese academic institutions or government organisations. Working part-time is prohibited without MOFA’s approval.
- Recipients are responsible for paying any costs exceeding the Fellowship amount.
Benefits:
- A monthly stipend is awarded to fellows at the start of each month.
- NT$60,000 is awarded to research fellows, associate research fellows, professors, and associate professors.
- NT$50,000 is awarded to doctorate fellows, assistant professors, and assistant research fellows.
- All fellows are provided with round-trip airfare in economy class.
- Accident insurance, which covers medical expenses for unintentional injuries, is given to fellows.
- The maximum amount covered by accident insurance is NT$1 million.
Documents Required:
- Application form: Three pages in normal research style; research proposal
- Curriculum vitae (with articles listed)
- Two recommendation letters, or one recommendation letter and one letter of authorization from your institution’s chief administrator
Deadline: June 30, 2024
