Conference and Seminar Grants

Unlike grant applications submitted from outside of Taiwan, applications from scholars affiliated with institutions in Taiwan must involve cooperation with one or more scholars from other countries. Applicants for conference and seminar grants must be full-time faculty affiliated with a university or other academic institution. Funding for approved grants are normally distributed through the accounting organ of this institution.

The maximum amount of each award is NT$1,000,000. Projects on Taiwan Studies are especially encouraged.

In principle, the Foundation does not provide funding for annual meetings.

Application materials

1. Project abstracts (in Chinese and English).
2. A detailed itemized budget (If this sum is to be supplemented by matching funds, please include this information in the budget).
3. A description of the proposed project of no more than 7 pages in length.
4. Curriculum vitae of the project director and foreign co-director(s), including lists of publications over the last five years that are related to the proposed project.
5. Endorsement letter(s) from the project director and co-director(s) institution(s).
6. Conference schedule and list of participants, as well as titles and abstracts of the papers to be presented.

Application Procedures

Applications must be submitted to our online application database. E-mail and paper applications will not be accepted. Applications may be submitted every year from August 1 to September 15 and December 1 to January 15 of the following year. (to start the application process, please click here)

Deadline

1. The deadlines for Conference and Seminar Grant applications are:
   September 15—for Conferences and Seminars from January through June of the following year.
   January 15—for Conferences and Seminars from July through December of the same year.
2. Final results for applications made before September 15 are announced in late December. Results of applications submitted for the January 15 deadline are announced in early June.
3. For applications that are approved, the Foundation will inform the institutions and project directors as quickly as possible in order to arrange for contracts to be signed.
4. The Foundation does not provide reviewer’s reports.

Important Information

1. The Foundation’s grants provide support for research on Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences.
2. Applications should not exceed the limits for grant amounts and grant duration as stated in the program descriptions given above.
3. Project directors who are currently receiving Foundation aid are ineligible to apply.
4. The Foundation encourages applications with matching funds from other sources. Please inform the Foundation if applying for financial assistance from other organizations at the same time. If a project director receives aid from another source after the Foundation has already decided to support the project, please inform the Foundation within 7 days after being informed by the alternate funding organization.
5. The Foundation does not subsidize the salaries of project directors or their overseas co-directors.
6. Funds for Conference and Seminar Grants may not be used to cover publication costs. Grantees anticipating the need for additional funding to cover such costs are welcome to apply for one of the Foundation’s Publication Subsidies grants.
7. Funding is not available for university administrative expenses (including overhead or endowments) or the purchase of equipment.
8. Foundation funds can only be transferred to and managed by institutional accounts. Endorsement letter from the applicant's institution must express the institution's willingness to comply with these procedures.
9. For transportation, please use the most direct flights possible in economy class.
10. For personnel, travel, and other research expenses, please refer to the standards set by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
11. For projects that exceed one year, please provide a year-by-year breakdown of budget expenditures.
12. When preparing the itemized budget, please use New Taiwan Dollars as the unit of currency.
13. If there are other co-directors on the project, please also include their curriculum vitae, lists of relevant publications and letters of agreement along with the other materials required above.
14. Applicants may NOT apply for the CCK Conference/Seminar/Workshop Grant and ACLS’ Comparative Perspectives on Chinese and Society Grant at the same time.

Contact Information

Tel : +886-2-2704-5333 ext.217
E-mail : amberhl@cckf.org.tw