The National Science and Technology Council is conducting several bilateral and multilateral joint international cooperation programs with countries in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Africa. Cooperation in these programs takes the form of joint research projects, joint workshops/seminars, the movement of people, and internship program for students.
The international cooperation programs listed in the following table are open for applications either annually or biannually. The call for proposal timeframe shown next to each program is for guidance only (determined based on the timeframe of the previous call), the exact application timeframe for each program is discussed and agreed upon by the partnering agencies abroad before announcement. Applicants are invited to directly contact the Program Director in charge of the corresponding program to obtain the most up-to-date submission timetables and details for each program.
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EUROPE |
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Program name |
Country |
Call for proposal timeframe |
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| NSTC-FWO Joint Exchange Projects (Research Foundation – Flanders, FWO) | Belgium | January to April (Every 2 years) |
| NSTC-FNRS Joint Exchange Projects (Fund for Scientific Research – FNRS) | Belgium | January to April (Every 2 years) |
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Project-based Personnel Exchange Program between NSTC and BAS (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – BAS) |
Bulgaria |
May to July |
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Project-based Personnel Exchange Program between NSTC and CAS (Czech Academy of Sciences – CAS) |
Czech Republic |
April to May (Every 2 years) |
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Joint Research Project between NSTC and GACR (Czech Science Foundation – GACR) |
Czech Republic |
February to April |
| Joint Research Project between NSTC and TACR (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic – TACR) | Czech Republic | May to July |
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Exchange of scientists under Taiwanese-Estonian scientific cooperation agreements Travel Grant Application |
Estonia |
October to January |
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TRANSCAN-3 |
EU |
April to July |
| M-ERA.NET 3 | EU | March to June |
| NEURON Cofund2 | EU | January to March |
| CHIST-ERA | EU | November to February |
| Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) | EU | September to November |
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ERA4Health Partnership |
EU | January to March |
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HERCULES (Higher European Research Course for Users of Large Experimental Systems) |
France |
August to September |
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NSTC-ANR Generic Call for Proposals (French National Research Agency – ANR) |
France |
October to December |
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NSTC-CNRS International Project for Scientific Cooperation (National Center for Scientific Research – CNRS) |
France |
February to April |
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Franco-Taiwanese Scientific Grand Prize - Call for Nomination |
France |
May to July |
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France-Taiwan Orchid Program - Joint Workshop |
France |
May to September |
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France-Taiwan Orchid Program - Joint Project |
France |
May to September |
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NSTC-INCa Joint Call for Proposals (French National Cancer Institute – INCa) |
France |
September to November |
| NSTC-Inserm Researcher Exchange Program (National Institute of Health and Medical Research – Inserm) | France | May to July |
| NSTC-CSIC Mobility Actions Program (Spanish National Research Council – CSIC) | Spain | June to September |
| NSTC-CSIC Internship Program in Spain for Taiwanese PhD (Spanish National Research Council – CSIC) | Spain | January to February |
| NSTC-CNR Cooperative Programme for Joint Research Projects and Workshops (National Research Council of Italy – CNR) | Italy | April to July (Every 2 years) |
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NSTC-DAAD Project-Based Personnel Exchange Program (PPP) (German Academic Exchange Service –DAAD) |
Germany |
April to June |
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NSTC-DAAD Research Grants and Study Scholarships (German Academic Exchange Service –DAAD) |
Germany |
June to July |
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NSTC-DFG Joint Research Proposal (German Research Foundation – DFG) |
Germany |
November to February |
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NSTC-DAAD Summer Institute Program (German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD) |
Germany |
January to February |
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Project-based Personnel Exchange Program between NSTC and HAS (Hungarian Academy of Sciences – HAS) |
Hungary |
May to September |
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Taiwan-Latvia-Lithuania Cooperative Project Applications (Ministry of Education and Science) |
Latvia Lithuania |
February to May |
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NSTC-PAS Project-based Personnel Exchange Program (Polish Academy of Sciences – PAS) |
Poland |
May to July |
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NSTC-NCBR Joint Research Project (National Centre for Research and Development - NCBR) |
Poland |
April to June |
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NSTC-SAS Joint Research Project (Slovak Academy of Sciences – SAS) |
Slovakia |
April to May |
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NSTC-SRDA Project-based Personnel Exchange Program (Slovak Research and Development Agency – SRDA) |
Slovakia |
April to June (Every 2 years) |
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NSTC-RS Cost Share Programme (The Royal Society – RS) |
United Kingdom |
August to September |
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NSTC-BA Small Research Grant (The British Academy – BA) |
United Kingdom |
September to November |
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NSTC-BBSRC International Partnering Awards (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council – BBSRC) |
United Kingdom |
September to November |
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NSTC-BBSRC International Workshops (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council – BBSRC) |
United Kingdom |
September to November |
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NSTC-RSE Joint Project Scheme (The Royal Society of Edinburgh – RSE) |
United Kingdom |
September to October |
| NSTC-RSE Bilateral Visits Programme (The Royal Society of Edinburgh – RSE) | United Kingdom | September to October |
| NSTC-NERC Joint Research Project (The Natural Environment Research Council – NERC) | United Kingdom | January to March |
| NSTC-ESRC Networking Grants (The UK Economic and Social Research Council – ESRC) | United Kingdom | November to February |
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ASIA |
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Program title |
Country |
Call for proposal timeframe |
| NSTC-DST Joint Research Program (Department of Science and Technology – DST) | India | June to August |
| NSTC-ICSSR Joint Research Program (Indian Council of Social Science Research – ICSSR) | India | February to April |
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Israel-Taiwan Scientific Research Cooperation Call for Proposals (Ministry of Science, Technology and Space MOST-IL) |
Israel |
September to February |
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NSTC-RIKEN Scientific Research Cooperation Call for Proposals |
Japan |
January to April |
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NSTC-NIMES Scientific Research Cooperation Call for Proposals (National Institute for Materials Science-NIMS) |
Japan |
January to April |
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Scholarships (sponsored by the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association) for Ph.D. Students to study natural sciences in Japan - Call for proposals |
Japan |
Published Annually |
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NSTC-NRF Scientific Research Cooperation Call for Proposals (Korean Research Foundation – NRF) |
Korea |
March to June |
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NSTC-MECCS Scientific Research Cooperation Call for Proposals |
Mongolia |
January to April |
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TECO-MECO (NSTC-DOST) Joint Research Program (Department of Science and Technology –DOST) |
Philippines |
January to May |
| NSTC-MOST Joint Research Program (Ministry of Science and Technology –MOST)
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Vietnam | February to April (Every 2 years) |
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AMERICAS |
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Program title |
Country |
Call for proposal timeframe |
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NSTC-NSF Advanced Chip Engineering Design and Fabrication (ACED Fab) Program |
United State |
2022 September to 2023 January |
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Proposals for 2021-23 NSF/GEO/EAR-NSTC-Taiwan (GEMT) Collaborative Research |
United State |
January to December |
