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International Cooperation Programs

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.

 

 

EUROPE

Program name

Country

Call for proposal

timeframe

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)

Project-based Personnel Exchange Program between NSTC and BAS (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – BAS)

Bulgaria

May to July

Project-based Personnel Exchange Program between NSTC and CAS (Czech Academy of Sciences – CAS)

Czech Republic

April to May (Every 2 years)

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

Exchange of scientists under Taiwanese-Estonian scientific cooperation agreements

Travel Grant Application

Estonia

October to January

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

ERA4Health Partnership

EU January to March

HERCULES (Higher European Research Course for Users of Large Experimental Systems)

France

August to September

NSTC-ANR Generic Call for Proposals

(French National Research Agency – ANR)

France

October to December

NSTC-CNRS International Project for Scientific Cooperation (National Center for Scientific Research – CNRS)

France

February to April

Franco-Taiwanese Scientific Grand Prize - Call for Nomination

France

May to July

France-Taiwan Orchid Program - Joint Workshop

France

May to September

France-Taiwan Orchid Program - Joint Project

France

May to September

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)

NSTC-DAAD Project-Based Personnel

Exchange Program (PPP)

(German Academic Exchange Service –DAAD)

Germany

April to June

NSTC-DAAD Research Grants and Study Scholarships (German Academic Exchange Service –DAAD)

Germany

June to July

NSTC-DFG Joint Research Proposal (German Research Foundation – DFG)

Germany

November to February

NSTC-DAAD Summer Institute Program (German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD)

Germany

January to February

Project-based Personnel Exchange Program between NSTC and HAS (Hungarian Academy of Sciences – HAS)

Hungary

May to September

Taiwan-Latvia-Lithuania Cooperative Project Applications (Ministry of Education and Science)

Latvia

Lithuania

February to May

NSTC-PAS Project-based Personnel Exchange Program (Polish Academy of Sciences – PAS)

Poland

May to July

NSTC-NCBR Joint Research Project (National Centre for Research and Development - NCBR)

Poland

April to June

NSTC-SAS Joint Research Project (Slovak Academy of Sciences – SAS)

Slovakia

April to May

NSTC-SRDA Project-based Personnel Exchange Program (Slovak Research and Development Agency – SRDA)

Slovakia

April to June (Every 2 years)

NSTC-RS Cost Share Programme (The Royal Society – RS)

United Kingdom

August to September

NSTC-BA Small Research Grant (The British Academy – BA)

United Kingdom

September to November

NSTC-BBSRC International Partnering Awards (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council – BBSRC)

United Kingdom

September to November

NSTC-BBSRC International Workshops (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council – BBSRC)

United Kingdom

September to November

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

ASIA

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

Israel-Taiwan Scientific Research Cooperation Call for Proposals (Ministry of Science, Technology and Space MOST-IL)

Israel

September to February

NSTC-RIKEN Scientific Research Cooperation Call for Proposals

Japan

January to April

NSTC-NIMES Scientific Research Cooperation Call for Proposals (National Institute for Materials Science-NIMS)

Japan

January to April

Scholarships (sponsored by the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association) for Ph.D. Students to study natural sciences in Japan - Call for proposals

Japan

Published Annually

NSTC-NRF Scientific Research Cooperation Call for Proposals (Korean Research Foundation – NRF)

Korea

March to June

NSTC-MECCS Scientific Research Cooperation Call for Proposals

Mongolia

January to April

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)

 

Vietnam February to April (Every 2 years)

AMERICAS

Program title

Country

Call for proposal

timeframe

Proposals for 2021-23 NSF/GEO/EAR-NSTC-Taiwan (GEMT) Collaborative Research
(National Science Foundation – NSF)

United State

January to December

Last Modified : 2024/11/15