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【Top】Invitation to Apply for the 2026 National Tsing Hua University Talent Development Fund Application Notice
National Tsing Hua University Talent Development Fund Academic Research Award Application Notice
Subject: "2026 National Tsing Hua University Talent Development Fund Academic Research Award" will open at 8:00 a.m. for applications on October 1, 2026. Full-time faculty members and research fellows (including those on secondment or on unpaid leave) (excluding project-hired personnel) are invited to apply through the system within the application period specified by their respective colleges.
Instructions:
1. The targets for this award are as follows:
Categories 1 to 7: Each college establishes its own award criteria and corresponding points based on its development characteristics and plans. The research achievements for this application shall be based on the period from January 1 to December 31, 2025.
For the sixth category, which focuses on University-defined academic indicators, this year's award areas are "Sustainability", "US Patents" and "Total citations of faculty publications in SciVal over the Past Five Years (2021 to 2025)”(including research personnel). The applicable periods and reference information are as follows:
(1) Period for counting achievements:
A: “Sustainability” and “US Patents”: January 1 to December 31, 2025.
B:“Total Citations of Faculty Publications in SciVal over the Past Five Years (2021–2025)” (including research personnel): January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025. The academic research achievements may include works completed when the applicant was affiliated with an academic institution other than NTHU.
(2) Reference information:
The data for “Total Citations of Publications by Faculty and Research Personnel in SciVal over the Past Five Years (2021–2025)” downloaded from:
https://rd.nthu.edu.tw/ResearchandDevelopmentatNTHU-subsidy06.html
Please note that the publication date for papers should be based on the official release date. A print or online version of the same publication may be submitted only once, and the publication must have volume and issue information.
Academic research outcomes rewarded by this regulation must affiliate with our university as the academic institution. Multi-year international indicators (e.g., H-index, FWCI, CNCI, etc.) are not limited to research achievements completed under the university's affiliation.
Category 8: "Other significant contributions beneficial to the University's academic reputation, research, or development"
The award is intended to reward faculty members who execute large-scale research projects in 2025 with project funding meeting the “large-scale project award threshold by academic field.” (A project attributed to faculty members solely by virtue of their administrative position or in name only is not eligible.) The project must have a start date within the period from January 1 to December 31, 2025. (In the case of multi-year projects, applications must be based exclusively on the budget for the applicable year.) (Eligible faculty members should submit their applications in response to the last question on the application system.)
Note: This item does not apply to faculty members who have already applied for awards in Categories 1 to 7 under the College of Semiconductor Research.
2. Application Schedule:
The application system will open at 8:00 a.m. on October 1, 2026 (Thursday). Full-time faculty members and research personnel (including those on secondment or on unpaid leave) (excluding project-hired personnel) should submit their applications through the system within the application period specified by their respective college or center.
Each college shall complete its initial review and upload the review results to the system by 5:00 p.m. on November 13, 2026 (Friday).
The University-level Review Committee is expected to convene in mid-December 2026. The award results are expected to be finalized in January 2027, and the award funds will be disbursed in March 2027.
3. Application System
The path will be University Information System/ Office of R&D Information System/ Talent Development Fund Academic Research Award.
4. Important Notes
(1) Eligibility and Application
Applicants must be full-time faculty members or research personnel of NTHU. Co-appointed faculty and research personnel within the University shall submit their applications through their primary appointing unit.
Faculty members jointly appointed by the College of Semiconductor Research and another NTHU college may choose to apply through either their primary appointing college or the College of Semiconductor Research, but may submit an application through only one of these units.
Applicants should select the applicable award categories and complete the required questions in the system in accordance with the award criteria established by their respective college/center and submit their applications before the application deadline specified by that unit.
(2) “NTHU Scholars” Platform
As the former “Knowledge Hub” platform has been replaced by “NTHU Scholars,” applicants who need to update their research achievement records are advised to complete the updates as early as possible.
After new research achievement information is entered, the data will be transferred to the Academic Research Award System according to the following schedule:
Scholar Profile (Honors): Synchronized immediately with the Academic Research Award System.
Research Achievements: Library review (within 3 working days). Once approved, the results will be automatically synchronized with the Academic Research Award System.
Teaching and Service: Data will be transmitted via a scheduled API on weekdays and imported into the Academic Research Award System on the following day.
Since synchronization of data from the NTHU Scholars platform to the Academic Research Award System requires processing time, applicants are advised not to update their data only shortly before the application deadline, as insufficient review time may affect the subsequent application process.
NTHU Scholars User Guide
Chinese:
https://www.lib.nthu.edu.tw/research/NTHU_scholars.html
English:
https://www.lib.nthu.edu.tw/en/research/NTHU_scholars.html
FAQ:
https://nthu-tw.libguides.com/nthuscholars
Login Information
Path 1: University Information System → Other University Systems → NTHU Scholars → Platform Homepage
Path 2: Go directly to the NTHU Scholars platform homepage and click the login icon in the upper-right corner:
https://scholars.nthu.edu.tw/esploro/?institution=886UST_NTHU
Login credentials: Library account credentials (the same credentials used to access the NTHU Electronic Theses and Dissertations system).
5. Should you have any questions regarding the evaluation topics, please contact your college. For assistance with the NTHU Scholars, please contact the following personnel:
System and Data Maintenance
Digital Strategy and Information Technology Division: nthuscholars@my.nthu.edu.tw
Chou, Shu-Lai–Chief / exp.42993 / Email：sljou@lib.nthu.edu.tw
Liu, Jung / exp.42880 / Email：jliu@lib.nthu.edu.tw
Cheng, Chu-Chun / exp.62296 / Email：cccheng@lib.nthu.edu.tw
6. Correspondence between Question Types in the Academic Research Award System and Data Sources in NTHU Scholars
Please refer to the attached document for the corresponding NTHU Scholars data sources for each question type in the Academic Research Award System. To ensure that research achievements can be successfully retrieved by the system, please enter the relevant academic achievement information in the corresponding fields on the NTHU Scholars platform.
Office of Research and Development
September 15, 2026
Contact Points:
Division of General R&D Administration, Office of Research and Development
Ms. Ming- Si Tsai (ext. 35124), Ms. Chien-Hui Hsu (ext. 35125)
Subject: "2026 National Tsing Hua University Talent Development Fund Academic Research Award" will open at 8:00 a.m. for applications on October 1, 2026. Full-time faculty members and research fellows (including those on secondment or on unpaid leave) (excluding project-hired personnel) are invited to apply through the system within the application period specified by their respective colleges.
Instructions:
1. The targets for this award are as follows:
Categories 1 to 7: Each college establishes its own award criteria and corresponding points based on its development characteristics and plans. The research achievements for this application shall be based on the period from January 1 to December 31, 2025.
For the sixth category, which focuses on University-defined academic indicators, this year's award areas are "Sustainability", "US Patents" and "Total citations of faculty publications in SciVal over the Past Five Years (2021 to 2025)”(including research personnel). The applicable periods and reference information are as follows:
(1) Period for counting achievements:
A: “Sustainability” and “US Patents”: January 1 to December 31, 2025.
B:“Total Citations of Faculty Publications in SciVal over the Past Five Years (2021–2025)” (including research personnel): January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025. The academic research achievements may include works completed when the applicant was affiliated with an academic institution other than NTHU.
(2) Reference information:
The data for “Total Citations of Publications by Faculty and Research Personnel in SciVal over the Past Five Years (2021–2025)” downloaded from:
https://rd.nthu.edu.tw/ResearchandDevelopmentatNTHU-subsidy06.html
Please note that the publication date for papers should be based on the official release date. A print or online version of the same publication may be submitted only once, and the publication must have volume and issue information.
Academic research outcomes rewarded by this regulation must affiliate with our university as the academic institution. Multi-year international indicators (e.g., H-index, FWCI, CNCI, etc.) are not limited to research achievements completed under the university's affiliation.
Category 8: "Other significant contributions beneficial to the University's academic reputation, research, or development"
The award is intended to reward faculty members who execute large-scale research projects in 2025 with project funding meeting the “large-scale project award threshold by academic field.” (A project attributed to faculty members solely by virtue of their administrative position or in name only is not eligible.) The project must have a start date within the period from January 1 to December 31, 2025. (In the case of multi-year projects, applications must be based exclusively on the budget for the applicable year.) (Eligible faculty members should submit their applications in response to the last question on the application system.)
Note: This item does not apply to faculty members who have already applied for awards in Categories 1 to 7 under the College of Semiconductor Research.
| College | large-scale project award threshold by academic field |
| College of Science, College of Engineering, College of Nuclear Science, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | NTD 15 million or above |
| College of Technology Management, College of Sustainability | NTD 12 million or above |
| College of Humanities & Social Sciences, College of Education, College of Arts, The Taipei School of Economics and Political Science, Tsing Hua College, Center for Teacher Education | NTD 10 million or above |
| Office of Academic Affairs, Office of Research and Development, Secretariat | The large-scale project award threshold is determined according to the faculty member’s academic field. |
2. Application Schedule:
The application system will open at 8:00 a.m. on October 1, 2026 (Thursday). Full-time faculty members and research personnel (including those on secondment or on unpaid leave) (excluding project-hired personnel) should submit their applications through the system within the application period specified by their respective college or center.
Each college shall complete its initial review and upload the review results to the system by 5:00 p.m. on November 13, 2026 (Friday).
The University-level Review Committee is expected to convene in mid-December 2026. The award results are expected to be finalized in January 2027, and the award funds will be disbursed in March 2027.
3. Application System
The path will be University Information System/ Office of R&D Information System/ Talent Development Fund Academic Research Award.
4. Important Notes
(1) Eligibility and Application
Applicants must be full-time faculty members or research personnel of NTHU. Co-appointed faculty and research personnel within the University shall submit their applications through their primary appointing unit.
Faculty members jointly appointed by the College of Semiconductor Research and another NTHU college may choose to apply through either their primary appointing college or the College of Semiconductor Research, but may submit an application through only one of these units.
Applicants should select the applicable award categories and complete the required questions in the system in accordance with the award criteria established by their respective college/center and submit their applications before the application deadline specified by that unit.
(2) “NTHU Scholars” Platform
As the former “Knowledge Hub” platform has been replaced by “NTHU Scholars,” applicants who need to update their research achievement records are advised to complete the updates as early as possible.
After new research achievement information is entered, the data will be transferred to the Academic Research Award System according to the following schedule:
Scholar Profile (Honors): Synchronized immediately with the Academic Research Award System.
Research Achievements: Library review (within 3 working days). Once approved, the results will be automatically synchronized with the Academic Research Award System.
Teaching and Service: Data will be transmitted via a scheduled API on weekdays and imported into the Academic Research Award System on the following day.
Since synchronization of data from the NTHU Scholars platform to the Academic Research Award System requires processing time, applicants are advised not to update their data only shortly before the application deadline, as insufficient review time may affect the subsequent application process.
NTHU Scholars User Guide
Chinese:
https://www.lib.nthu.edu.tw/research/NTHU_scholars.html
English:
https://www.lib.nthu.edu.tw/en/research/NTHU_scholars.html
FAQ:
https://nthu-tw.libguides.com/nthuscholars
Login Information
Path 1: University Information System → Other University Systems → NTHU Scholars → Platform Homepage
Path 2: Go directly to the NTHU Scholars platform homepage and click the login icon in the upper-right corner:
https://scholars.nthu.edu.tw/esploro/?institution=886UST_NTHU
Login credentials: Library account credentials (the same credentials used to access the NTHU Electronic Theses and Dissertations system).
5. Should you have any questions regarding the evaluation topics, please contact your college. For assistance with the NTHU Scholars, please contact the following personnel:
System and Data Maintenance
Digital Strategy and Information Technology Division: nthuscholars@my.nthu.edu.tw
Chou, Shu-Lai–Chief / exp.42993 / Email：sljou@lib.nthu.edu.tw
Liu, Jung / exp.42880 / Email：jliu@lib.nthu.edu.tw
Cheng, Chu-Chun / exp.62296 / Email：cccheng@lib.nthu.edu.tw
6. Correspondence between Question Types in the Academic Research Award System and Data Sources in NTHU Scholars
Please refer to the attached document for the corresponding NTHU Scholars data sources for each question type in the Academic Research Award System. To ensure that research achievements can be successfully retrieved by the system, please enter the relevant academic achievement information in the corresponding fields on the NTHU Scholars platform.
Office of Research and Development
September 15, 2026
Contact Points:
Division of General R&D Administration, Office of Research and Development
Ms. Ming- Si Tsai (ext. 35124), Ms. Chien-Hui Hsu (ext. 35125)