| Categories | Description | Circumstances for Rolling Submission and Review | Application Path/ Category |
| General Research Projects | Those who meet the qualifications of principal investigators may submit application for such project in line with their research expertise or with reference to items planned by the academic disciplines of the NSTC. |
Under the following circumstances, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis:
1. Newly-appointed or existing personnel at the applicant institutions, whose qualifications meet the requirements and who have never applied for a research project of the NSTC, may submit an application within three years from the date of appointment, the date of obtaining a doctoral degree, or the date of meeting the qualifications of the principal investigator as specified in the NSTC Directions for Research Project Subsidization.2. Principal investigators, who have previously applied for a research project of the NSTC and taught or engaged in research abroad for more than one year, and who have been invited to provide services at home without having submitted an application for a research project of the NSTC upon their return, may submit their application within one year from the date of their appointment. |
【General Research Projects】 |
| Research Projects for Newly-Recruited Personnel | Full-time teaching or researching personnel, who have taught or conducted research full time at domestic or foreign institutions in the past five years, or who have completed their doctoral degree in the past five years, along with the qualifications for principal investigator, may apply for such project, with priority given to projects spanning three to five years. Those who have served as full-time teaching or research personnel for more than five years combined at the time of application will not be considered as newly-recruited personnel. | 【Research Projects for Newly-Recruited Personnel 】 |

