(The following English version is provided for reference only. In case of any discrepancies in meaning, the Chinese version shall prevail.) National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Projects for Newly-Appointed Faculty Members (Processed via Rolling Submission and Review / 隨到隨審)
1. Applicants: (1) Applicant institutions may submit proposals for newly-appointed or existing personnel who meet the eligibility requirements of the NSTC. (2) Faculty members who have never applied for a research project of the NSTC may submit an application via Rolling Submission and Review 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. (3) Faculty members who have been employed for more than three years or have previously applied for NSTC projects are not eligible for Rolling Submission and Review. However, they may apply during the year-end batch period (年底大批專題研究計畫申請時程) or before the specific deadlines of individual projects.
2. Categories: Research projects are divided into two categories.
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 yearfrom 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 yearscombined at the time of application will not be considered as newly-recruited personnel.
【Research Projects for Newly-Recruited Personnel 】
4. Application Schedules: (1) Applicants are required to access the NSTC Academic Research Service Portal(學術研發服務網) to draft and edit the electronic files of the proposals. (2) Applicants should contact the coordinator in charge of project applications (Ms. Lo at the Division of Project Management, R&D) to set up NTHU's internal submission deadline on the NSTC Academic Research Service Portal. (3) Applicants must upload the completed proposals and relevant application materials, and then submit them via the NSTC Academic Research Service Portal before NTHU's internal deadline.
(4) The coordinator (Ms. Lo) will then issue the official correspondence to the NSTC.
Contact at the Division of Project Management, R&D: Shu-Ting Lo, extension 35134, Email: stlo@mx.nthu.edu.tw
Remarks: (1) Academic ethics credits
(1-1) How to earn academic ethics credits:
A. Online training courses (online registration and completion required):
a. NTHU Research Integrity & Research Ethics eLearning Portal:
Reference URL: https://rirec.ii.nthu.edu.tw/index.aspx Please register using your NTHU email address to get a waiver.
Filter by the "Academic Ethics" category, complete the courses, pass the test, and download the certificate.
b. Ministry of Education Center for Taiwan Academic Research Ethics Education (AREE) Portal:
Reference URL: https://ethics.moe.edu.tw/intro_en/ Certificates obtained within the past 3 years are fully recognized. B. Physical courses:
Applicants may attend academic ethics physical courses held periodically on or off campus, and upload the issued certificates.
(1-2) Procedures for uploading the training completion certificates for review:
Please login in to the "NTHU Academic Information System-register your Research Integrity Certification" (校務資訊系統-學術倫理課程-時數登錄) to upload the training completion certificates.
(2) ORCID iD
(2-1) In order to increase the international visibility of NTHU's research outputs, and enhance the internationalization of NTHU, please register for an ORCID iD and provide your iD number.
Reference URL: https://www.lib.nthu.edu.tw/en/research/ORCID.html
5. Contact Information (Division of Project Management): (1) NSTC Projects for Newly-Appointed Faculty Members (Processed via Rolling Submission and Review/ 隨到隨審): Shu-Ting Lo, extension 35134, Email: stlo@mx.nthu.edu.tw
(2) Designated contact persons are assigned based on specific colleges and job responsibilities. We recommend contacting the coordinator for your college first.
Reference URL: https://rd.nthu.edu.tw/en/ResearchandDevelopmentatNTHU-Introduction3.html