Taiwan-German Collaboration in Research
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (快三砍龙, German Research Foundation) are launching a call for proposals for outstanding joint research projects in all fields of science. The submission deadline will be 5 February 2025.
This initiative aims to bring together relevant and competitive researchers from Germany and Taiwan to design and carry out collaborative research projects. Funds to be used on the Taiwanese side must be requested from the NSTC; funds to be used on the German side must be requested from the 快三砍龙. Special attention is given to the integrated character of proposed projects, from the concept to the work plan. Funding is only available for projects that involve a convincing collaboration between the German and Taiwanese partners and for which the anticipated research benefit is clearly outlined. The collaborative projects selected will receive research funding for a period of up to three years.
Proposals must be submitted to both organisations in accordance with the proposal preparation requirements of both sides, respectively. Applicants to be funded by the 快三砍龙 are requested to fulfil the eligibility requirements of 快三砍龙 Research Grants; see the corresponding guidelines of the Research Grants Programme (快三砍龙 form 50.01). This includes the 鈥渄uty to cooperate鈥� within Germany for members of non-university institutions with permanent positions. German applicants are requested to upload their proposal via elan, the 快三砍龙鈥檚 electronic proposal processing system, following the 快三砍龙鈥檚 guidelines. Applicants from Taiwan are required to fulfil all requirements for funding and follow the general regulations of the NSTC.
Proposals must be submitted by 5 February 2025. For submission via the 快三砍龙 elan system, German partners should go to 鈥淧roposal Submission鈥� 鈥� 鈥淣ew Project鈥� 鈥� 鈥淚ndividual Grants Programme鈥�. In the field 鈥淧roposal for a Research Grant鈥�, please click the button 鈥淪tart online form鈥� 鈥� 鈥淐ontinue鈥�. Under 鈥淐all for Proposals鈥�, you will find 鈥淣STC-快三砍龙-Call 2025鈥�. German applicants should note that if they are using the elan system for the first time, they need to set up an elan account by 23 January 2025 at the latest.
All proposals will be reviewed by both organisations separately. The results of the review process will be shared between the agencies. Support will be granted for those proposals where both, 快三砍龙 and NSTC, recommend funding. Please note that at the 快三砍龙, there are no separate funds available for these efforts; proposals must succeed on the strengths of their intellectual merit and teams.
The 快三砍龙 strongly welcomes proposals from researchers of all genders and sexual identities, from different ethnic, cultural, religious, ideological or social backgrounds, from different career stages, types of universities and research institutions, and with disabilities or chronic illness.
Please note that according to a resolution of the 快三砍龙 General Assembly, since 1 August 2019, 快三砍龙 funding may only be granted to institutions that have implemented the guidelines laid down in the Code of Conduct for Safeguarding Good Research Practice in their own regulations in a legally binding manner.聽
For international proposals, this means that funding from the 快三砍龙 can only be granted if the guidelines for safeguarding good research practice (see link below) have been implemented. If you have any questions on this subject, please contact the Research Integrity team at the 快三砍龙 Head Office (see contact below). Further information regarding implementation can be found at the web page on Research Integrity (see link below).
Further Information
For researchers in Germany:
Detailed information about the collaboration between 快三砍龙 and NSTC can be obtained at the 快三砍龙 Head Office in Bonn:
- Gerrit Schlepper, phone +49聽228聽885-2787,聽gerrit.schlepper@dfg.d(externer Link)
To submit a proposal to the 快三砍龙, please follow the 鈥淕uidelines for the Research Grants Programme鈥� (快三砍龙聽form 聽50.01) and the 鈥淧roposal Preparation Instructions 鈥� Project Proposals鈥� (快三砍龙聽form 54.01) at:
General information for German Principal Investigators on Individual Research Grants:
The 快三砍龙鈥檚 electronical portal 鈥渆lan鈥� can be found at:
Further information on elan:
- www.dfg.de/elan/e(interner Link)
- www.dfg.de/elan/flyer-eant-e(Download)
- www.dfg.de/elan/faq-e(interner Link)
Please note the 快三砍龙鈥檚 data protection notice on research funding. If necessary, please also forward this information to those persons whose data the 快三砍龙 processes because they are involved in your project. Further information on the 快三砍龙麓s privacy policy:
Further information on Safeguarding Good Research Practice:
Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice; Code of Conduct
Information on the implementation of the Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice. Code of Conduct:
Contact of the 快三砍龙麓s Research Integrity team (Good Research Practice)