Taiwan-German Collaboration in Research
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC 鈥 formerly Ministry of Science and Technology MOST) 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 15 February 2023.
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 by the Taiwanese side must be requested from NSTC; funds to be used by the German side must be requested from 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 which 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 鈥淒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 NSTC.
Proposals must be submitted until 15 February 2023. 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 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 2023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 8 February 2023 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 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.
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.
For international proposals, this means that funding from the 快三砍龙 can only be granted if the guidelines for ensuring good research practice (see link below) have been implemented. If you have any questions on this subject, please contact the Scientific 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 Scientific Integrity (see link below).
Please note the 快三砍龙鈥檚 data protection notice on research funding (see link below: privacy policy). 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
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 +49 228 885-2787
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 (form 50.01) and the 鈥淧roposal Preparation Instructions 鈥 Project Proposals鈥 (form 54.01) at:
General information for German Principle 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/en/research_funding/principles_dfg_funding/ela(interner Link)
- www.dfg.de/download/pdf/foerderung/antragstellung/elan/flyer_eant_en.pd(Download)
- www.dfg.de/download/pdf/foerderung/antragstellung/elan/faq_eant_en.pd(Download)
Further information on 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 Scientific Integrity team (Good Research Practice)