Project Description

The Academia Sinica Grand Challenge Program Seed Grant has been established to identify and foster early-stage research for key breakthrough research projects, which are relatively small in scale and relatively short in duration. An open call for grant applications are planned twice a year to maintain flexibility in changes in the current situation and needs of cutting-edge technology development.

Information on Applications for 2027 (1st Round)

For the 2027 1st Round Seed Grant for Grand Challenge Program”, applicants are required to submit their full proposal before 17:00, 15 September, 2026. No late applications will be considered. The instructions are as follows:

• The procedures are in accordance with the “Guidelines for the Academia Sinica Grand Challenge Program.”
• The duration of the program is one to two years in principle, and there are two application categories:
  • Individual Research Projects
  • Team Research Projects
• For this year’s applicants, the results will be announced in June of this year, and the approved projects will commence from January 2027 after the official budget is approved. All Project PIs and Co-PIs must sign the Project Execution Agreement before the project commences.
• Ideas and approaches that largely overlap with those to be tested against the specific problem addressed in this seed grant proposal should not be included in any full grant proposal submitted, (or to be submitted) in the same year to any other competitive Academia Sinica grant programs. "Grant proposals considered overlapping with a previous submission" will be triaged without review.
• Complete the required information online, including the project category, title, executive summary, keywords, the requested budget, and the current and pending support for each PI and co-PI. Any false or misleading information provided in the application materials may adversely affect the review outcome and constitute a violation of research integrity.
• All Project PIs and Co-PIs must sign the Project Execution Agreement before the project commences.
• For details, please read the description for the Email application and the attachments, Within the deadline. to the Grant Office: grandchallenge@gate.sinica.edu.tw