There are very few awards available on a national level in Taiwan that recognize scholars early in their careers. Since 1996, Academia Sinica has been honoring junior scholars who have published research papers that make a lasting impact in their research fields with the Academia Sinica Research Awards for Junior Investigators in Taiwan. The award has been pursued by many young academics in Taiwan and is perceived as a great honor.
The awards are given in three main categories and this year a total of 166 applications were received － 75 from the Mathematics and Physical Sciences Division, 39 from the Life Sciences Division, and 52 from the Humanities and Social Sciences Division. All submissions underwent a stringent review procedure including pre-screening, initial review, 2nd stage review, and a final review.
On June 5, an award ceremony was hosted by the President of Academia Sinica Dr. Chi-Huey Wong for this year's winners. During the ceremony, winners briefly presented their winning publications.
The awardees each received a certificate and a cash prize of NT$200,000. Additionally, they also received NT$300,000 for research expenditures to be used within two years following the receipt of the award.
This year's awardees of Academia Sinica Research Award for Junior Research Investigators, by division, are:
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| Fan, Shih-Kang Associate Professor Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University [ Citation ] |
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| Kuo, Jer-Lai Associate Research Fellow (Accepted by Dr. Takahashi, Kaito) Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica [ Citation ] |
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| Lee, Ray-Kuang Associate Professor Institute of Photonics Technologies, National Tsing-Hua University [ Citation ] |
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| Chang, Meng-Fan Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University [ Citation ] |
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| Lee, Chau-Hwang Research Fellow /Professor , Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica / Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University [ Citation ] |
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| Wang, Hsei-Wei Professor Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University [ Citation ] |
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| Wang, Chao-Wen Associate Research Fellow Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica [ Citation ] |
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| Chan, Nei-Li Associate Professor Graduate Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Taiwan University [ Citation ] |
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| Wu, Chung-Yi Associate Research Fellow Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica [ Citation ] |
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| Yang, Tsung-Lin Assistant Professor Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine [ Citation ] |
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| Hung-Ming, Lin Associate Professor Department of Chinese Literature, National Cheng-Chi University [ Citation ] |
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| Wu, Denise Associate Professor Graduate Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University [ Citation ] |
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| Chang, Wen-Chen Associate Professor College of Law, National Taiwan University [ Citation ] |
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| Lee, Amy Pei-jung Assistant Professor Department of Indigenous Languages and Communication, National Dong-Hwa University [ Citation ] |
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| Tsai, Cheng-hung Associate Professor Department of Philosophy, Soochow University [ Citation ] |