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 in Taiwan who have published influential research papers with the Academia Sinica Research Awards for Junior Investigators.

         The recipients will each receive a certificate and a cash prize of NT$200,000. In addition, they will also receive NT$300,000 for research expenditures.

         The 2014 award ceremony is held on June 5, 2014 in the Auditorium on the first floor of the Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica.

         The recipients of the 2014 Academia Sinica Research Award for Junior Research Investigators, by division, are (in alphabetical order):

Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (6)

Dr. Chang, Chih-Wei

Assistant Research Fellow, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University

Dr. Ho, Tsung-Yi

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University

Dr. Hsieh, Ming-Lun

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan University

Dr. Kemper, Francisca

Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica

Dr. Lee, Shiann-Jong

Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica

Dr. Wu, Yao-Ting

Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University

Division of Life Sciences (5)

Dr. Shen, Sheng-Feng

Assistant Research Fellow, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica

Dr. Su, Yi-Hsien

Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica

Dr. Verslues, Paul E.

Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica

Dr. Yang, Sung-Sen

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center

Dr. Yang, Wei-Yuan

Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica

Division of Humanities and Social Sciences (5)

Dr. Chao, Shun-Liang

Assistant Professor, Department of English, National Chengchi University

Dr. Chen, Chao-Ju

Associate Professor, College of Law, National Taiwan University

Dr. Lin, Wen-Yuan

Associate Professor, Center for General Education, National Tsing Hua University

Dr. Lu, Hsin-Chun

Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica

Dr. Wang, Chih-Ming

Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica