On April 14, Academia Sinica announced the list of Academician candidates for 2012. This year there are 45 candidates, a maximum of 30 of whom will be elected as members of the Academy during the Convocation of Academicians to be held from July 2 to July 5.
        Academicians are full members of the Academy and make up the Convocation of Academicians. They are elected biennially. The responsibilities of the Convocation are to formulate academic research policies, elect members and honorary members, elect members to the Council of Academia Sinica, and conduct research at the request of the government. The title of academician is an honorary lifetime privilege without remuneration.
        Academia Sinica’s Academicians are divided into three divisions: Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Humanities and Social Sciences. A maximum of 10 new academicians can be elected to each of the three divisions at each biennial election.
Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences（21）
Jing Yu, Bor-ming Jahn, Chung-Yuan Mou, W.S. Winston Ho, Ker-Chau Li, Ting-kuo Lee, Lin-shan Lee, Fred C. Lee, Stephen Y. Chou, Tso-Ping Ma, Xiang Zhang, Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Mau-Chung Frank Chang, Wen-Tsuen Chen, Show-An Chen, Wing-Huen Ip, Shaw Chen Liu, Chain T. Liu, Chia-Ling Chien, Yu- Chong Tai, Hong-Sen Yan

Division of Life Sciences（17）
Hsin-Su Yu, Su-May Yu, T.-C. Wu, Jen-Leih Wu, Chun-Fang Wu, Tse Wen Chang, Mei-Hwei Chang, Alice L. Yu, Leaf Huang, Anthony H. C. Huang, Fu-Tong Liu, Ming-Daw Tsai, Soo-Chen Cheng, Tao-shih Hsieh, Fu-Chan Wei, Li-Na Wei, Tse-Hua Tan

Division of Humanities and Social Sciences（7）
Shou-chien Shih, Yun-han Chu, Jianqing Fan, Ying-chang Chuang, Cheng-hwa Tsang, Mu-chou Poo, Chang-Tai Hsieh

Information on Academician candidates for 2012