In honor and memory of Dr. Ta-You Wu for his contribution to the development of science and technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has established the Ta-You Wu Memorial Award. The award is to nurture young researchers, and is bestowed upon individuals who have dedicated themselves to long-term outstanding research work. Forty-four researchers have been awarded the 2017 Ta-You Wu Memorial Award. Each awardee is to receive a medal and a one-time payment of NT $300,000 from MOST.
　　The following is the list of six awardees from Academia Sinica:
Dr. Jen-Ho Chang (張仁和), Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnology
Dr. Tien-Ming Chuang (莊天明), Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Physics
Dr. Ho-Ming Chen (陳荷明), Assistant Research Fellow, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center
Dr. Le-Yu Chen (陳樂昱), Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Economics
Dr. Wen-Huang Cheng (鄭文皇), Associate Research Fellow, Research Center for Information Technology Innovation
Dr. Wei-Chung Cheng (鄭維中), Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Taiwan History