Dr. Yu-Chiang Wang has been appointed Assistant Research Fellow of the Research Center of Information Technology Innovation, effective August 1, 2009.

Dr. Pi-Cheng Hsiu has been appointed Assistant Research Fellow of the Research Center of Information Technology Innovation, effective August 1, 2009.

Dr. Wan-Hsing Cheng, Assistant Research Fellow of the Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, has been promoted to Associate Research Fellow, effective July 20, 2009.

Dr. Vladimir R. Kaberdin has been appointed Associate Research Fellow of the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, effective August 1, 2009.

Dr. Kuo-I Lin, Assistant Research Fellow of the Genomics Research Center, has been promoted to Associate Research Fellow, effective July 20, 2009.

Dr. Li-Jung Juan, Assistant Research Fellow of the Genomics Research Center, has been promoted to Associate Research Fellow, effective July 20, 2009.

Dr. Chaolun Allen Chen, Associate Research Fellow of the Biodiversity Research Center, has been promoted to Research Fellow, effective July 20, 2009.

Dr. Jenyu Peng has been appointed Assistant Research Fellow of the Institute of Ethnology, effective August 1, 2009.

The extension of the secondment of Dr. Daigee Shaw, Research Fellow of the Institute of Economics, to serve as President at the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, has been approved, effective October 11, 2009 until June 30, 2011.

Dr. Chia-Hui Chen has been appointed Assistant Research Fellow of the Institute of Economics, effective August 1, 2009.

Dr. Te-Hsing Shan, Research Fellow of the Institute of European and American Studies, has been appointed Director of the Institute for a three-year term, effective August 1, 2009.

Dr. Chiung-yun Liu has been appointed Assistant Research Fellow of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, effective August 1, 2009.