1. Academia Sinica Career Development Award offers a 5-year fixed-term funding to recruit and encourage young scholars with an excellent track record and outstanding research potential. The objective of this program is to promote world-class research talent in Taiwan on research topics of international relevance. Submission of referrals for 2014 now begins.

2. This award is on a referral basis, not by application. The 2014 Career Development Award begins on January 1, 2014. The nominated candidates shall have no more projects currently funded by Academia Sinica.

3. The review process includes a preliminary review and a secondary review. Please refer to“Instructions for the Preliminary Review of 2014 Career Development Award, Academia Sinica” for preparing documents required for the referral. All materials prepared for the referral must be delivered to Academic Affairs Office by May 31, 2013. Applicants who pass the preliminary review will be officially notified and asked to submit full proposals for the secondary review.

4. All documents should be completed in English for Divisions of Mathematics and Physical Sciences and Life Sciences. For Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, they can be written in language with which experts in relevant fields are familiar.

5. For more information, please contact Ms. Yuans Hung at Academic Affairs Office. Phone: 886-2-27899932 begin_of_the_skype_highlightingend_of_the_skype_highlighting Email: yuans@gate.sinica.edu.tw

ATTACHMENT: Instructions for the Preliminary Review of 2014 Career Development Award, Academia Sinica