Director Ting-Kuo Lee, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Physics, will go to China for academic affairs from August 27 to September 8, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Yang-Yuan Chen will be the acting director.

Director Benjamin Fong Chao, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Earth Sciences, will go to China for academic affairs from August 30 to September 4, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Chang-Hwa Chen will be the acting director.

Director Mei-Yin Chou, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, will go to the United States for academic affairs from August 14 to September 3, 2012. During her absence, Deputy Director Wen-Bih Tzeng will be the acting director.

Director Shaw Chen Liu, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Research Center for Environmental Changes, will go to China for academic affairs from August 18-22, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director George Tin-Fuk Wong will be the acting director.

Director Ming-Che Shih, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, will go to China for academic affairs from August 15-22, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Shu-Mei Liang will be the acting director.

Director Chin-shing Huang, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of History and Philology, will go to China for academic affairs from August 20-26, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Jen-der Lee will be the acting director.

Director Kuo-hsing Hsieh, Research Fellow of the Institute of Taiwan History, will go to Finland and Hong Kong for academic affairs from August 9-20, 2012. During his absence, Deputy Director Lung-chih Chang will be the acting director.