NTU-TU Joint Seed Funding

1. TU PI should be tenured or tenure-track faculty.
2. NTU PI must be full-time or project-based faculty members/research fellow.
3. For NTU OIA funding, NTU PI is eligible to submit a maximum of 2 proposals with different partner university per year and receive funding with the same partner university at most twice.

• Funding Period: Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2026
• Funding Amount: Up to NTD 400,000 per selected proposal; up to 5 proposals per call
  • Funding will be shared equally by the universities and made payable to the respective faculty.
• NTU Eligible Funding: International travel expenses by NTU faculty and students, relevant international collaboration expenses, and stipend for foreign, non-NTU scholars
  • Eligible expenses considered to be international collaboration include (1) NTU faculty, researchers, and graduate students research abroad, (2) hosting international conferences, workshops, or symposiums in Taiwan, and (3) joint lecture or lecture series.
  • Eligible expenses considered to be daily stipend for hosting foreign, non-NTU scholars include (1) remuneration and living expenses for scholars’ work days in Taiwan and (2) domestic travel in Taiwan.
  • Funding does NOT cover: consumable supplies and equipment for research and personnel expenditure, including full-time or part-time assistants.

1. Application Period: September 25 to November 17, 2025, by 17:00 (Taiwan time)/18:00 (Japan time).
2. Application Materials: Project Proposal form, NTU and TU PIs CVs.
3. Application Process: Applications should be jointly submitted by NTU and TU faculty via the online application form. Proposals must be submitted to both NTU: ntuglobalea@ntu.edu.twand TU: kokusai-c@grp.tohoku.ac.jp. Only applications submitted to these email addresses, and before the deadline, will be considered.

For details, please refer to the Call for Proposals.