NTU-UT Austin Joint Seed Funding

1. UT Austin 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: February 1 to December 31, 2026 at NTU and February 1, 2026 to March 1, 2027 at UT Austin.
• Funding Amount: Up to NTD 600,000 per selected proposal; up to 3 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: now open until November 2, 2025.
2. Application Materials: Project Proposal Form, CVs of PIs and collaborator(s). For details, please refer to “Application Information” in the Call for Proposals.
3. Application Process: Applications should be jointly submitted by NTU and TU faculty via the online application form. NTU and UT Austin PIs should only submit one joint project proposal through UT Autin’s online application portal. 

For details, please refer to the Call for Proposals.