NTU-U of I Joint Research and Innovation Seed Grants
The application for the 2024 NTU-Illinois Joint Seed Program has closed.
The application for the 2026 NTU-Illinois Joint Seed Program is expected to open in Fall 2025.
The next call is expected to be open in 2025 fall for 2026 Seed Grants.
National Taiwan University (NTU) and the University of Illinois System (U of I) have together committed to fund up to four selected proposals and offer up to USD 40,000 (NTD 1,200,000) per selected proposal combined. In other words, each university will offer up to USD 20,000 (NTD 600,000) per selected proposal.
Applications should be jointly submitted by NTU and U of I faculty. NTU Office of International Affairs (OIA) and U of I Office of the Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation (OVPEDI) will administer the program.
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- U of I Principal Investigator (PI) must be full-time, tenure-track faculty member during the funding period.
- NTU Principal Investigator should be tenure-track faculty and not on sabbatical leave for the duration of the project.
- 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: March 1 to December 31, 2027 at NTU and March 1, 2026 to February 28, 2028 at U of I.
Funding Amount: Up to NTD 900,000 per selected proposal; up to 2 proposals per call
*Funding will be shared equally by the universities and made payable to the respective faculty.
Eligible Funding: International travel expenses by NTU faculty and students, relevant international collaboration expenses, stipend for foreign, non-NTU scholars, part-time assistant, supplies, and additional expenses that are necessary to move research forward
*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 assistant.
- Application Period: now open until December 8, 2025.
- Application Materials: Project Proposal, CVs of PIs and collaborator(s). For details, please refer to “Application Information” in the Call for Proposals.
- Application Process: Proposals should be submitted through U of I’s online application system.
For details, please refer to clause 5 of the Call for Proposals.