TIGP SCHOLARSHIP 2011 – CHINA
Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) Scholarship 2011 in China
About TIGP:
Founded in 1928, Academia Sinica is the foremost research institute in Taiwan. More than one thousand researchers from Taiwan and abroad, many of them accomplished scholars in their respective fields, work within Academia Sinica’s twenty-eight research institutes. The mission of Academia Sinica is to undertake in-depth academic research on various subjects in the sciences and humanities, and to provide guidelines, channels of coordination, and incentives geared toward raising academic standards in Taiwan.
Detail:
The following scholarship have been established by Academia Sinica (AS) to encourage Doctors of Medicine, Doctors of Dental Surgery, or Doctors of Dental Medicine to pursue PhD degrees.
Eligibility:
The fellowship is open to graduate students with an M.D, D.D.S or D.M.D degree studying at any Ph.D. degree program at AS (including the Taiwan International Graduate Program).
Application Procedures:
Eligible Ph.D. students who do not currently receive any fellowships are qualified to apply for this fellowship. This fellowship support is for 24 months. The chairman of the Program and the recipient’s advisor should submit a progress report to AS two months before the end of the first year of the fellowship. The recipient may obtain the fellowship for the second year upon approval by the fellowship review committee. The fellowship is granted for a maximum of two years.
The benefits of the fellowship are as follows:
a.Type I: A Ph.D. student who has a Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dental Surgery, or Doctor of Dental Medicine degree, but no clinical training will receive NTD 60,000 per month (a stipend comparable with a Resident’s salary).
b.Type II: A Ph.D. student who has a Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dental Surgery, or Doctor of Dental Medicine degree, and has completed residency training and obtained license will receive NTD 80,000 per month.
The Application Deadline is August 29, 2010.
Contact:
TIGP Office
128 Academia Road, Section 2
Nankang, Taipei 115
Taiwan, R. O. C.
E-mail: tigp@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Source: http://tigp.sinica.edu.tw/
