Grant Recipients in the Domestic Region, 2007-2008

 

 

Recipients in the Domestic Region

(in order of application received)

Unit: NT$

A. Collaborative Research Grants

 

1. Jen-kuei Li

Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, with Shigeru Tsuchida, Christian Daniels, and Yuko Mio of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Japan), and Peter Knecht of Nanzan University (Japan) 

¡§Language Materials of the Extinct Formosan Languages¡¨

Grant amount: NT$1,600,000

Grant period: 2 years

 

2. Kuang-ti Li and Cheng-hwa Tsang

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, with Keith Dobney of Durham University (UK), and Yu-ten Ju and Yan-nian Jiang of National Taiwan University (Taiwan) 

¡§Out of Taiwan? Testing Austronesian Homeland Models and Dispersal Routes through Morphometric and Genetic Signatures of Domestic Pigs¡¨

Grant amount: NT$3,200,000

Grant period: 2 years

 

3. Chuan-ying Yen and Sheng-chih Lin

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, with Hsueh-man Shen of the University of Edinburgh (UK), and Jing-jie Li of Tsinghua University (China), Yu-hua Lei of Chengdu Museum (China), and Jian-ping Wang of Huangzesi Museum (China)

¡§Evolution of Tang Dynasty Buddhist Imagery in Sichuan¡¨

Grant amount: NT$3,200,000

Grant period: 3 years

 

4. Tzu-chin Huang

Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, with Tatsuo Yamada of the Open University of Japan (Japan), and Nobuo Takahashi of Keio University (Japan)

¡§Friend or Foe? Chiang Kai-shek¡¦s Networks of Power and their Operation¡¨

Grant amount: NT$2,800,000

Grant period: 3 years

 

5. Ming-ke Wang

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, with Sarah Fraser of Northwestern University (USA), Wenbin Peng of the University of British Columbia (Canada), and Xiuyu Wang of Washington State University (USA)

¡§Sacred Mountain and Scenic Mountain: Ethnicity, Culture, Society and Modern Changes in the Kham Area¡¨

Grant amount: NT$3,000,000

Grant period: 3 years

 

6. Cheng-shu Kao

Department of Sociology, Tunghai University, with Siu-lun Wong of the University of Hong Kong (HK), Shi-ding Liu of Peking University (China), and Gary Hamilton of University of Washington (USA)

¡§Beyond ¡¥East Asia¡¦: The Restructuring of ¡¥North Asian¡¦ Societies and Economies -- A Study of Global Demand and Taiwanese Manufacturing¡¨

Grant amount: NT$2,000,000

Grant period: 2 years

 

B. Database Grant

 

1. Tien-shang Huang

School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, with Jun Shozawa of Gunma University (Japan)

¡§Dr. Huo-yao Wei and the Development of Public Health and Medicine in Taiwan¡¨

Grant amount: NT$2,800,000

Grant period: 3 years

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C. Cooperative Conference & Seminar Grants 

 

1. Ku-ming Chang

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, with Benjamin Elman of Princeton University (USA)

"The Global History of Philology: History and Philology in Different Scholarly and Cultural Traditions - Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Institute of History and Philology at Academia Sinica"

Grant amount: NT$1,080,000

Grant period: 1 year

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D. Cooperative Subsidies for Publication Grants

 

1. Meei-yau Wei

Department of English Language and Literature, Soochow University, with Lexington Books (USA)

"Language Choice and Identity Politics in Taiwan's Ideological Cauldron"

Grant amount: NT$340,000

Grant period: 1 year

 

2. Kuan-hsing Chen

College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, with Beng Huat Chua of National University of Singapore (Singapore)

"Inter-Asia Cultural Studies"

Grant amount: NT$750,000

Grant period: 1 year

 

E. Special Project Grants

 

1. Center for Chinese Studies

Publication of "Chinese Studies" and "Newsletter for Research in Chinese Studies"

Grant amount: NT$4,000,000

Grant period: 2 years