The Foundation's goals are strictly limited to the academic sphere,
in which it aims to support scholars and institutions worldwide in their
pursuit of research on Chinese civilization, and to promote cooperation
and exchange between domestic and foreign academic organizations. The
goals can be summarized according to nine broad categories:
1. To support
the study of Chinese civilization in academic institutions at home
and abroad
2. To support
foreign scholars in the humanities and social sciences to travel
to Taiwan for the purpose of conducting field research related to
the Republic of China.
3. To support
domestic universities and academic organizations to undertake cooperative
scholarly activities with their counterparts throughout the world.
4. To support
international academic conferences.
5. To support
the publication of scholarly books and periodicals.
6. To support
foreign doctoral candidates in the writing of their dissertations,
and to support Postdoctoral research by recent PhD's.
7. To support
domestic graduate students to travel abroad for the purpose of attending
international academic conferences.
8. To develop
connections and cooperation with important cultural and educational
institutions, and with cultural and educational foundations worldwide.
9. To develop
other projects which will help to enhance the international status
of Sinological research.
The Foundation
seeks, through scholarly exchange, to widen and expand the scope of
research on Chinese civilization in order to establish it as a part of the
common heritage of humankind.