The Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (Fulbright Taiwan) is one of approximately 50 bi-national/bilateral organizations in the world established specifically to administer the Fulbright educational exchange program outside the U.S.

Fulbright Taiwan offers a number of awards for U.S. citizens who wish to come to Taiwan for a period of study, teaching, or research:

• U. S. Scholar Program,
• U. S. Student Program,
• Cross-Strait Studies Award,
• Fulbright Study/Research Grants,
• English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) program

For detailed information of the US Scholar program, those who are interested are advised to visit the website of Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES). Applications are also available on its website: www.cies.org. The application deadline is Aug 1, 2013.

For detailed information of US Student program, those who are interested are advised to visit the website of Institute of International Education (IIE). Applications are also available on its website: www.cies.org. The application deadline is Aug 1, 2013.

For detailed information of Cross-Strait Studies Award, those who are interested are advised to visit the website of Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) . Applications are also available on its website: www.cies.org. The application deadline is Aug 1, 2013.

For detailed information of Fulbright Study/Research Grants, those who are interested are advised to visit the website of Fulbright Taiwan. Applications are also available on its website: www.iie.org.

For detailed information of English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) program, those who are interested are advised to visit the website of Institute of International Education (IIE)www.iie.org or the website of Fulbright Taiwan (FSE). The application deadline is Oct 17, 2013.

You can also find additional information of the above mentioned awards by visiting Fulbright Taiwan (FSE): www.fulbright.org.tw and Taiwan Review:taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw

As a traveler to Taiwan with the purpose of studying language, you are required to obtain a proper visa.

Visa Category:

• Recipients with scholarship period equal to or less than 6 months apply for a multiple-entry Visitor Visa

Purpose of Stay: To study Chinese

Required Documents:
1.      Scholarship Certificate issued by Education Division of TECO in New York.
2.      A certificate of admission issued by the Chinese language center.
3.      A completed bar-coded Visa Application printout (https://visawebapp.boca.gov.tw).
4.      A U.S. passport valid for no less than six months.
5.      Two 2x2-inch color photos with a plain color (white color recommended) background taken within the last six months.
6.      Visa processing fee of $160.00

Contact info for Consular Division, TECO in New York
1 East 42nd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Ph: (212) 486-0088; Fax: (212) 421-7866
Email: Consular.ny@gmail.com

Please plan wisely and plan ahead! Give yourself and the Consular Division adequate time to process requests.

Accepted students: A copy of official language center admissions letter is due ASAP for fast processing! But by June 30, the absolute latest. (electronic copies OK).

Entries are now being accepted for the 44th World Schoolchildren’s Art Exhibition, to be held in Taipei from the 28th August to the 17th September, 2013.

This annual exhibition, co-organised by the Association for Education through Art and the Association of Formative Art Education for the Republic of China, aims to promote understanding and friendship among children all over the world through the exchange of artwork.

Children aged six to fifteen are invited to enter by submitting one piece of art (oil paintings, water colours, prints, pencil or crayon drawings, collages, graphic designs, etc.) by the 25th April, 2013.

Certificates or medals will be awarded to artists selected by a committee of judges. The winning works of art will then be displayed at the Nan-Hai Gallery of National Arts Education Center in Taipei.

For more information, please refer to the Arts Education Network website: http://ed.arte.gov.tw. 

The Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) announces a Research Grant for Foreign Scholars in Chinese Studies. This program is aimed at foreign professors, associate professors, assistant professors (including post-doctoral researchers), and doctoral candidates in departments related to Chinese studies at foreign universities, as well as researchers at related foreign academic institutes.

The Grant may be for research from 3 months to 1 year in Taiwan, and CCS will provide assistance with research expenses, research materials, liaison with universities and research institutions, and use of CCS facilities, etc.

Interested scholars are invited to apply (download application below) with the CCS by May 31st.

National Cheng Kung University (國立成功大學), located in Tainan City, Taiwan, invites outstanding scholars to apply for its offering of degrees and programs. NCKU, a comprehensive research university, offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in nine different departments of study.

If you're interested in applying, or for more information, please visit NCKU's International Students Admissions.

In addition, NCKU offers an NCKU Distinguished International Student Scholarship to qualified scholars. The scholarship awards a NT$10,000-32,000 monthly stipend. Interested students should see more details at http://admissions.oia.ncku.edu.tw/doc/view/sn/8

Beginning in 2011, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US (TECRO) is offering MANDARIN LANGUAGE learning opportunities to any American undergraduate and graduate students, who intend to pursue or have already embarked on a career in which an advanced level of proficiency in Mandarin is important.

TECRO is offering this award to American undergraduate and graduate students, who are enrolled as full-time students at a U.S. college or university, and who are interested in improving their Mandarin language proficiency through study abroad at a university in Taiwan.  Ideal applicants are American citizens who neither hold a Taiwan passport nor claim Taiwanese or Chinese heritage and who meet the following category of eligibility: