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