A total of 21 applications were submitted by universities for the 2026 Academia Sinica (AS) Scholar Award: 6 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 8 from the Division of Life Sciences; 7 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Of these, 3 were selected for funding, including 2 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and 1 from the Division of Life Sciences. AS Awardees were selected from applicants for the 2026 AS Investigator Project Grant. Please refer to the following lists for detailed information.
1. External Awardees (3 Projects)
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Project PI |
Affiliation |
Project Title |
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Chih-hao Hsieh |
Institute of Oceanography, |
Time series analysis for mechanistic understanding, forecasting, and early warning in nonlinear dynamical systems |
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Chun-Yi Lee |
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, |
Foundation Research for Embodied World Models |
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Huang-Yu Yang |
School of Medicine, |
Asparagine Blockade Mitigate Autoimmune Disease by Modulating T Cell Subsets – from Spatial Transcriptomics, Immunometabolism, to Novel Therapeutic Development |
2. AS Awardees (3 Projects)
The following three awardees were selected from the AS Investigator Project Grant:
1. Wen-Hsuan Tsai, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica
2. Keiichi Asada, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica
3. Sheng-hong Chen, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica