A total of 36 applications were submitted for the 2025 2nd Round Academia Sinica Grand Challenge Program Seed Grant: 4 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences; 12 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 20 from the Division of Life Sciences. Of these, 8 were selected for funding, including 2 from Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2 from Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and 4 from Division of Life Sciences. Please refer to the following lists for detailed information.
A. Division of Humanities and Social Sciences: (2 Projects)
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Project No. |
Project Title |
(1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI |
Affiliation |
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AS-GCS-114-H04 |
The Role of Downstep in hoo7 Disambiguation in Taiwanese |
(1) Lin, Kai-Ying |
Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica |
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AS-GCS-114-H05 |
A Cross-national Examination of Political Gender Stereotypes Using Vignette Experiments |
(1) Lin, Cheng-Nan |
Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica |
B. Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences：（2 Projects）
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Project No. |
Project Title |
(1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI |
Affiliation |
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AS-GCS-114-M08 |
Mapping LILR Genetic Diversity: From High-Resolution Typing and Accurate Imputation to Disease Associations in the Taiwan Biobank |
(1) Yang, Hsin-Chou (2) Yang, Hwai-I (2) Chu, Hou-Wei (2) Khor, Selk-Soon |
Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica Taiwan Biobank Nanyang Technology University |
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AS-GCS-114-M09 |
Mechano-Physical Strategies for Minimizing dsRNA Formation in mRNA Vaccine Production |
(1) Tung, Yi-Chung (2) Kuo, Chin-Lin |
Research Center of Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica |
C. Division of Life Sciences: (4 Projects)
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Project No. |
Project Title |
(1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI |
Affiliation |
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AS-GCS-114-L08 |
Genomic stability and stem cell regulation in green hydra symbiosis |
(1) Luo, Yi-Jyun |
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica |
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AS-GCS-114-L09 |
Inferring human-specific promoter changes and their functional effects |
(1) Li, Wen-Hsiung |
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica |
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AS-GCS-114-L10 |
Identification of Key Transcription Factors Driving the Reprogramming of Exhausted T Cells into Stem-Like T Cells |
(1) Wang, Shu-Ping (2) Chen, Shih-Yu (2) Chang, Yao-Ming |
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica |
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AS-GCS-114-L11 |
Redirecting plant root hair development via a synthetic cell polarity circuit |
(1) Chiou-Jian-Geng |
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica |