HomeEvaluation Guidelines for the Dr. Hu Shih Memorial Chair Professorship, Academia Sinica
Approved on February 22, 2005
Amended on January 14, 2008
Amended on September 25, 2015
Amended on September 6, 2017
Amended on May 22, 2020
Amended on December 5, 2022
Amended on June 1, 2023
Amended on January 14, 2008
Amended on September 25, 2015
Amended on September 6, 2017
Amended on May 22, 2020
Amended on December 5, 2022
Amended on June 1, 2023
- Funding for the Dr. Hu Shih Memorial Chair Professorship (the Chair Professorship), Academia Sinica (AS) has been donated by the China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture (US$15,000 to $20,000 each year, depending on the Foundation’s annual budget).
- The Chair Professorship is awarded annually and only one awardee is selected each year. An individual may not receive this award more than once, unless exceptional circumstances exist.
- The research fields of the applicants should be in the humanities. Applicants should be full-time AS research staff at the rank of Associate Research Fellow or above.
- Individuals can apply through submission or based on the recommendation of an AS humanities and social sciences institute or research center or the Chair Professorship Review Committee. Applicants should provide a CV, publication list, research proposal, and three representative publications. Applications are accepted at the middle of each year.
- Awardees will be evaluated by the Chair Professorship Review Committee (the Committee). After applications have been received, the Committee should provide a recommended list of reviewers to the Department of Academic Affairs and Instrument Service. After peer review has been completed, the Committee should conduct a second round of review to select the awardee.
- The awardee is invited to serve as speaker at the Lecture in Honor of Late President Hu Shih the following year.
- Should applicants or awardees be involved in academic ethics violations, their cases will be processed according to the “Guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of Ethics Committees at All Levels, Academia Sinica.”
