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• Whether the Project is consistent with the academic development goals or missions of AS and the Researcher’s institute (preparatory office) or research center.
• Scientific soundness of the research design and of achieving the Project’s goals.
• Reasonableness of the funding of the Project compared to the time and intellectual efforts of the Researcher, as well as human and physical resources that AS may be required to provide to achieve the Project’s goals.
• The manner and proportion of the intellectual contribution in which the sponsor made in the Project to produce the research and development (R&D) results, and whether the Project meets any of the exceptions specified in Paragraph 2 of Point 8.

In the case of a Project sponsored by an AS-recognized foreign government agency (institution) or non-profit organization and the sponsorship is conditioned upon the scientific soundness of the research design in relation to the Project’s goals, the review stipulated in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 of this point (Point 6) could be exempted.

• It is inconsistent with the academic development goals or missions of AS or the Researcher’s institute (preparatory office) or research center.
• It is incompatible with the participating Researcher’s duties of employment at AS.
• There is a risk that the execution of the Project may adversely affect the participating Researcher’s duties of employment at AS.
• There is a risk that the execution of the Project may cause damage to the reputation of AS.
• There is a risk that the execution of the Project may result in disclosure of official secrets.
• There is a risk that the execution of the Project may involve personal profiteering or fraud.
• There is a risk that the execution of the Project may involve improper pipelining AS public resources to any private entity.
• There is a risk that the execution of the Project may involve misappropriation of public funds or improper use of AS property.
• There is a risk that the execution of the Project may involve violations of academic ethics.
• There is a risk that the execution of the Project may endanger the safety or health of other persons.
• There is a risk that the execution of the Project may harm academic autonomy or independence.
• There is a risk that the execution of the Project may result in disclosure of national core technologies regulated by the government.

• The research sponsored by the Project is conducted for public policy purposes and is funded solely by a Taiwan government agency, government-owned enterprise or government-funded foundation.
• The research is an international collaboration project funded by an AS-recognized foreign non-profit organization and meets one of the conditions prescribed in Item 1 or 2 below
  
  • The Sponsored Research Agreement stipulates that the use of the R&D results must be for charitable or other not-for-profit purposes only.
  • The Project is a collaboration between AS and other research institutes that stipulate that the sponsor, or the leading institute, will coordinate the use of the R&D results, and that AS is entitled to the proceeds from the uses of the R&D results in proportion to its contribution.
• The Project is to provide specialized technological services.
• The Project is to perform standardized tests or experiments and to provide reports on the results thereof.
• The Project makes use of existing technologies to produce customized results for the sponsor.

A Sponsored Research Agreement may stipulate in advance that the sponsor is entitled to the following benefits with regard to the Project’s R&D results that belong to AS:

• The sponsor is entitled to a non-exclusive license for non-commercial use in advance subject to certain conditions.
• The sponsor has a right of first refusal to negotiate a licensing agreement when the Project is completed and the R&D results have been produced.
• When the Project’s R&D results that belong to AS generate proceeds as a result of a license to a third party, the sponsor is entitled to claim a share in such proceeds in proportion to its contribution.

• Personnel expenses:
  
  • Employment costs for hiring personnel specifically for executing the Project.
  • Allowance for the principal investigator.
  • Project execution fees for other AS employees (such as postdoctoral scholars, assistants, students entitled to scholarships, etc.) who participate in the Project without affecting their duties of employment at AS. For each Project, the amount budgeted for each person per month should not exceed 25% of their monthly salary or scholarship, and the total amount of project execution fees each person receives per month should not exceed their monthly salary or scholarship. However, if the research funding comes from a Taiwan government agency (institution), public school, non-departmental public body or government-endowed foundation, the project execution fees can only be budgeted if the sponsorship is provided through government procurement processes.
• Operating expenses (equipment use and maintenance expenses, materials costs, printing costs, attendance fees, review fees, travel expenses, etc.).
• Equipment expenses.
• Relevant taxes and other government fees.

The costs and expenses prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be budgeted and used in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Executive Yuan or relevant procedures of AS.