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On July 4, an award ceremony was hosted by vice president Mei-Yin Chou for this year’s awardees.

This year, there were a total of 10 awardees, 4 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 3 from the Division of Life Sciences, and 3 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Each awardee received a certificate, a cash prize of NT $200,000 and a research grant of NT $300,000.

The awards are given in three main categories and this year a total of 97 applications were received－45 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 25 from the Division of Life Sciences, 27 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. All submissions underwent a stringent review procedure including pre-screening, initial review, secondary review, and a final review.

There are very few awards available on a national level in Taiwan that recognize scholars early in their careers. Since 1996, Academia Sinica has been honoring junior scholars who have published research papers that make a lasting impact in their research fields with the Academia Sinica Research Awards for Junior Investigators in Taiwan. Many of the young academics who previously received the award have subsequently become outstanding scholars in Taiwan.

The awardees of the 2019 Academia Sinica Research Award for Junior Research Investigators, are listed in alphabetical order:

Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (4)
Yeo-Wan Chiang, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science, National Sun Yat-sen University
Chia-Lung Hsieh, PhD
Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica
Li-Wei Kuo, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, National Central University
Po-Hung Lin, PhD
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University

Division of Life Sciences (3)
Liuh-Yow Chen, PhD
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica
Pei-Lin Cheng, PhD
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica,
Jin-Wu Tsai, PhD
Assistant Professor, Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University

Division of Humanities and Social Sciences (3)
Li-hsin Hsu, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of English, National Chengchi University
Kuang-Chi Hung, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, National Taiwan University
Yi-ting Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, National Cheng Kung University