Date: 2022-11-09
A total of 20 Grand Challenge Seed Program applications were received this year (4 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences; 5 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 11 from the Division of Life Sciences). Of the 20 applications, 7 were approved during the First-round and Second-round Review meetings, including 2 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences and 3 from the Division of Life Sciences. Please refer to the following table for detailed information. Approved projects shall be undertaken only after their budget plans have been officially approved.
2022 Application Results for New Grand Challenge Seed Program
I. Division of Humanities and Social Sciences (2 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1)Project Director (2)Co-Director | Affiliation | Grant Period |
AS-GCS-112-H01 | The Qing Empire’s Reconstruction of Historical Memory and Ethnic Identities of Koxinga Taiwan: Research on the Manchu and Chinese Texts of The Campaign History of Conquering Taiwan Collected by the Institute of History and Philology at Academia Sinica | (1) Ling-Wei Kung
(2) Richard Tzong-Han Tsai | Institute of History and Philology, AS Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, AS | 2 |
AS-GCS-112-H02 | Online Social and Political Climates and Trust: A Method Triangulation Approach | (1) Chingching Chang
(2) Hen-Hsen Huang
(2) Yuan Hsiao (2) Yu-Ming Hsieh | Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, AS Institute of Information Science, AS University of Washington Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, AS | 2 |
II. Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (2 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1)Project Director (2)Co-Director | Affiliation | Grant Period |
AS-GCS-112-M03 | Recovering missing cryo-EM densities of mobile parts in biological machines | (1) Wei-Hau Chang
(2) I-Ping Tu
| Institute of Chemistry, AS Institute of Statistical Science, AS | 2 |
AS-GCS-112-M04 | Magnetomechanical energy transfer at the nanoscale utilizing two-dimensional magnetic resonators | (1) Ya-Ping Hsieh | Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, AS | 2 |
III. Division of Life Sciences (3 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1)Project Director (2)Co-Director | Affiliation | Grant Period |
AS-GCS-112-L01 | Molecular and cellular dissection of asynthetic fission in zebrafish | (1) Chen-Hui Chen | Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, AS | 2 |
AS-GCS-112-L02 | Precise control of neuronal RNA splicing in the critical developmental window to counteract stress sensitization | (1) Pei-Lin Cheng
(2) Chien-Ling Lin
(2) Yu-Wei Wu
(2) Hsiung-Lin Tu | Institute of Molecular Biology, AS Institute of Molecular Biology, AS Institute of Molecular Biology, AS Institute of Chemistry, AS | 2 |
AS-GCS-112-L03 | PHR1/PHL1‐Mediated Long‐Distance Signaling in Regulating Phosphate Starvation Responses in the Roots | (1) Tzyy‐Jen Chiou | Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, AS | 2 |