Date: 2023-11-08
A total of 83 applications were submitted for the 2024 Academia Sinica Type I and Type II grants: 28 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 46 from the Division of Life Sciences; 9 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Of these, 35 were selected for funding, including 12 from Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 18 from Division of Life Sciences, and 5 from Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Please refer to the following lists for detailed information.
Application Results for 2024 Academia Sinica TYPE I &II Grants
2024 Academia Sinica Career Development Award
A total of 17 applications were submitted for the 2024 Career Development Award: 7 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 10 from the Division of Life Sciences; 0 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Of these, 8 were awarded, including 4 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 4 from the Division of Life Sciences and 0 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences.
A. Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences: (4 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | Project PI | Affiliation |
AS-CDA-113-M01
| Cosmic Filament Anatomy: A New Avenue to Detecting and Characterizing the Missing Baryons in the Universe | Yi-Kuan Chiang | Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica |
AS-CDA-113-M02 | Quantum defects with telecom band emission | Yu-Chen Chen | Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica |
AS-CDA-113-M03 | A non-smoothing framework for functional regression | Hsin-wen Chang | Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica |
AS-CDA-113-M04 | Quantum correlations in chiral quantum interfaces | Hsiang-Hua Jen | Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica |
B. Division of Life Sciences:(4 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | Project PI | Affiliation |
AS-CDA-113-L01
| Systemic innate immune checkpoint modulation for inflammation balance and tumor control | Jui-Hsia Weng | Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica |
AS-CDA-113-L02
| Electro- and Opto-physiological Deconstruction of Neuron-to-Neuron Functional Architectures underlying Hippocampal Code for Spatially Dependent Memory | Ching-Lung Hsu | Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica |
AS-CDA-113-L03 | Predictive modeling of time-resolved transcriptional and signaling networks in response to elevated temperature stress in land plants | Ting-Ying Wu | Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica |
AS-CDA-113-L04 | Cell wall signalling and morphogenesis in plants | Teh Ooi Kock | Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica |
2024 Academia Sinica Investigator Award
A total of 29 applications were submitted for the 2024 Academia Sinica Investigator Award: 9 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 16 from the Division of Life Sciences;4 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Of these, 12 were awarded, including 4 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 6 from the Division of Life Sciences and 2 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences.
A. Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences: (4 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | Project PI | Affiliation |
AS-IA-113-M01
| Mapping the Next Generation Super-alpha-Enhanced Ligand and the Ylidone in various ion radical states (NGSaL-OneR) | Tiow-Gan Ong | Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica |
AS-IA-113-M02
| Core-mantle boundary heat flux from mantle thermo-chemical convection and its impact on core dynamics and geodynamo | Frederic Deschamps | Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica |
AS-IA-113-M03
| Hidden Symmetry in Geometry and Arithmetic | John Francis Robert Duncan | Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica |
AS-IA-113-M04 | Intermittent tinyML: A Paradigm Shift in the AIoT Era | Pi-Cheng Hsiu | Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica |
B. Division of Life Sciences:(6 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | Project PI | Affiliation |
AS-IA-113-L01
| Development of unique high-mass/high-resolution mass spectrometry technique for critical biomedical applications | Yi-Sheng Wang | Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica |
AS-IA-113-L02
| Structural Biology and Its Application in Influenza and COVID-19 | Che Alex Ma | Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica |
AS-IA-113-L03
| Probes of Lipopolysaccharide O-Chain Export | Todd L. Lowary | Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica |
AS-IA-113-L04
| Unraveling biodiversity, biological interactions and ecosystem functions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in nature | Isheng Jason Tsai | Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica |
AS-IA-113-L05
| Molecular Mechanism of Acetyl-coA Carboxylase in Regulation of Endosomal Trafficking for Germline Homeostasis | Hweijan Hsu | Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica |
AS-IA-113-L06 | Unveiling the role of receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase subfamily XI in the iron signaling pathway and its crosstalk with phosphorus in Arabidopsis | Tzyy-Jen Chiou | Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica |
C. Division of Humanities and Social Sciences:(2 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | Project PI | Affiliation |
AS-IA-113-H01
| The Healing Body: A History of Body-centered Psychotherapies in Modern Japan | Yu-Chuan Wu | Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica |
AS-IA-113-H02 | The life history of prehistoric jade artifacts in Taiwan | Su-Chiu Kuo | Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica |
2024 Academia Sinica Thematic Research Program
A total of 24 applications were submitted for the 2024 Thematic Research Program: 10 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 10 from the Division of Life Sciences; 4 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Of these, 10 were awarded, including 3 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 4 from the Division of Life Sciences and 3 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2 Type I and Type II grants applications were additionally funded as Thematic Research Program, including 1 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences and 1 from the Division of Life Sciences.
A. Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences: (4 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation |
AS-TP-113-M01 | Carbohydrate Structural Determination using Logically Derived Sequence Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LODES/MSn) | (1) Chi-Kung Ni | Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica |
AS-TP-113-M02 | Exploring Emerging Metamaterials for Thermoplasmonics: A Promising Platform for Efficient Solar Energy Conversion | (1) Yu-Jung Lu (2) Chao-Cheng Kaun (2) Min-Hsiung Shih (2) Ho-Hsiu Chou | Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica; Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica; National Tsing Hua University |
AS-TP-113-M03 | Research and Assessing the Persuasive Power of Digital Immersive Modeling for Space-Sufficient Housing | (1) Yennun Huang (2) Yi-Ping Hung (2) Chiu-Han Hsiao (2) Hsi-yuan Chen (2) Sophy Shu-Jiun Chen | Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica; Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, National Taiwan University; Research Center For Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica; Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica; Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica |
AS-TP-113-M04 | Tatun Volcanic Group: From Hazards to Risk | (1) Cheng-Horng Lin (2) Kerry Sieh | Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica; Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University |
B. Division of Life Sciences:(5 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation |
AS-TP-113-L01 | Construction and transformation of the memory center | (1) Hung-Hsiang Yu (2) Cheng-Fu Kao | Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica; Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica |
AS-TP-113-L02 | Mechanisms and Functions of Autophagy in Gut Homeostasis and Inter-organ Communications | (1) Guang-Chao Chen (2) Chin-Hsien Lin (2) Jhen-Wei Ruan | Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica; Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital; Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University |
AS-TP-113-L03 | Mechanism for the precise activation of organellophagy | (1) Wei Yuan Yang | Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica |
AS-TP-113-L04 | Using corals as indicators for Anthropocene plastic pollution in western Pacific | (1) Benny K. K. Chan (2) Chuan-Chou Shen (2) Ruei-Feng Shiu | Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica; Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University; Institute of Marine environment and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University |
AS-TP-113-L05 | Long Non-Coding RNA-Ribonucleoprotein Networks in DNA Damage Repair | (1) Woan-Yuh Tarn | Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica |
C. Division of Humanities and Social Sciences: (3 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation |
AS-TP-113-H01 | Religion and the Anthropocene in Taiwan: Towards a Global Environmental History | (1) Albert Monshan Wu | Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica |
AS-TP-113-H02 | A TWAIL Appraisal of Data, Pandemics and Sustainability Governance: Theoretical Underpinnings and Practical Boundaries | (1) Chien-Huei Wu (2) Ching-Fu Lin (2) Han-Wei Liu | Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica Institute of Law for Science and Technology, National Tsing Hua University Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University |
AS-TP-113-H03 | Empire and Civilization (III): War, Hegemony, and Justice | (1) Carl K. Y. Shaw (2) Roy Tseng (2) I-Chung Chen (2) Chia-Ming Chen (2) Alvin Chen (2) Shang-Ju Yang
(2) Jia-Hau Liu
(2) Yung-Djong Shao
(2) Shinsuke Yasui
(2) Charles Chih-Hao Lee | Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia
Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-sen University Department of Public Administration and Policy, National Taipei University Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica |
2024 Academia Sinica Grand Challenge Program
A total of 13 applications were submitted for the 2024 Grand Challenge Program: 2 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 10 from the Division of Life Sciences; 1 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Of these, 3 were awarded, including 0 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 3 from the Division of Life Sciences and 0 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences.
A. Division of Life Sciences: (3 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation | Grant Period (year) |
AS-GCP-113-L01 | Mechanistic investigation of selectivity interplay between GPCRs and G proteins by structural mass spectrometry | (1) HSIN-YUNG YEN | Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica | 4 |
AS-GCP-113-L02 | Aging hallmarks undergo bistable switches in molecular and cellular processes that lead to cellular and organismal aging | (1) Hwai-Jong Cheng (2) Jun-An Chen (2) Liuh-Yow Chen (2) Sheng-hong Chen | Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica; Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica; Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica; Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica | 4 |
AS-GCP-113-L03 | Advancing cancer neoantigen prediction model through immunodominance-agnostic immunogenicity dataset and unbiased expansion of functional T cells | (1) Che-Ming Jack Hu (2) Tai-Ming Ko (2) Shu-Wha Lin (2) Tzu-Chun Chen | Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica; Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica; National Taiwan University; National Taiwan University Cancer Center
| 4 |
2024 Grand Challenge Program Seed Grant
6 Type I and Type II grants applications were additionally funded as Grand Challenge Program seed grant, including 3 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 2 from the Division of Life Sciences and 1 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences.
A. Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences: (3 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation | Grant Period (year) |
AS-GCS-113-M01
| Unraveling the Complexity of Three-Dimensional Spatial Biology Through the Integration of Advanced Technologies | (1) Peilin Chen | Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica | 2 |
AS-GCS-113-M02
| Modulating macrophage polarization with H2-evolving systems for treating inflammatory diseases | (1) Yu-Jung Lin | Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica | 2 |
AS-GCS-113-M03 | Dynamic Chromatin Structures in Gene Expression Resolved by Advanced Microscopy | (1) Chia-Lung Hsieh | Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica | 2 |
B. Division of Life Sciences:(2 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation | Grant Period (year) |
AS-GCS-113-L01 | Unraveling the Mystery of TRAX: A Novel Mechanism for Sorting miRNAs into Extracellular Vesicles in Huntington's Disease | (1) Yijuang Chern | Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica | 2 |
AS-GCS-113-L02 | To study how microbial glycoconjugates are dynamically modified to orchestrate the host immune response | (1) Chun-Hung Lin | Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica | 2 |
C. Division of Humanities and Social Sciences: (1 Project)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation | Grant Period (year) |
AS-GCS-113-H01 | The Great Social Transformation in Southern Taiwan: Community-based Social, Economic, Cultural and Medical Care Integrated Research | (1) CHYI-IN WU (2) Zong-Rong Lee (2) Wei-Hsian Chi (2) Yi-Ting Chung (2) Hui-Ju Kuo (2) Chung-Ying Lin (2) Yun-Hsuan Chang
| Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica Taipei Medical University National Taiwan University National Cheng Kung University National Cheng Kung University | 2 |