Date: 2025-06-12
A total of 36 applications were submitted for the 2025 2nd Round Academia Sinica Grand Challenge Program Seed Grant: 4 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences; 12 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 20 from the Division of Life Sciences. Of these, 8 were selected for funding, including 2 from Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2 from Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and 4 from Division of Life Sciences. Please refer to the following lists for detailed information.
A. Division of Humanities and Social Sciences: (2 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation |
AS-GCS-114-H04 | The Role of Downstep in hoo7 Disambiguation in Taiwanese | (1) Lin, Kai-Ying | Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica |
AS-GCS-114-H05 | A Cross-national Examination of Political Gender Stereotypes Using Vignette Experiments | (1) Lin, Cheng-Nan | Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica |
B. Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences:(2 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation |
AS-GCS-114-M08 | Mapping LILR Genetic Diversity: From High-Resolution Typing and Accurate Imputation to Disease Associations in the Taiwan Biobank | (1) Yang, Hsin-Chou (2) Yang, Hwai-I (2) Chu, Hou-Wei (2) Khor, Selk-Soon | Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica Taiwan Biobank Nanyang Technology University |
AS-GCS-114-M09 | Mechano-Physical Strategies for Minimizing dsRNA Formation in mRNA Vaccine Production | (1) Tung, Yi-Chung (2) Kuo, Chin-Lin | Research Center of Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica |
C. Division of Life Sciences: (4 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation |
AS-GCS-114-L08 | Genomic stability and stem cell regulation in green hydra symbiosis | (1) Luo, Yi-Jyun | Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica |
AS-GCS-114-L09 | Inferring human-specific promoter changes and their functional effects | (1) Li, Wen-Hsiung | Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica |
AS-GCS-114-L10 | Identification of Key Transcription Factors Driving the Reprogramming of Exhausted T Cells into Stem-Like T Cells | (1) Wang, Shu-Ping (2) Chen, Shih-Yu (2) Chang, Yao-Ming | Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica |
AS-GCS-114-L11 | Redirecting plant root hair development via a synthetic cell polarity circuit | (1) Chiou-Jian-Geng | Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica |