HomeDate: 2023-04-24
A total of 21 Grand Challenge Seed Program applications were received this year (1 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences; 5 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 15 from the Division of Life Sciences). Of the 21 applications, 3 were approved during the First-round, Second-round and the Final Review meetings, including, 1 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences and 2 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.
2023 Application Results for New Grand Challenge Seed Program
I. Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (1 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1)Project Director (2)Co-Director | Affiliation | Grant Period |
AS-GCS-112-M05 | Including non-equilibrium kinetics in pMHC-TCR interactions to improve in silico screening power and Spectrum for vaccine design and development | (1) Chin-Lin Guo (2) Wei-Chiao Chang (2) Chang-Jiun Wu (2) Wan-Chen Huang | Institute of Physics, AS Taipei Medical University University of Texas Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, AS | 2 |
II. Division of Life Sciences (2 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1)Project Director (2)Co-Director | Affiliation | Grant Period |
AS-GCS-112-L04 | Defining mycobacterial glycan ligands for γ9δ2 T-cell activation | (1) Todd Lowary | Institute of Biological Chemistry, AS | 2 |
AS-GCS-112-L05 | Unraveling the ecological connectivity between shallow and mesophotic coral reefs: An underwater soundscape approach | (1) Tzu-Hao Lin (2) Yu Tsao (2) Ming-Jay Ho | Biodiversity Research Center, AS Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, AS Biodiversity Research Center, 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 |
