HomeDate: 2026-07-21
A total of 51 applications were submitted for the 2026 2nd Round Academia Sinica Grand Challenge Program Seed Grant: 18 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 26 from the Division of Life Sciences; 7 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Of these, 11 were selected for funding, including 3 from Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 5 from Division of Life Sciences and 3 from Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Please refer to the following lists for detailed information.
A. Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences: (3 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation |
AS-GCS-115-M08 | Development of a Target-Specific Two-Photon Printing Integrated 3D Optical Pathology Expansion Platform | (1) Bi-Chang Chen | Research Center for Applied Sciences, AS |
AS-GCS-115-M09 | On-chip polarization manipulation for photonic quantum integrated circuits | (1) Min-Hsiung Shih
(2) Shu-Wei Chang
(2) Chao-Hwang Lee | Research Center for Applied Sciences, AS Research Center for Applied Sciences, AS Research Center for Applied Sciences, AS |
AS-GCS-115-M10 | Confinement-Enhanced Electrochemistry in nanochannels from 2D Materials Stacks | (3) Ya-Ping Hsieh | Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, AS |
B. Division of Life Sciences：（5 Projects）
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation |
AS-GCS-115-L11 | Exploring the role of secretory autophagy in interorgan Communication and Systemic Homeostasis in Drosophila | (1) Guang-Chao Chen | Institute of Biological Chemistry, AS |
AS-GCS-115-L12 | Structure–Activity Relationships in Saskemycin, a Potential Novel Tuberculosis Drug | (1) Todd Lowary | Institute of Biological Chemistry, AS |
AS-GCS-115-L13 | The Metabolic Cost of Urbanization: A 100-Year Genomic Audit of Symbiotic Decoupling in the Taipei Heat Island | (1) Chang-Yu Chang | Biodiversity Research Center, AS |
AS-GCS-115-L14 | Evolutionary Mechanisms of Core Component Co-option in Macromolecular Machines | (1) Erh-Min Lai
(2) Chih-Horng Kuo (2) Yu-Ying Hsieh | Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, AS Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, AS Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, AS |
AS-GCS-115-L15 | Functions of nuclear speckles in plant environmental responses | (1) Shih-Long Tu | Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, AS |
C. Division of Humanities and Social Sciences: (3 Projects)
Project No. | Project Title | (1) Project PI (2) Project Co-PI | Affiliation |
AS-GCS-115-H05 | AI-Empowered Survey Experiment Research: Opportunities and Challenges | (1) Chih-Hsin Shen
(2) Yesola Kweon
(2) Chao-Yo Cheng | Institute of Political Science, AS Sungkyunkwan University University of London |
AS-GCS-115-H06 | The Rootless Taiwanese Indigenous DNA：Biocolonialism, Cryopolitics, and Transnational Ethical Governance | (1) Tsung-Han Tsai (2) Shu-Shan Lee | Institute of Political Science, AS Hampton University |
AS-GCS-115-H07 | Political Obligation in Taiwan: A Thematic and Public Opinion Analysis | (1) Yu-Yueh Tsai
(2) Yuan-Feng Lin | Institute of Sociology, AS Taipei Medical University |
