NSTC and the Bureau Français de Taipei (BFT) are jointly soliciting the Orchid Program 2026. The project shall be jointly planned by the Taiwan and French research teams, and shall be submitted to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and Campus France, the French agency responsible for implementing governmental cooperation programs, respectively. The name of the project must be the same and the content must be agreed upon by both parties.

The types of grants include: (i) Project-Based Personnel Exchange Program (PPP) and (ii) Workshop ORCHID 2026.

Interested applicants shall read through the NSTC regulations on NSTC’s website (https://www.nstc.gov.tw/), and follow the steps below:

(1) Complete the online application on NSTC's website.
(2) Download the “NTU Application Form for NSTC Grant for the International Cooperative Project.”
(3) Once the principal investigator, the head and dean of the executive department/institute have affixed their signatures or seals, please email the completed form to the Division of Research Project Affairs (RPA).

The deadline for submission is by 17:00, on Friday, June 27, 2025. 
Please synchronize your online application with the NSTC system before the deadline to allow the university to compile and send submissions to NSTC as scheduled.

Contact Person for RPA regarding the project: Ms. Ya-Yin Liu
Phone number: (02) 3366-6309
Email: yayinliu@ntu.edu.tw