1. Currently a full-time NTU faculty member or research fellow on a regular payroll, born on or after Jan. 1, 1981.
2. Concurrently undertaking a NSTC Special Topic Research Project.
3. Full-time faculty members or research fellows currently implementing this Project (Academic Research-Career Development Project, Sprout Research Projects) or the NTU Core Consortiums and Competitiveness Programs, and who have been officially notified upon approval that their projects are scheduled to execute until December 31, 2027 or December 31, 2028, are ineligible to submit duplicate applications.
4. Project investigators whose original execution period expires on December 31, 2026, or who have previously implemented this Project or the NTU Core Consortiums and Competitiveness Programs, and who intend to submit a proposal for the upcoming project year, must attach the final report of the original project within the new proposal. The attached report will not be counted toward the page limit.
5. A full-time NTU faculty member or research fellow on regular payroll may receive subsidies for at most one ORD-sanctioned research project, including the Excellence in Key Advantages Program (NTU Core Consortiums and Competitiveness Programs), Sprout Research Projects, and Jade Picking Project. In other words, those involved in more than one such project will receive subsidies for only one of them. Does not include the nature of matching grants, new faculty startup resources and seed projects for interdisciplinary research.

1. Duration of project planning and funding: Jan. 1, 2027, to Dec. 31, 2029, subject to the conclusions of the proposal's review.
2. Amount of funding: The grant amount for each project is subject to the review decision and the University's overall budget. The detailed budget allocation is not needed at the project application stage. PI will be asked to provide the budget allocation when the project is recommended.

Effective immediately, please visit the ORD website (https://ord.ntu.edu.tw) and click on the application system (Path: Application Systems / ORD Application System). Log in to upload all project-related files and complete the online submission to the ORD by 23:59, Oct. 5, 2026 (Monday). Applicants are advised to pay close attention to the schedule, as no late applications will be accepted.

In accordance with the official letter No. 1100042067 dated June 24, 2021, in order to speed up the process, when relocation of project funding issued by ORD (accounting codes: L7, L8, L9, V) is in need, please submit the funding relocation application by electronic official documents. The examples of the electronic official document and the funding relocation application (no seal required at the bottom of the application form) are attached down below for reference.

List of Approved Research Projects (as of 2026)