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NSTC Call for Applications: 2026 NSTC-BMFTR Joint Research Program on Artificial Intelligence (First Stage- Capsule Proposals)

1. Detailed Information: https://www.nstc.gov.tw/folksonomy/rfpDetail/7fa33210-24a4-4e30-b856-03dfa01fc724?l=ch

2. This application is submitted online. Applicants are required to complete the following items in order and within the specified timeframe. (Late submissions will not be accepted by the R&D Department.)

(1) NSTC online system: Before 2025/12/9(Tue) 9:00 AM

(2) FLOW online system: Before 2025/12/9(Tue) 12:00 PM(System URL: https://flow.cgu.edu.tw/bpm, System manual: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kDcik6_5UXm3j2PZR_mvUck0rqAiqIDl/view?usp=sharing )

3. The NSTC and the BMBF will hold an online information session in early November 2025, to explain the call for proposals, including the collaborative topics, funding details, and application procedures. The meeting link will be announced on the NSTC website.

4. Contact Information:

(1) Contact Person (CGU): Pei-Heng, Shih, Ext: 3337, Email: peiheng@mail.cgu.edu.tw

(2) Contact Person (Academic Convener): Professor Yung-Yu Chuang, Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering, National Taiwan University

Tel.: +886-2-3366-4888 ext. 527, Email: cyy@csie.ntu.edu.tw

(3) Contact Person (NSTC): Vivien Lee (Research Fellow), Tel.: 02-2737-7150, Email: vvlee@nstc.gov.tw

Taiwan-Germany AI Academic Collaboration and Exchange Website: https://www.twaicoe.org/twde

(4) Contact Person (BMFTR):

Mr. Benedikt Krieger

Tel.: +49 (0) 30/31 00 78-497, Email: TaiwanAICoop@vdivde-it.de

VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

Projekttraeger „Kuenstliche Intelligenz“

Steinplatz 1

10623 Berlin   

Web: https://www.bundesanzeiger.de/pub/publication/JAWdKkXIjsROUv1aWRd/content/JAWdKkXIjsROUv1aWRd/BAnz%20AT%2026.09.2025%20B3.pdf?inline  

(5) NSTC System Issues: 0800-212-058, 02-2737-7590, 02-2737-7591, 02-2737-7592.

Please ensure that all project participants adhere to the regulations on intellectual property rights and academic ethics when applying for or conducting research.

After the project is approved, it should be processed in accordance with the NSTC Guidelines for Subsidized Special Research Projects, Principles for Handling Research Project Grants, and other relevant regulations.