A total of 42 applications were submitted by universities for the 2024 Academia Sinica (AS) Scholar Award: 12 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; 20 from the Division of Life Sciences; 10 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. Of these, 4 were selected for funding, including 2 from the Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 1 from the Division of Life Sciences, and 1 from the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. AS Awardees were selected from applicants for the 2024 AS Investigator Project Grant. Please refer to the following lists for detailed information.
1. External Awardees (4 Projects)
Project PI | Affiliation | Project Title |
Li-Wei Kuo | Department of Earth Sciences, National Central University | Gouge friction during experimental seismic slip |
Kuo-Chang Chen | Department of Mathematics, National Tsing Hua University | Singularity analysis and variational methods for the N-body problem |
Ao-Lin Hsu | Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University | Characterizing the DNA 6mA-mediated epigenetic mechanism underlying the transgenerational phenotypic repristination of extended longevity |
Chen-Ying Huang | Department of Economics, National Taiwan University | A biological basis of perception and preferences |
2. AS Awardees (3 Projects)
The following three awardees were selected from the AS Investigator Project Grant:
- Yu-Chuan Wu, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
- Pi-Cheng Hsiu, Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica
- Hwei-Jan Hsu, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica