International Graduate Program@ Taiwan

Description: The Taiwan International Graduate Program is a Ph.D. program, started in 2002, established by Academia Sinica, the foremost research institution of Taiwan. All applicants who are admitted to TIGP will receive a fellowship from Academia Sinica. Fellowship will be granted for applicants who receive admission. The stipend levels are about US$ 11,000 per year. Additionally, the support will be extended to two more years for those students who perform well academically.

TIGP offers nine Ph.D. programs:
Chemical Biology and Molecular Biophysics http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~tigpcbmb/
Molecular Science and Technology http://tigp.iams.sinica.edu.tw/MST.htm
Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~ibawww/mba/mba.html
Molecular and Cell Biology http://www.imb.sinica.edu.tw/mcb/
Bioinformatics http://tigpbp.iis.sinica.edu.tw/
Nano Science and Technology http://www.phys.sinica.edu.tw/TIGP-NANO/
Molecular Medicine http://www.ibms.sinica.edu.tw/mmp/
Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing (This program will not admit new students in 2011.)
Earth System Science http://www.rcec.sinica.edu.tw/TIGP-ESS
No application fee is required.

Requirements: Candidates must have a *: Bachelor and/or Master degree
Academic transcript and Course content information
English proficiency
TOEFL: A total TOEFL score of 79 on internet-based, 213 on computer- based or 550 on paper-based test is strongly recommended as the minimum admission requirement for all programs. Please note that institutional TOEFL will not be accepted; only ETS International TOEFL will be accepted.
IELTS: A minimum overall Band Score of 5.5 on the Academic Test of International English Language Testing System (IELTS) taken within the past two years is required.
GEPT: In addition to TOEFL and IELTS, applicants in Taiwan may take the General English Proficiency Test (GEPT), administered by the Language Training and Testing Center. Under this option, applicants must submit their high-intermediate level certificate with the application.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
Statement of purpose
Three (3) letters of recommendation.

Link: http://tigp.sinica.edu.tw/

         http://tigp.sinica.edu.tw/applying.html

Contact: Ms. Nancy Yang/ Alice Lee at 886-2-2789-8050/ 2789-9696 (between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Taiwan time, Monday through Friday), fax to 886-2-2785-8944, or send an e-mail message to tigp@gate.sinica.edu.tw.

TIGP website: http://tigp.sinica.edu.tw/applying.html

Deadline:  31 March, 2011.

International scholarship programme for Artists @ Kuan Shu Educational Foundation - Cheng Long Wetlands Environmental Art Project, Taiwan in the field of Art

Description:The Call for Proposals for 2011 has gone out to artists all over the world via the Internet. We are planning again to have 3 international artists and 2 Taiwanese artists living and working in Cheng Long Village. There is no entry fee and selected artists receive a stipend, accommodations, meals and more. The selected artists will work with the Cheng Long Elementary School children and community people to create site-specific sculpture installations in the wetlands. This year we hope to have many works in the wetlands themselves and emphasize making the place “greener” – more biodiversity, more sustainability and more green plants for everyone to enjoy as well as beautiful creative artworks

Deadline: 11 February 2011

Link: For more details click here