2027 National Tsing Hua University- Cathay General Hospital

Joint Research Program

1. Project Period: 2027/1/1-2027/12/31
2. Project Type: Individual research project. Each project must be co-hosted by a PI from NTHU with a PI from hospital.
3. Research Topics: Interdisciplinary biomedical research, with encouragement for exploratory or novel studies.
4. Qualifications for Principal Investigator:
   1. National Tsing Hua University
      1. Full-time faculty members at the rank of Assistant Professor or above, or full-time research personnel at the rank of Assistant Research Fellow or above (excluding personnel affiliated with the College of Semiconductor Research).
      2. Principal investigators (including co-investigators) must not travel abroad for more than three consecutive months during the project year. Those with existing plans for long-term overseas travel are ineligible to serve as principal or co-investigators.
      3. Each investigator may apply for only one hospital collaboration project per execution year. Approved multi-year projects count toward the one-project limit. Please refer to 2027 NTHU Hospital Joint Research Program.
      4. This program may not be applied for concurrently with the NTHU Post-Baccalaureate Program in Medicine Clinical Faculty Academic Research Project.

4. 2. Cathay General Hospital
      1. Applicants must be full-time attending physicians, healthcare professionals, or researchers at Cathay General Hospital.
5. Funding Guidelines:
   1. Budget allocations must not include fixed equipment purchases. The principle of budgeting shall comply with the rules of these two institutions.
   2. The project budget shall be jointly funded by both institutions, with each party contributing 50% of the total funding annually. The maximum annual funding request for each project is NT$1.4 million, with a funding cap of NT$700,000 per institution per year.
6. Application Period: August 1 to September 30, 2026. Late submissions will not be accepted.

7. Application Procedure:
   1. Please upload the project proposal to the system by the deadline. NTHU application path: "Academic Information System" > " Office of R&D Information System" > "System Portal Site" > "Hospital Project Name."
   2. Applications to this program must be submitted by the principal investigator from NTHU. Applicants are advised to review the eligibility requirements and application procedures carefully and to comply with all applicable regulations.

8. Additional Reminders:
   1. Projects involving human trials, animal experiments, infectious agents, or genetic recombination must include ethical approval documents at the time of application. If such documents are not available at application time, they must be submitted before project execution; funding cannot be accessed until approval is verified.

8. 2. After the project concludes, please submit the final report according to each hospital program's regulations and participate in the results presentation.
   3. Proposal Format: Applicants must use the 2027 proposal template provided in the attachment. Proposals that do not conform to the prescribed format will be returned.
9. Contact Information: Ms. Wu, yfwu@mx.nthu.edu.tw