Subsidies to foster higher education would be increased by NT$1.5 billion (US$46.83 million) so doctoral and post-doctoral students would receive more funding for research, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) said yesterday.
Last week’s Semicon Taiwan event highlighted the competitiveness of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, but the nation must not be complacent, NSTC Minister Wu Tsung-tsong (吳政忠) said.
The council is increasing the number of students eligible for subsidies from 300 annually to 1,000, Wu said, adding that they would receive NT$40,000 per month in the first three years of their doctoral studies.
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However, students must choose between the NSTC’s subsidies and those offered by the Ministry of Education, he said.
NSTC Department of International Cooperation and Science Education director Yeh Chih-cheng (葉至誠) said the program’s funding this year stands at NT$4.94 billion, with the total to be NT$6.509 billion next year.
Postdoctoral researchers are expected to receive NT$62,400 per month starting next year, Yeh said.
The council has increased the cap on postdoctoral researchers who can be hired to 2,400 from 2,300, he said.
Academia Sinica’s Institute of Statistical Science postdoctoral researcher Tung Yi-hsien (董奕賢), a beneficiary of the subsidies, said the grants would affect students’ inclination to continue studying, as they would alleviate financial pressures.
National Central University Institute of Material Science and Engineering student Pan Tse-an (潘則銨) said the subsidies would incentivize students in his field to continue their studies, as the industrial sector offers good pay graduates in his field.
National Taiwan University Department of Animal Science and Technology alumnus Lee Sin-jin (李欣瑾) said that the subsidy program was why she could further her studies in mitochondrion research.
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