Lianchihtan Scenic area at sunrise in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

New Funding for Taiwan Studies

The Fairbank Center and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan) have signed a memorandum of understanding for a three-year initiative that will bring new funding to Taiwan Studies at Harvard University.

The funding will provide increased financial support for research on Taiwan by undergraduate and graduate students at Harvard.

In addition, the initiative will help support the Fairbank Center’s Hou Family Fellows in Taiwan Studies, events and seminars about Taiwan, and publications of books related to Taiwan.

The initiative will launch in August 2021.

費正清中心與中華民國教育部日前為一項為期三年的提案簽署了一份瞭解備忘錄。

該提案將給予哈佛大學的臺灣研究更多款項,以便為本科生及研究生的臺灣研究項目提供更多資助。

此外,該提案將資助費正清中心的侯氏聯誼會臺灣研究員,有關臺灣的的活動與講座,以及與臺灣相關的著作的出版。

該提案將於2021年八月起實行。