Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/06
By: Yi Chun-chieh and Kuan-lin Liu

New York, April 5 (CNA) A delegation of Taiwanese officials and university presidents is

Chen Liang-gee (陳良基)

currently in the U.S. to recruit overseas Taiwanese and foreign talent for local research positions.

Kicking off their visit to the U.S. east coast Thursday following stops in California, Minister of Science and Technology Chen Liang-gee (陳良基), Deputy Education Minister Yao Leeh-ter (姚立德) and officials from nine universities explained to students in New York about grants available for research in Taiwan.

According to Chen, there are over 300 positions that the nine universities are looking to fill, which can be coupled with research programs from the Ministry of Science and Technology for five to 10 years with annual funding of between NT$5 million (US$170,777) and NT$10 million.    [FULL  STORY]