"Last week I was part of a team visiting many area Elementary and Junior High Schools in the county for a Bureau of Education competition. At each school at least one teacher came up to me and told me they had attended at one or more of the workshops we had offered over the past year. It was a nice feeling to realize how many people were affected by this type of training. "

-Dr. Sue Sroda, 2004-2005 Senior Lecturer, Yi-lan English Teaching Assistants Project

“This grant period was extremely important professionally. It gave me a chance to think through my research by working with local scholars…I also made strides with my Chinese language skills, which will help me for the next decades as I continue to do research in Taiwanese and Han diaspora history.. In all this was an extremely productive grant period.”

—Dr. Tonio Andrade, 2004-2005 Fulbright Senior Researcher, Academia Sinica

 

American Scholars Program

Recruitment and preliminary selection for the American Fulbright Scholar program in Taiwan, as in other countries, is conducted first in the United States by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), in accordance with proposals sent to it by Fulbright commissions and U.S. State Department posts throughout the world. The selected applications are then sent to those commissions and posts for final selection and placement. The Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (FSE) is the Fulbright commission in Taiwan which receives these applications from CIES.

Profile of past and current grantees can be viewed at here.
The Foundation for Scholarly Exchange offers several types of grants for American scholars:

1. Lecturers:

Up to six 10-month grants are offered for American professors who are interested in teaching in a field in the humanities or social sciences in a Taiwan university. For information about specific  2009-2010 openings for American Lecturers,, please see 2009-2010 programproposal

2. Researchers:

Up to six awards for American scholars who wish to carry out a research project in Taiwan.

3. Partial:

Scholars who have already secured major financial support from another source may apply for supplementary support and status as a Fulbright scholar. Up to six awards are available in this category.
For detailed information about eligibility, terms of award, and the application process, contact:

 

Ms. Lindsay Hench
Fulbright Scholar Program
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5M
Washington, DC 20008-3009
Phone: (202) 686-7877
Email: lhench@iie.org

Or, CIES has a web site at http://www.cies.org/US_scholars which has general information about awards for Taiwan, as well as application instructions. Inquiries should be made approximately 15 months ahead of the time at which the scholar wishes to come to Taiwan.