About Presidential Science Prize

To enhance the status of Taiwan in the international academic community, and to reward the mathematical sciences, life sciences, social sciences and applied sciences in the international academic research is innovative and outstanding contribution to the scholars, especially a significant contribution to Taiwan's social foundation of academic research talent priority reward object.

 

Presidential Science Prize Steering Committee

TITLE NAME POSITION
Chairman James C. Liao President, Academia Sinica
Vice Chairman Liang-Gee Chen Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology
Permanent Member Shih Keh-her Deputy Secretary-General to the President
Permanent Member Wen-Chung Pan Minister, Ministry of Education
Permanent Member Kung-Yee Liang President,National Health Research Institutes
Member Edward H. Chow Professor,National Chenchi University
Member Tei-Wei Kuo Distinguished Professor,National Taiwan University
Member Hong Hocheng President, National Tsing Hua University
Member Fuh-Sheng Shieu President, National Chung Hsing University
Member Huey-Jen Su President, National Cheng Kung University
Member Andrew H.-J. Wang Academician, Academia Sinica
Member Douglas Yu Vice President,Integrated Interconnect & Packaging Division in R&D, TSMC
Member Mei-Yin Chou Academician, Academia Sinica
Vice President, Academia Sinica
Member Shu-Min Huang Academician, Academia Sinica
Director, Anthropology Program, National Tsing Hua University
Member Chih-Yuan Lu President,Macronix International Co., Ltd.
Executive Secretary Y. Henry Sun Executive Secretary, Central Advisory Committee, Academia Sinica
Executive Secretary Yu-Han Tsou Vice Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology

 

Eligibility and Selection Process

Established in 2001 and presented every two years, this is the 10th Presidential Science Prize. This prize symbolizes in the highest academic honor to pay respect to the most outstanding scientists in the Republic of China (ROC).

To promote Taiwan’s position in the international science community, the Office of the President has established the Presidential Science Prize to recognize innovative researchers who have made monumental contributions to international research in the fields of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Applied Sciences, especially those scholars whose works have had major impact on the development and applications of these fields in Taiwan.