About Presidential Science Prize
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- 9/24/2019
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 |
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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.