THE 2016 Taiwan ICDF Scholarship, a study grant provided by Taiwan International Cooperation Fund, is now open for international application until March 15.
The 2016 Taiwan ICDF Scholarship comprises 31 programs for bachelor, master and Ph. D. degrees provided by 21 Taiwanese universities in study areas including tropical Agriculture, business administration, international studies, technology management, engineering, health care, nursing, education, environmental sustainability, marine Science, human Resource, computer science, medical laboratory sciences, and school medicine, etc.
Applicants for the scholarship should first access the Taiwan ICDF official website http://www.icdf.org.tw/TSP/welcome.aspx to submit an on-line application form, then submit the following hard-copy documents to the ROC (Taiwan) Embassy in Honiara:
1) A completed application form.
2) A photocopy of applicant’s passport or other document showing proof of nationality.
3) A photocopy of applicant’s highest-level diploma and academic transcripts.
4) A TaiwanICDF Medical Report (download from TaiwanICDF official website.) 5)
Two letters of reference.
In addition to the above documents requested as part of their scholarship application, applicants should also submit all documents required by the TaiwanICDF partner university that they are applying to before the admissions deadline of that university.
After receiving applications, the ROC (Taiwan) Embassy will conduct a first review of applicants based on the eligibility requirements and selection criteria of the TaiwanICDF, then submit their list of recommended applicants to the TaiwanICDF.
A second review of the qualified applicants will be conducted by an academic committee organized by the individual partner university in joint cooperation with TaiwanICDF representatives.
Gaining admission from the university does not necessarily mean that the applicant has also been given a TaiwanICDF scholarship.
Only the applicant who receives the acceptance letter issued by the TaiwanICDF is the scholarship recipient
Once accepted, each scholarship recipient is entitled to receive study grant including return airfare, housing, tuition and credit fees, insurance, textbook costs, and a monthly allowance.
