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Appendix É: CHE/ PBC fellowship scheme for Post-Doctoral researchers
From Taiwan
General
1.
The Council for Higher (CHE) and the Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC) aims
to promote the academic relations with Taiwan and encourage outstanding postdoctoral researchers from Taiwan to pursue research at universities in Israel.
2.
CHE/ PBC will fund up to 2 three-year fellowships for outstanding post-doctoral
researchers from Taiwan starting the academic year 2014/2015. A steering
committee, appointed by the CHE/PBC, will be entrusted with the academic
assessment of candidates and the selection of fellows.
3.
The amount of the fellowship will be no less than NIS 100,000 a year per (based on
2014/15 rates) for a period of up to three years: NIS 67,000 per year of this sum will
be provided by the CHE/PBC, and a sum amounting to no less than NIS 33,000 per
year will be provided by the Israeli university. The fellowship is intended to cover
room, board and living expenses.
4.
Submission of candidacy to the CHE/PBC will be done solely through the Ministry of
Education in Taiwan.
5.
The fellowship funding period will begin at March of each year until March of the
following year. There will be no extensions beyond the third year of research.
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Terms for Candidate Selection
The candidate shall fulfil the following requirements:
a.
The candidate shall be a citizen of Taiwan, and shall not hold Israeli
citizenship.
b.
Candidates who have Taiwanese citizenships and have completed their
doctoral degrees in a leading institution outside of Taiwan are also eligible to
apply for a fellowship.
c.
Only candidates whose doctorate was awarded after June 1, 2011 are eligible
to apply.
d.
Only candidates that were accepted by a supervisor in the Israeli universities
are eligible to apply.
e.
In special cases, it will be possible to present the candidacy of a person who
has not yet received his doctoral degree, on condition that he or she will
provide confirmation from the relevant authority where the doctorate is being
carried out, that the candidate has fulfilled all of his/her academic
requirements and has submitted his or her doctoral thesis for evaluation. If
the candidate does not receive the doctoral degree during the first year of
his/her stay in Israel, he/she will not be able to continue his/her activities and
the institution will terminate his/her fellowship.
The Selection Procedure
a. The selection of winners of the fellowships will be done by a steering committee,
appointed by the CHE/PBC.
b. The selection of fellows will be done according to academic excellence and the
criteria set by the steering committee and at its discretion. Criteria for academic
excellence shall be based, inter alia, on the academic activities of the candidate,
future research plans, list of publications, list of scientific works and transcripts.
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Rules and Guidelines
The awarding of the fellowship is contingent upon the following conditions:
a.
The fellow shall make the following commitment to the university:
i.
To not undertake any paid employment, excluding teaching assistance in
the university, which is contingent upon written approval from the
fellow's advisor and shall not exceed two weekly hours of instruction, and
only for a period of two years.
ii. To request approval from the university for each suspension in research of
six months or more. The university shall not approve suspension of
research for longer than one year.
b.
The Israeli university shall make the following commitments:
i. To not employ the fellow at the expense of the fellowship.
ii. To provide the fellow with the necessary professional literature and
research tools in a way that will enable optimal use of the duration of
research.
Application procedure
The candidates will be requested to submit to the Taiwanese Ministry of Education the
following documents:
1. Commitment by the designated Israeli supervisor for each applicant, stating
his or her agreement to guide the candidate.
2. Commitment by the designated Israeli university to match the CHE/PBC
fellowship in a sum no less than NIS 33,000 per year (this commitment letter
can be provided to applicants by the Israeli supervisor).
3. An application form for each candidate (enclosed in appendix ÉÉ).
4. Curriculum vitae of each candidate, including his or her transcripts for their
bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.
5. An abstract (up to 4 pages) of the candidate’s proposed research program.
6. An abstract of the PhD dissertation (up to 2 pages).
7. Three recommendations letters.
8. The results of a valid international test of English as a foreign language.
9. A list of the candidate’s publication, including the impact factor.
Evaluation Procedure
In the end of each academic year an academic report will be sent from the Israeli advisor to
the steering committee in order to evaluate the candidate's progress. The academic report
shall include a short evaluation of each fellow's achievements, as well as a recommendation
regarding the continuation of the fellowship.
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