Ocean Affairs Council 2027 Student Research Grant Program – Applications Now Open Through November 30, 2026

I. Eligibility, Research Areas, and Funding

In accordance with the Ocean Affairs Council Guidelines for Subsidizing Student Research Projects at Colleges and Universities, the application units, eligibility requirements, research areas, and funding items are outlined below:

(1) Eligible Institutions and Applicants

Eligible institutions are public or private colleges and universities in Taiwan established with the approval of the Ministry of Education (hereinafter referred to as “the university”). The eligibility requirements and restrictions for student applicants and faculty advisors are as follows:

1. Student applicants: Students currently enrolled in public or private colleges and universities, excluding students in in-service master's or doctoral programs, who have obtained a faculty advisor’s commitment to supervise and recommend their research proposal. Each research project may be submitted by only one student, and each student may submit only one application per year.

2. Faculty advisors: Full-time faculty members at the rank of assistant professor or above at the applying university. Each faculty advisor may supervise no more than two student applicants per year.

3. In addition to meeting the above requirements, the student applicant and faculty advisor must be affiliated with the same university and must not be related to each other by marriage or by blood or marriage within the third degree of kinship.

(2) Eligible Research Areas

Research projects must relate to marine affairs, including maritime law and policy, marine industry development, marine resource management

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