Full-Time Research Fellow Position
1. Area(s) of Specialization: All Subfields of Chinese History
2. Rank: Assistant Research Fellow [1–2 tenure-track positions]
(positions roughly correspond to assistant professor at the university level in the United States)
3. Qualifications:
Assistant Research Fellow: Applicants with a domestic or foreign doctorate degree recognized by the Ministry of Education; or applicants due to receive a domestic or foreign doctorate degree in related fields by October 31, 2026.
4. Required Documents:
(1) Application form: Download and fill out the form found below listed under “Download”
(2) Complete CV and list of academic publications
(3) Photocopy of PhD diploma (applicants who have yet to receive their diploma may submit a copy of their successful dissertation defense or an official approval issued and dated by their advisor)
(4) Research statement or plan (2–3 pages)
(5) Key representative works within the past five years (one copy of each)
a. Up to three publications (if a PhD dissertation is to be used, please provide it in its entirety; and for works written in languages other than Chinese or English, please provide an abstract thereof in either Chinese or English [3,000+ characters or an equivalent in words])
b. Representative works other than a PhD dissertation should be peer-reviewed; for works awaiting to be published, applicants should provide proof of acceptance as well as documentation stating that said work has passed a peer-review process
c. For co-authored works, fill out the Collaborative Academic Publication–Statement of the Distribution of Contributions (多人合著之學術論著__個人工作內容及貢獻說明書) form
(6) Two letters of recommendation: hard copies signed and mailed to the IHP Secretariat by the recommenders
5. Deadline: April 30, 2026 (must be postmarked in Taiwan by the deadline date)
6. Applicants should prepare an application envelope containing items (1)–(5) of the above Required Documents in BOTH hard copies and electronic formats (email or a link to cloud storage), and send it before the deadline to:
Secretariat, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
No. 128 Academia Rd., Sec. 2, Nangang Dist., Taipei 115201, Taiwan (ROC)
(Please indicate on the envelop: “Application for Full-Time Research Position”)
Contact: Ms. Tang
Secretariat, IHP
Tel: 886-2-2782-9555 ext. 235
Email: ytingtang@gate.sinica.edu.tw
