(For Faculty)

IRT would like to introduce the ASPIRE League Partnership Seed Fund (2021) Call for Proposal.

1. Introductory

The ASPIRE League (KAIST, HKUST, Tsinghua, Tokyo Tech, NTU) Partnership Seed Fund aims to foster deeper research collaboration within the League, and to build on the research strengths of member universities. The scheme encourages researchers from the League’s member universities to collaborate on research topics of mutual interests and develop valuable long-term relationships.

2. Information

1) How to Apply : PI are required to submit the proposal on behalf of the group, at least 2 universities should participate in the project.

2) Eligibility : Full time faculty

3) Amount of Funds : 5,000,000 ~ 7,000,000 Won (Funds will be different from the evaluation results and KAIST is scheduled to select about 5 projects)

4) Schedule : Application Deadline(April 30), Result(August 30), Grant Period (Oct 1~Sep 30)

3. Official Information

Please refer to attached files.

For Inquires : ASPIRE League Secretariat  Toku Hirasawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology) E-mail : aspireleague@jim.titech.ac.jp

               Program Coordinator/ Adelaine Lim, Head, Research Policy & Special Projects E-mail: aspireseedfd@ust.hk

               IRT Coordinator / Hyunjin Kee E-mail : kee0109@kaist.ac.kr, T : 042-350-2444