Notice: Application deadline for the 2026 Joint Developed Project is 24:00, November 15, 2025 (Saturday). Late submissions will not be accepted.

Call for Submissions for the 2026 Joint Developed Project (JDP)
 

1. In order to add value to the excellent research results of the academia and nurture medium-to-high level research talent with a Master’s or Doctoral degree to maintain Taiwan’s competitive advantage in the high-tech industry, this project is implemented by the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute, National Institutes of Applied Research (hereinafter referred to as the TSRI) to assist domestic professors in the joint development of advanced nanodevice technologies.
    
2. Applications are open, effective immediately. Please email your pre-proposal to the project contact by November 15, 2025 (Saturday). Late submissions will not be accepted.
    
3. Application Guideline and Pre-Proposal Preparation:
   1. Application eligibility: Professors in domestic public or private universities and colleges, who have held full-time teaching and research position domestically or internationally within the past five years, or obtained a doctoral degree within the past five years, may apply for this project with reviewing in a rolling basis.
   2. Project duration: The project will be reviewed annually, and the duration is one year (2026/1/1-2026/12/31)
   3. Supporting items: TSRI equipment usage fee grant, and a quota of at most two students entitled to the following courses free of charge: Semiconductor Process Technology Training Class (SM01) and Semiconductor Process Equipment Internship Class (SM01-1).
   4. Application materials: Project pre-proposal (at most two pages of A4, with horizontal writing from top to bottom and a font size of 14pt)
   5. Basis for the approval of equipment usage fee grant:
      1. Content of the Project Pre-proposal: The TSRI’s equipment supportability (20%)
      2. Count on the TSRI’s Performance Achievement Maintenance System in the last three years: Number of members who completed Master’s degree theses/Doctoral degree dissertations (40%), number of papers published and patents obtained (40%)
   6. To maximize the benefits of limited research resources, a mechanism for the recovery and redistribution of quotas will be established. This is to ensure that the approved usage quotas for the TSRI’s instruments and equipment are utilized effectively by all teams.
      1. Quota Recovery
         - By June 30th: for project teams whose utilization has not reached 50% (inclusive), 50% of the unspent amount will be reserved from their unused portion.
         - By September 30th: for project teams whose utilization has not reached 50% (inclusive), 20% of the unspent amount will be reserved from their unused portion.
      2. Quota Redistribution
         - By June 30th: Teams with utilization exceeding 50% (inclusive) may submit an application for expansion starting in July. The expansion limit is 20% of their original approved quota.
         - The quantity of annual performance metrics reported in the TSRI’s system must be 50% or more (inclusive) of the average from the previous three years. And they must have at least two SNDCT papers among their published papers.
      3. The total approved amount for instrument and equipment fee waivers granted by the TSRI each year is a means of resource capacity control implemented without affecting overall external services. If all projects demonstrate good utilization and there is no recovery of quotas required, then no applications for expansion will be offered.
   7. Incentive measures: In line with the Chip-based Industrial Innovation Program and to support Taiwan’s semiconductor infrastructure and talent development policies, this project encourages more research teams to engage in the semiconductor field. Research teams, without any service record for process technology in TSRI over the past three years or making a submission for the first time, will be given a grant of NT$1 million for equipment usage in the project year.
4. Project Obligations
   1. Research achievements, including paper publication, talent development, patent, technology transfer and other awards, must be recorded online through the designated reporting system provided by the TSRI.
   2. Acknowledgment of the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute, National Institutes of Applied Research is required for paper publication.
   3. All of the intellectual property (patent, technology transfer and others) jointly developed by both parties, if any, shall be processed in accordance with the regulations of National Science and Technology Council and National Institutes of Applied Research.
5. TSRI is scheduled to hold the Year 115 User Briefing Session on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at the International Conference Hall on the 2nd floor of the Center. Those interested should contact Ms. Lin at 03-5773693 ext. 7547.

Download Forms

• Appendix 1: TSRI Nanotechnology Industry Joint Developed Project Pre-proposal
• 2026 list of cultivated students
• Appendix 2: Nanotechnology Industrial Advanced Talent Development Program Workflow

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