National Science Council and Department of Life Sciences

Department of Life SciencesNational Science Council, Taiwan

November, 2007

Organizational Framework forScience and Technology Development

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National Science Council (NSC) Organizational Structure

Civil Service Ethics Office

Personnel Office

Secretariat

Counselor

Department ofPlanning and Evaluation

Department ofCentral Processing

Department ofInternational Cooperation

Department ofScience Education

Department ofHumanities and Social Sciences

Department of Life Sciences

Accounting Office

Department ofEngineering and Applied Sciences

Department ofNatural Sciences

MinisterDeputy Ministers

Council Meeting

Affiliated Organizations

Central Taiwan Science Park Provisional Office

Southern Taiwan Science Park Administration

Science Park Administration

S&T Policy Research and Information Center

National Applied Research Laboratories

National Space Organization

National Nano Device Laboratories

National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering

National Center for High-performance Computing

National Laboratory Animal Center

National Chip Implementation Center

Instrument Technology Research Center

Nonprofit Labs

National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center

NSC Missions

Promotion of National Sci-Tech Development Planning and coordination of national sci-tech

affairs Formulation of mid- and long-term sci-tech pla

ns Review, control, and evaluation of government

sci-tech programs Surveys of national sci-tech R&D activity

Support for Academic ResearchDevelopment of Science Parks

2004: 2.38% of GDP2005: 2.46% of GDP

2006: 2.59% of GDP

National Spending on R&D

Allocation of theNSC’s Budget for 2006

Support for Academic Research (NSC)

Industry-university cooperative programs

National science & technology

programs

Program for Upgrading the R&D Capabilities

of Private Universities

+Program for Promoting Academic Excellence of

Universities (Phase II)

Interdisciplinaryintegratedresearch programs

Goal-oriented Research Projects

22%

Free Research Projects

78%

Research Projects

Research Projects Fundedby NSC, 2006

Support for Academic Research in Taiwan

Source: “Relationship between Taiwan’s Industries and Universities” (Mar 31, 2006)

Industry-University Cooperation

National Science Council

Ministry of

Education

Ministry of Economic

Affairs

Universities Industry

•Industry-university cooperative research projects

•Program to Upgrade Industrial Technology and Enhance Human Resources

•Digital content cooperation

•Bio-tech investment projects

Technology transfers

Biotech investment projects

•Industry-university cooperative research projects

•Program to Upgrade Industrial Technology and Enhance Human Resources

•SBIR

•Industry technology development programs

Academic

technology

development

programs

•I-U Cooperation Center

•Technology R&D Center

Developmental Scope ofScience-Based Industrial Parks

Southern Taiwan Tainan: 1,038 hectares Luchu: 570 hectares

Central Taiwan Taichung: 413 hectares Yunlin: 96 hectares

1 hectare = 100m X 100m

Northern Taiwan Hsinchu : 632 hectaresChunan : 159 hectaresChupei : 38 hectaresTungluo : 350 hectaresLongtan : 106 hectaresYilan : 105 hectares

National Research Programs

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Telecommunications (I) Telecommunications (II)

Agricultural Biotechnology (I)

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Hazards Mitigation (II)

Agricultural Biotechnology(II)

Systems-on-Chip (I)

Genomic Medicine (I)

Digital Archives (I)

e-Learning

Nanotechnology

Biotech Pharmaceuticals (II)

Systems-on-Chip (II)

Agricultural Biotechnology (III)

Genomic Medicine (II)

Hazards Mitigation (I)

Digital Archives (II)

Biotech Pharmaceuticals (III)

NSC International Programs---Mechanism

General programs for international activities

Participating International Conference Scholars Postgraduates

Hosting International Conference in TaiwanInviting Visit of International Renown ScholarsInternational Collaborative Joint Research Project

Personnel Exchange Research Funding

D.C.San Francisco

Los Angeles

London

Bonn

ParisBrussels

Tokyo

Houston

Moscow

Canberra

HonaiNew Deli

12 Countries/15 Science Division Offices Abroad

International Collaborations

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Personnel Exchanges

Joint R*D programs

Ottawa

Workshops

Visitor Program, Scholarship Program, Internship (TTT)

Holding International Conference in Taiwan, Bilateral Workshop, Funding for attending international conferences.

Joint Research Projects, PPP….

Prague

Missions of theDepartment of Life Sciences, NSC

To promote life sciences research and biotechnology development in Taiwan.

To conduct planning, management and assessment of national programs for agricultural biotechnology, pharmaceutical biotechnology and genomic medicine.

To establish a good research infrastructure for the training and recruitment of life scientists to meet the demand of R&D in universities, research institutes and bioindustry for Taiwan.

Department of Life Sciences, NSC

Director General Vice Director

Other Staff (21 people)

*Researcher

*Associate Researcher

*Assistants, secretary

-staff had Ph. D. degree (8 people), Master degree (12), BS (1)

-all had specialized scientific background in agriculture or biomedical areas

*** Scientific Committee System

Department of Life Sciences, NSC

Biological SciencesBotany, Zoology, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, etc.

Agricultural SciencesAgronomy, Horticulture, Forestry, Fishery, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Chemistry, Food Science, etc.

Medical Sciences Basic Medical SciencesAnatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Epidemiology, Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Legal Medicine and Forensic Science, etc.

Clinical SciencesInternal Medicine, Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Dentistry, etc.

Department of Life Sciences, NSC

National Research Program for Agricultural Biotechnology

National Research Program for Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals

National Research Program for Genomic Medicine

Special Research Program on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Special Research Program on Avian Influenza and Human Pandemic Influenza

Interdisciplinary Research Programs

To focus on research fields with integrated efforts of inter-departments, inter-institutes, and inter-universities.

To promote international collaboration.Major research areas:

Bioengineering Bioinformatics Preservation and restoration of ecosystem

functioning

Year Grant Situation

Medical Science

Biology Agriculture Total

No. Applied/Approved 3631/2296 427/262 771/457 4829/3015

2005 Funding Rate (%) 63.2 61.4 59.4 62.4

Av. Size (NT$ K) 843 1,196 990 896

No. Applied/Approved 3826/2247 385/242 927/526 5138/3015

2006 Funding Rate (%) 58.7 62.9 56.7 58.7

Av. Size (NT$ K) 992 1,415 1,073 1,040

No. Applied/Approved 3,840/2,220 372/235 949/549 5161/3004

2007 Funding Rate (%) 57.8 63.2 57.9 58.2

Av. Size (NT$ K) 1,052 1,260 1,087 1,070

Funding in Life Sciences

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