Fellowships & Grants

Program for Advanced Mandarin Studies in Taiwan

Disclaimer
In 2013, The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the United States is offering MANDARIN LANGUAGE learning opportunities to any American undergraduate and graduate students, who intend to pursue or have already embarked on a career in which an advanced level of proficiency in Mandarin is important.

TECRO is offering this award to American undergraduate and graduate students, who are enrolled as full-time students at a United States college or university, and who are interested in improving their Mandarin language proficiency through study abroad at a university in Taiwan. Ideal applicants are American citizens who neither hold a Taiwan passport nor claim Taiwanese or Chinese heritage and who meet the following category of eligibility:

• Current Students and Recent Graduates: must have completed at least six semesters of secondary education Advanced Placement or an equivalence of university-level Mandarin study.
• Only undergraduate and graduate students who have completed the necessary Mandarin study pre-requisites will be considered for this award.
• Students should be able to explain how Mandarin will be important to their profession as they transition into the workforce. Though TOCFL (Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language) is not required, it is strongly recommended.
• Applicants who have taken or have registered for the TOCFL test will have higher acceptance priority.
  

Funds
The program provides recipients with a fixed monthly stipend (NT$25,000, about US$862, rate: 29) to help defray living expenses and tuition in Taiwan. Successful applicants are responsible for all other costs.

Duration
three (3), six (6), nine (9), or twelve (12) months from September 2013 to August 2014

Number of awards
a total of 120 months of study in Taiwan

Universities in Taiwan
A list of accredited university Mandarin training centers can be found on the list of Chinese Language Centers.

Application
The 2013 application for this program can be downloaded online or in text versions below:

TECRO Web site

MS Word (76K) | PDF (382K)

Deadlines
Applications must be postmarked no later than March 31, 2013. We cannot accept any applications that are postmarked later than this date.

Contacts:

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO): Yu-Mei Li—yumei@tecro.us

U.S. Department of Education: Mone't Peterson-Cox, International and Foreign Language Education, Office of Postsecondary Education—Monet.Peterson-Cox@ed.gov

Disclaimer: This posting is meant only to provide information to the public. The U.S. Department of Education does not sanction or endorse particular scholarships or educational opportunities provided by outside entities.

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