Awards

Dictation Fellowship Recipient

2025-2026

Thanks to a generous gift from Justina and Ming Wu, the Center for Taiwan Studies at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) is proud to announce the recipients of the Wu Family Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for the 2025–2026 academic year.

This fellowship program supports outstanding doctoral candidates completing their dissertations on Taiwan-related topics. Recipients are selected for the originality, rigor, and scholarly contribution of their work, with priority given to those not employed full-time or receiving other major grants. Each fellowship provides $30,000 in support, running from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026.

2025–2026 Fellowship Awardees

Yi-Li Lin — UC San Diego
“Economic Security and the US-China Tech War’s Impact on Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry: The Case of 5G Communication Chips and Systems.”

Pin-Yi Li — University of Wisconsin–Madison
“Imagining Taiwan in the Museums: Contemporary Taiwan’s National Museums’ Construction of National Identity.”

Fellowship Obligations

Recipients will present their dissertation research in a public book talk hosted by the Center for Taiwan Studies and are expected to acknowledge the Wu Family Dissertation Fellowship in their dissertations and subsequent publications.

We extend our warmest congratulations to this year’s awardees. Their projects embody the scholarly excellence and innovative perspectives that the Wu Family Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is dedicated to supporting.

Ping-Hui Liao, PhD
Founding Director, Center for Taiwan Studies
Professor, Department of Literature, UC San Diego

2024-2025

With the utmost careful considerations of the Graduate Fellowship and Award Review Committee in their selection of the recipients of the Taiwan Studies Dissertation Fellowships, UCSD"s Center for Taiwan Studies proudly presents the doctoral students who will be receiving this prized aid.

Yen-Ting Hsu - $30,000, UC San Diego Department of Sociology

Shiu-Ping Ying - $15,000, Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

I-Lin Liu - $15,000, Media School, Indiana University, Bloomington

We'd like to congratulate the recipients of the award and would like to give a warm thanks to everyone who have submitted and took part in this fellowship!

Best Documentary (Taiwanese American Who's Who)

Best documentary award on Taiwanese American Who's Who. More details to be released soon.

Artists in Residence (National Taiwan University)

Link to the website here.

Artists in Residence (National Chung-Hsing University)

Link to the website here.

Best Book of the Year on Taiwan Studies

Coming soon!