2016 ANNUAL REVIEW Ministry of Science and Technology

Research manpower in life science specific-topic research projects, 2012-2016 Units: person-times Item 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 1 Research personnel Professors 2,830 2,822 2,967 3,006 2,914 Associate professors 1,578 1,632 1,634 1,514 1,483 Assistant professors 1,557 1,386 1,443 1,378 1,355 Lecturers 68 55 62 47 38 Other 2,796 2,923 3,084 3,213 3,291 Subtotal 8,829 8,818 9,190 9,158 9,081 Research assistants Full-time assistants 2,625 2,687 2,937 2,799 2,825 Part-time assistants 22 25 23 16 10 Graduate students 5,559 5,321 5,393 4,956 4,584 Subtotal 8,206 8,033 8,353 7,771 7,419 Total 17,035 16,851 17,543 16,929 16,500 1 2016 data extends to February 5, 2017. 4. Humanities and Social Sciences The humanities and social sciences comprise 17 disciplines in the three major areas of the humanities (literature, history, philosophy, and art), the social sciences (law, political science, sociology, education, and psychology), and management (administration, finance and accounting, regional studies, and geography). The following is an overview of major research efforts, planned projects, and database projects during 2016: (1) Major projects a. "Revival of Taiwan's Indigenous Languages and Indigenous Language Education: Topics, Challenges, and Prospects" Th i s p r o j e c t f o c u s ed on i nd i genou s language revival education, and was conducted by a research team consisting of scholars of education, language, and digital technology, as well as indigenous citizens. The project took in- school, informal, and digital indigenous language education as its research domains, and performed a systematic, in-depth investigation of major topics in these three research domains and indigenous language revival education. Thanks to the participation of indigenous personnel, the project was able to complete a full-scale, systematic assessment of all policies and measures connected with the revival of indigenous languages during the past two decades or more. The research team further provided recommendations that will improve the effectiveness of indigenous language revival measures, and hopes to facilitate the drafting of future indigenous language revival policies in order to help the maintenance and development of Taiwan's indigenous languages. b. "Growth of Enterprises in Emerging Nations in the face of Global Competition: A Hybrid Perspective" The rapidly growing affluence of developing nations has induced large numbers of multinational firms to invest in these countries and serve their Numbers of life science specific-topic research projects and funding, 2016 Units: NT$1 m Item Applications Approved Implemented Projects Funding Projects Funding Projects Funding Medicine 4,601 7,270.32 1,997 2,307.93 3,188 3,789.37 Biology 395 832.19 181 292.96 295 463.29 Agricultural science 676 1,039.47 310 375.05 485 606.59 Special projects and other 217 659.28 177 395 178 396 Ocean science 121 733.66 101 430.31 101 430.31 Environmental protection 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 6,010 10,534.91 2,766 3,800.76 4,247 5,685.07 Support for Academic Research Ministry of Science and Technology 41