Academia Sinica

This article is about the institution in the Republic of China (Taiwan). For the institution in the Chinese mainland, see Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Academia Sinica
中央研究院 (Chinese)
Agency overview
Formed1928 (in Nanking)
1949 (in Taipei, Taiwan)
HeadquartersNangang, Taipei[1]
25°2′45″N 121°36′37″E / 25.04583°N 121.61028°E / 25.04583; 121.61028
Employees~5,800[2] (incl. 976 principal investigators, 111 research specialists, 775 post-docs, 2,150 students)[3]
Annual budget12.5 billion NTD ($400 million) (2020)[4]
Agency executives
Parent agencyOffice of the President
Websitewww.sinica.edu.tw Edit this at Wikidata
Academia Sinica
Chinese中央硏究院
Traditional Chinese中央硏究院
Simplified Chinese中央硏究院
Literal meaning"Central Research Academy"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngyāng Yánjiùyuàn
Wade–GilesChung1-yang2 yen2-chiu1-yüan4
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳTûng-ông-ngiên-kiu-yen
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTiong-iong-gián-kiù-īⁿ
Tâi-lôTiong-iong-gián-kiù-īnn

Academia Sinica (AS, Latin: Academia Sinica, lit. 'Chinese Academy'; Chinese: 中央研究院; lit. 'Central Research Academy'), headquartered in Nangang, Taipei, is the national academy of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Founded in Nanking, the academy supports research activities in mathematical and physical sciences, to life sciences, and to humanities and social sciences. As an educational institute, it provides PhD training and scholarship through its English-language Taiwan International Graduate Program in biology, agriculture, chemistry, physics, informatics, and earth and environmental sciences.[5]

The current president since 2016 is James C. Liao, an expert in metabolic engineering, systems biology and synthetic biology.[6]

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  2. ^ 中央研究院 常見問題集：三、在中研院工作的人都是中研院院士嗎？. Academia Sinica. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  3. ^ "Budget, Accounting and Statistics Office, Academia Sinica, Taiwan". Archived from the original on 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  4. ^ 立委質疑中研院定位不明 廖俊智以開飛機巧妙回應. LTN News. 9 November 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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  6. ^ "James C. Liao - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2018-04-06.