Taiwan ICDF Scholarship

Benefits & funding

• TaiwanICDF arranges round-trip economy airfare to and from Taiwan, except for the Poland award, which the application portal states does not provide flights to and from Taiwan.
• The award covers NTU dormitory housing, tuition and credit fees, insurance, and approved textbook costs.
• Master’s recipients receive NT$18,000 per month for food and miscellaneous living expenses.
• NTU lists a maximum scholarship duration of two years for this route.

Eligibility

• Applicants must be citizens of an eligible country: Fiji, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vietnam, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Jordan, Mongolia, Russia, Türkiye, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Somaliland, Tanzania, Uganda, Belize, Guatemala, or Mexico.
• Applicants may not be Taiwan nationals or overseas compatriot students.
• As this is a master’s route, applicants need the prior bachelor-level qualification required for graduate admission and must satisfy NTU’s program requirements.
• Applicants must qualify for the required Taiwan resident visa and Alien Resident Certificate.
• Recipients may not hold another Taiwan government-sponsored scholarship in the same academic year and must not have had a Taiwan government scholarship revoked or been expelled from a Taiwanese university.
• TaiwanICDF states that there is no age limit.

Application process

1. 1
   Confirm that NTU’s International Master’s Program in Agricultural Economics appears in the current TaiwanICDF program list before applying.
2. 2
   Complete the TaiwanICDF online application and the separate NTU program application by their respective deadlines.
3. 3
   Submit materials to the relevant ROC Taiwan embassy, consulate, representative office, or technical mission if that office requires them.
4. 4
   The overseas office conducts the first review; a joint NTU and TaiwanICDF academic committee conducts the second review.
5. 5
   Only applicants who receive a TaiwanICDF acceptance letter are scholarship recipients.

Program timeline

1. The general 2026 TaiwanICDF application window opened.

   Dec 1, 2025

2. The general 2026 TaiwanICDF application deadline passed; NTU Agricultural Economics was not in that cycle’s program list.

   Mar 15, 2026

3. TaiwanICDF’s target date for announcing 2026 recipients.

   Jun 10, 2026

4. The general 2027 TaiwanICDF application window opens; participation by NTU Agricultural Economics remains unconfirmed.

   Dec 1, 2026

5. The general 2027 TaiwanICDF application window closes.

   Mar 15, 2027