In March 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) informed domestic universities that it is establishing an International Law Research Scholarship, and will grant NT$80,000 to three qualified full-time Taiwanese university students. The purpose of the scholarship is to cultivate students' international vision and expertise in international law, and thus strengthen Taiwan's future handling of international legal affairs and more fully develop its diplomatic capacity. Full details had since been posted on Facebook, and with a deadline of September 30, candidates had three months to submit their applications—including a 5,000-character Mandarin report on public international law—to MOFA through their respective universities.
In recent months, MOFA has received enthusiastic email and phone inquiries requesting further information from professors, teaching assistants, and students at numerous law and diplomacy departments. Given their weighting of 60 percent of candidates' total scores, the student reports must be reviewed rigorously, so MOFA had been establishing a review committee. To ensure fairness and objectivity, it recruited external experts in public international law to discuss marking criteria and draft marking tables.
MOFA encourages applications from students studying in programs on public international law in such fields as international environmental and maritime law, as well as international human rights law. Additional credit will also be awarded to those taking programs taught entirely in a foreign language, or those who have participated in moot court competitions on international law or mock international conferences in English, as these type of courses and activities nurture professional international standards among students.
#Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Law Research Scholarship
#Review committee for the MOFA International Law Research Scholarship
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