A statistics released by the Office of Research and Development reveals that in answer to National Science Council’s call for Research Projects and Featured Studies, Tamkang University’s faculty has submitted a total of 421 proposals.

It continues to state that of the 421 proposals, 254 have been approved, and 248 of which are now in “executing” status.

In terms of figures, we have won a sum of N.T.$l29,000,000.00, achieving a surplus of N.T.$l4,000,000.00 over last year. This proud figure also points out a fact that in the past 5 years, T.K.U.’s tireless efforts in raising the academic (research) standard is paying rich dividends.

Among the 42l proposals, College of Engineering has submitted l44 cases; to convert it to application rate, C.E. should be the biggest winner; its rate is ll0%. The runner-up goes to College of Education, its rate: l04%. College of Sciences is the second runner-up: it has handed in 73 proposals.

In terms of approval rate, College of Sciences should be proud of its achievement, because it is 89%, followed by College of Engineering with 83 cases approved. The second runner-up goes to College of Education; its approval rate hits 73%.

College of Foreign Languages & Literature is a loser: it has only submitted 8 proposals.

With this high-percentage approval rate, Tamkang University has become the winner of five private universities. When our heated sentiments over the victory simmers down, we begin to realize that the high-paying policy for desired faculty members that has been pursued for years by our school has paid off: the better-paid faculty has indeed helped us win such an honor.