Applications are open for the 2026 Shi Wen-Ling Scholarship

We're pleased to share that the Shi Wen-Ling Scholarship is now accepting applications for the 2026 cycle.

The scholarship is for recent Taiwan medical school graduates who want to pursue graduate study at Stanford or Duke. We're looking for early-career physicians who are serious about healthcare leadership in Taiwan and want graduate training in health policy, clinical research, or bioethics to help them get there.

What the scholarship offers

Each scholar receives application support to Stanford or Duke, six months of preparation in Taiwan, and 18 months of funded study at one of the two universities. The scholarship covers tuition, a living stipend, airfare, and dedicated faculty mentorship. Total support reaches up to NTD $5,000,000 per scholar.Every scholar we've selected so far has been admitted to Stanford or Duke.

Who should apply

If you graduated from a Taiwan medical school in the past few years and you're thinking about what comes next, we'd like to meet you. You don't need to have everything figured out. You don't need a publication record. What we're looking for is a real interest in solving the kinds of healthcare problems that aren't going to be solved by clinical training alone, and the openness to develop the leadership and research skills to take them on.

Our current cohort includes a neonatologist working on multimodal disease prediction, a gynecologic oncologist studying value in cancer care, a physician-neuroscientist working on neurotech ethics, an emergency physician quantifying ED disparities, an ophthalmologist studying occupational health in surgical practice, a nephrologist focused on guideline development for Taiwan, and a family medicine physician focused on value-based prevention. The common thread isn't the specialty. It's the willingness to step back from clinical practice and ask harder questions about how the system works.

Key dates

• Now through September 1, 2026: applications open

• September 1, 2026: application deadline

• Fall 2026: selection and notification

• Late 2026 to early 2027: selected scholars work with us on Stanford and Duke applications

• 2027: six-month preparation phase in Taiwan

• Fall 2027: selected scholars begin graduate study in the US

  
  

How to apply

Application materials are available on our Application page. The Program Overview walks through how the scholarship works in detail, and the About page covers the program's mission and history.

Questions? Reach out to us at admin@athmedicalfund.org. We're happy to talk through whether the scholarship might be a fit for you.

We're looking forward to meeting the 2026 cohort.