Innovation Act for Industry-Academia Collaboration and Talent Cultivation in National Key Fields Article 4

The competent authority shall set up a steering committee on the innovation of industry-academia collaboration and of talent cultivation in national key fields(hereinafter referred to as “the innovation steering committee” for short)to deliberate over and supervise the following matters:1.The selection of national key fields.2.The eligibility criteria for national universities to lodge applications and the eligibility criteria for collaborating enterprises.3.Applications by national universities to set up or continue a key research institute.4.The competent authority’s appointments(assignments)of and replacements for the government representatives on each national university supervisory committee(hereinafter referred to as “the supervisory committee” for short)and on the management committee of each key research institute(hereinafter referred to as “the management committee” for short).5.The keeping of copies of key research institutes’ annual operations plans and performance reports for reference.6.Changes to the innovation plan of a key research institute.7.Closure or cessation of operations of a key research institute.8.Formation of ad hoc groups to visit key research institutes or commissioning of a Certified Public Accountant (hereinafter referred to as “CPA” for short) to audit the operation of a key research institute.9.Supervision of other matters related to key research institutes.The innovation steering committee referred to in the preceding paragraph shall have between 15 and 21 members for a four-year term who comprise government representatives of the competent authority, the National Development Council, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Technology and other related government agencies, and scholars, experts and industry representatives; the person appointed to represent the competent authority shall be the convener. The number of government representatives shall not be less than half of the total number of committee members; and the number of the committee members of any one gender shall not be less than one third of the total number of the committee members. When a vacancy occurs on the committee during the term of its members, a person may be appointed(assigned)to concurrently fill the vacancy; the said replacement's term of office will last until the end of the original term.Any members of the innovation steering committee, their spouses, and their blood relatives and in-laws within the third degree of kinship may not serve as a member of the supervisory committee or the management committee and may not take part in any industry-academia collaboration or talent cultivation matters organized by the key research institute. Violators of this provision shall be removed from the supervisory committee and from the management committee, and their participation in any industry-academia collaboration or talent cultivation organized by the key research institute shall be halted, by the national universities.The national key fields referred to in Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1, and the eligibility criteria for national universities to lodge applications and for collaborating enterprises referred to in Subparagraph 2 shall be announced by the competent authority after being deliberated on and approved by the innovation steering committee.
中文原文 國家重點領域產學合作及人才培育創新條例第4條
主管機關應設國家重點領域產學合作及人才培育創新審議會(以下簡稱審議會),辦理下列事項之審議及監督:
一、國家重點領域之擇定。
二、國立大學申請條件及合作企業條件。
三、國立大學申請設立及續辦研究學院。
四、主管機關聘(派)與改派之國立大學監督委員會(以下簡稱監督會)及研究學院管理委員會(以下簡稱管理會)政府代表。
五、研究學院年度經營規劃及績效報告之備查。
六、研究學院創新計畫之變更。
七、研究學院之停辦或不續辦。
八、組成專案小組訪視或委請會計師查核研究學院運作情形。
九、其他有關研究學院之監督。
前項審議會置委員十五人至二十一人,每屆任期四年,包括主管機關、國家發展委員會、經濟部、科技部及其他相關部會之政府代表、學者專家及產業代表,由主管機關指派之代表擔任召集人;政府代表應不得少於委員總數二分之一;任一性別委員人數不得少於委員總數三分之一。
委員任期內出缺時,得補行聘(派)兼,其任期至原任期屆滿之日止。
審議會之委員及其配偶、三親等以內血親、姻親,不得擔任監督會及管理會之委員,亦不得參與研究學院辦理之產學合作及人才培育事項;違反規定者,由國立大學解除其監督會及管理會之職,並終止其參與研究學院辦理之產學合作及人才培育事項。
第一項第一款國家重點領域與第二款國立大學申請條件及合作企業條件,經審議會審議通過後,由主管機關公告之。

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