The Palace Museum is housed in the Forbidden City, the world’s largest and best-preserved wooden palace complex, which possesses a collection of more than 1.86 million priceless treasures. The imperial architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the rich collections that reside here together represent the crystallization of human civilization and wisdom; their contemporary significance—including historical,  cultural, aesthetic, scientific and technological values—deserve our continuous exploration. It has been our constant academic focus to explore how to better protect, research, interpret, display and transmit the history and culture contained in the Forbidden City and its collections.

    故宫博物院拥有世界上规模最大、保存最完整的木结构宫殿建筑群，收藏着各类珍贵文物186多万件。明清皇家建筑及其丰富的院藏是人类文明与智慧的结晶，其中蕴含的历史价值、文化价值、审美价值、科技价值和时代价值需要我们持续不断地发掘。如何更好地保护、研究、阐释、展示和弘扬故宫及其藏品蕴含的历史文化，始终是我们不懈探索的学术问题。

In keeping with our innovative, open, and collaborative approach to academic research, the Palace Museum is inaugurating the Taihe Visiting Scholar Fellowship Programme (‘Taihe Fellowship’) to support outstanding academics from outside the Chinese mainland to conduct academic research and exchanges at the Palace Museum. Starting from 2022, the Taihe Fellowship, named after the grandest architectural structure in the Forbidden City, will be awarded to visiting museum professionals and scholars from higher learning and academic institutions outside the Chinese mainland. Detailed information is as follows:

    故宫博物院秉持创新、开放、共享的学术理念。为鼓励更多国（境）外优秀专家学者到故宫博物院访学，开展学术研究和学术交流，故宫博物院从2022年起持续实施“太和学者计划”，面向国（境）外博物馆、高等院校以及学术机构招收访问学者。相关事宜公告如下。

1. What We Support

The key research interests that the Programme supports mainly include: imperial architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties; the history and culture behind the Palace Museum collections; historical books, documents, and archives in the collection of the Palace Museum; the conservation and scientific research of heritage objects; and archaeological research.

一、“太和学者计划”学术来访支持的重点方向包括明清皇家建筑、院藏文物的历史文化、院藏古籍文献档案、文物科技保护、考古等研究。

2. Whom We Support

The Programme supports both senior and young academics from outside the Chinese mainland engaged in research on Chinese history and culture, as well as related fields. Applicants must present two letters of recommendation. One recommender shall be the head of the institution with which the applicant is affiliated, and the other an expert at another institution.

二、从事中国历史文化及相关研究的国（境）外资深研究人员和青年研究人员均可申报。申报者须由两名同行业专家推荐。推荐者为所在单位负责人和外单位专家。

3. Scale and Duration

The Programme plans to award fellowships to 1-5 visiting academics for the year 2024. The duration of the fellowship will range from 3-6 months.

三、2024年度计划招收1-5名太和学者来访。访问期限为3-6个月。

4. What We Cover

The Programme and Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation special funds will cover the costs of round-trip air tickets, apartment in Beijing, living expenses, round-trip transportation and accommodation for one academic tour in Chinese mainland, and necessary insurance costs, etc.

四、故宫博物院“太和学者计划”和黄廷方慈善基金有限公司专项经费可为太和学者提供一次往返国际交通费、在京公寓住宿费、生活补助费，在华一次学术活动往返交通费、住宿费，以及必要的保险费等。

5. Self-financing

We encourage applicants who are able to finance themselves. Where applications are otherwise equal, self-financing applicants will be preferred.

五、鼓励申请人自筹经费。同等条件下，自筹经费者，优先考虑。

6. How to Apply

Applicants must complete the ‘The Palace Museum Taihe Visiting Scholar Fellowship Programme Application Form (2024)’ in Chinese or English and send both the hard and electronic copies to the Taihe Scholar Fellowship Programme Office at the Palace Museum before October 10, 2023.

Address: Research Administration Department, The Palace Museum, No. 4 Jingshanqianjie, Dongcheng District, Beijing, People’s Republic ofChina

Postcode: 100009

Email: taihefellowship@dpm.org.cn

Letters of recommendation should also be sent to the same address and by the same deadline.

六、申请人以中文或英文填写《故宫博物院“太和学者计划”（来访）申报表（2024）》并于2023年10月10日前将纸质版和电子版寄送“故宫博物院太和学者计划办公室”（地址：北京市东城区景山前街4号故宫博物院科研处。邮编：100009。Email：taihefellowship@dpm.org.cn）。专家推荐函的寄送地址和截止日期同上。

7. Applicants will be notified of the result by email.

We sincerely welcome your participation!

    竭诚欢迎国（境）外资深研究人员和青年研究人员到故宫博物院访学！

The Palace Museum

故宫博物院

August 22, 2023

2023年8月22日

Attachment 1 The Palace Museum Taihe Visiting Scholar Fellowship Programme Application Form (2024)

附件一、《故宫博物院“太和学者计划”（来访）申报表（2024）》

Attachment 2: Letter of Recommendation for theTaihe Visiting Scholar Fellowship Programme (2024)

附件二、《故宫博物院“太和学者计划”（来访）专家推荐函（2024）》