• Applicants around the world that specialize in innovative technologies, products, or applications may participate.
• Startups must have been legally registered after January 1, 2015.
• Startups, legal person or any other institution that are Chinese or registered in China or in the third-area who invested by China may not be accepted.
• Applicant must not receive over 30% funds form companies in the third-area in Article 3 of “Regulations Governing the Permission of Investment by Nationals in Mainland Area”. (Third-area company refers to Mainland Area individual, legal person, organization or any other institution in aggregate, who directly or indirectly holds more than 30% of the company's shares or contributes more than 30% of the total capital; or has control over the third-are company).

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Competition
Schedule
(in Taiwan Standard Time GMT+8)

• Online registration: Complete online application before May 31, 2023. Applicants need to submit an application form, concept paper, and supplementary material.
• Eligibility review: The eligibility review will be conducted on June 1-9, 2023. The organizer conducts the eligibility review in accordance with the registration guidelines and confirms the competition topics.
• Initial review (concept paper): The result of initial review has already notified by e-mail individually.
• Presentation and Secondary review (presentation): The presenter must deliver the entirety of the presentation in English. In total, the presentation and Q&A will take 20 minutes (10 minutes of presentation and demo, 10 minutes of Q&A). The Presentation and Secondary review will complete on July 6-7, 2023.
• The result of TIE Award will be announced in mid-July..
• The winner's solution will be presented at the Taiwan Innotech Expo (TIE) from October 12 to 14, 2023.

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Terms and Conditions

• The winning teams must exhibit onsite with a representative present at the TIE Award Pavilion of Taiwan Innotech Expo and participate in the Pitch Day events. Teams that fail to fulfill this condition will forfeit all awards and prizes won.
• The winning teams must participate in the matchmaking event that will take place during the Taiwan Innotech Expo where the organizers will invite VCs and domestic semiconductor R&D representative. The winning teams are encouraged to network with the invited VIPs who will promote technological collaborations and attract talent.
• The winning teams must submit relevant materials in conjunction with the promotional events held by the TIE Award.

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Do’s and Don’ts

• Plagiarism, translation, rewriting, infringement of intellectual property rights, and other illegal infringements are strictly prohibited in the proposal. The organizer reserves the right to revoke contestants’ application or right to win awards should any of the above violations occur. The violator shall bear full legal responsibility if such violations damage the rights and interests of the organizers or any other third party.
• Applicant guarantees that all completed or proposed documentation is factual and correct and that no third-party information is appropriated. The organizers reserve the right to withdraw the contestant's application should any falsities or inaccuracies be discovered.
• Applicant shall respect the panel’s decision. Unless concrete proof indicates that other contestants have violated the regulations herein, the contestant may not object to the results laid out by the panel.
• For needs relating to contestant management, application management, identification verification, liaising, promoting award or event-related information, and administrative purposes, the organizer may collect the personal information put forth by the contestant. The organizer may revoke the contestant's right to be shortlisted or awarded should the contestant disagree with the collection of personal information.

• In accordance with the Income Tax Act of the Republic of China(Taiwan), income tax will be deducted from the monetary award. The members of the winning teams should provide personal IDs and relevant documents to the organizer for tax purposes.
• The organizers reserve the right to use the technology information provided by the contestants for publications, works, public exhibitions, and the dissemination of various types of media for non-profit purposes.
• Applicants of the TIE Award are considered fully aware of the articles herein and are willing to abide by the regulations laid out above.
• The organizers reserve the right to amend the regulations above. Any matters not mentioned herein shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations and interpretation of the National Science and Technology Council.

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