2023 Thesis Grant Program | First-Stage Review Admission List

The first-stage review admission list for the 2023 Judicial Reform Thesis Grant Program is as follows:

Doctoral Dissertation Category
Ch'en Huan-wen, "Medical Autonomy and Shared Decision-Making under Mental Crisis: Focusing on Advance Care Planning"

Independent Research Paper Category
Lü Szu-hsien, "A Study on the Victim Litigation Participation System in Criminal Procedure: Focusing on the Relational Positioning of Prosecutors"

Master's Thesis Category
Wu Sung-hao, "The Cordon Line of Technological Investigation: The Core of Personal Rights and the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination"
Liu Ch'i-wei, "A Study on Technological Investigation Measures and Analysis of Draft Issues"
Tseng Po-wei, "Appellate Review of Lay Participation Trials"

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Notes

1. Applicants admitted in the first stage of review must submit their completed theses within the following deadlines:
   • Doctoral dissertations: Three years.
   • Master's theses: Two years.
   • Independent research papers: One to three years, to be determined on a case-by-case basis by the Thesis Review Committee in accordance with the submission schedule of the research proposal.
     The deadline shall be calculated starting from October 1 of the year of admission. Those who fail to submit their thesis past the deadline shall forfeit their qualification to apply for the second-stage review.
     Applicants may submit a written statement of reasons to apply for an extension of the thesis submission deadline, which shall not exceed one year and shall be limited to one time only.
2. Awarded theses shall prominently state on the cover page upon official publication: "This work received a grant from the Judicial Reform Foundation, which is hereby gratefully acknowledged."
3. Award recipients shall agree to grant this Foundation a royalty-free license, without restriction as to territory, time, or method, to publicly display, exhibit, and transmit the full content of their thesis work.