The Thematic Program Office (TPO) oversees the development and management of CRAs. Its responsibilities include coordinating with international funding agencies, establishing the Group of Program Coordinators (GPC), organizing proposal review processes, coordinating funding arrangements, and monitoring project progress through midterm and final reviews.
NSTC has served as the TPO for DR3 2019, SSCP 2022, and Pathways 2, and since 2023 has jointly served with France's ANR/FERPA as Co-TPO for Resilience 2025. BFPO has also hosted sessions at SRI2023–2025 to promote international exchange and collaboration on sustainability challenges.
- SRI2025: SSCP Mid-Term Meeting convened; Resilience CRA Launch Session co-organized
SRI2024: SSCP Progress Workshop convened; DR3 End-Term Meeting convened; Resilience CRA Scoping Workshop co-organized.
SRI2025: SSCP Mid-Term Meeting convened; Resilience CRA Launch Session co-organized @Chicago, USA
From 2023 to 2026, the Belmont Forum Program Office has organized an annual exchange forum to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration among Taiwan’s sustainability research community. The forum brings together representatives from the National Science and Technology Council, CRA research teams, GPC coordination group members, and scholars interested in CRA-related topics.
Each year has featured a distinct focus: scientific outcome sharing in 2023, international cooperation models and challenges in 2024, strategies for building and sustaining international research teams in 2025, and action-oriented research impact and transdisciplinary research idea co-design in 2026. Through experience sharing, group discussions, and the Belmont Forum TD Game, the forum supports CRA knowledge transfer, team matchmaking, and Taiwan’s long-term capacity for international collaborative research.
From 2023 to 2026, BFPO organized a series of info sessions, workshops, and expert meetings to support Taiwanese researchers in participating in Belmont Forum CRAs, including EPB, CEH 2, DUT, Pathways 2, Ocean 2, ALP and Resilience.
These activities included proposal briefings, expert discussions, and regional scoping workshops. They facilitated transdisciplinary exchange, strengthened connections with international research initiatives, and provided pathways for Taiwanese researchers to engage in global collaborative research addressing sustainability challenges.
To promote the Belmont Forum and highlight Taiwan’s participation in CRAs, BFPO participated in the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGU) from 2022 to 2025. The exhibitions introduced Taiwan’s contributions to Belmont Forum initiatives and facilitated exchanges with international researchers and organizations.
The AGU25 exhibition, themed “Taiwan as a Global Hub for Sustainability Science,” showcased collaboration among NSTC, the Center for Sustainability Science (CSS) at Academia Sinica, and BFPO, while highlighting connections with global networks incleding Future Earth Taipei, Future Earth Taipei Hub and IRDR ICoE–Taipei. BFPO will continue participating in AGU to strengthen international academic exchange and expand opportunities for global collaboration.
