Tsungming Tu Award

The Tsungming Tu Award is an award established in 2006 by the National Science and Technology Council of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan, named after Taiwanese pharmacologist and educator Tu Tsung-ming (1893–1986). It aims to recognize scholars and experts who have made outstanding contributions to society and have a passion for international academic cooperation in their professional academic fields abroad, and to enhance the international cooperation capabilities and international academic standing of Taiwan. The award is the highest honor bestowed on foreign academics by Taiwan.

The award operates by having the National Science Council sign cooperation agreements with internationally renowned academic award institutions to recognize outstanding scholars and experts from other countries through a reciprocal awarding process. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany is the first partner of the Tsungming Tu Award.