2025 ICACP offer prize of NT$15000 each for up to three International Young Investigators Award candidates. 

The following criteria are applied when reviewing Oral presentation of the International Young Investigators Award (IYIA):

1. Open to researchers of Non-Taiwanese and Non-Taiwan universities under the age of 40 at the time of the conference closing ceremony.

2. First author of the submitted abstract. 

3. The research is original, i.e., not already published (see below*) at the time of the submission.

4. The research has relevance for sport and/or exercise and its effects on performance and/or health and/or aspects of well-being. 

5. The abstract has been carefully prepared and is well structured.

6. The background and relevance are clearly described.

7. The work is innovative.

8. The methodology is sound and the data/arguments/reasoning are solid.

9. Where there are quantitative data in the abstract, the study has enough power, and appropriate statistical tests have been performed to underpin claims on significance.

10. Where there are qualitative data in the abstract, these are reported/interpreted using established paradigms/frameworks and contextualised appropriately.

11. In the case of a mixed-methods studies, a brief description of both types of methodological approaches should be provided, as well as reporting the data to meet the criteria of quantitative and qualitative data listed above.

12. There is a clear and justified conclusion at the end.

13. The research is either highly significant for the respective field or has potential high impact for the future (e.g., development of new methodologies/interpretations that will generate new knowledge and impact for society).

14. If the winner of IYIA also wins the Oral/Poster presentation award, who can only receive one best prize (Up to NT$20,000) 

*This means that the work is not published or accepted for publication in any peer-reviewed journal nor in any book, whether indexed or not, in an established disciplinary database. 

The regulations of the Ministry of Finance regarding tax withholding on competition prize money are as follows:

1. If the prize winner or lottery winner is an individual residing within Taiwan, a profit-seeking enterprise with a fixed place of business in Taiwan, a Mainland China individual who has stayed in Taiwan for a total of 183 days or more within a taxable year, or a Mainland China legal entity, organization, or institution with a fixed place of business in Taiwan, 10% of the payment amount will be withheld as tax.

2. If the prize winner or lottery winner is an individual not residing within Taiwan, a profit-seeking enterprise without a fixed place of business in Taiwan, a Mainland China individual who has stayed in Taiwan for less than 183 days within a taxable year, or a Mainland China legal entity, organization, or institution without a fixed place of business in Taiwan, 20% of the payment amount will be withheld as tax.