FRANZ Rising Star Project 2019 (hereinafter referred to as RSP) will award a total of 100 scholarships.

1. RSP scholarship amount: NTD$ 30,000 per scholarship.

2. The scholarship will be paid in TWD, RMB, USD, or EUR based on the exchange rate on the day of transfer.

3. Additionally, the scholarship winners are responsible for the relevant handling fees and incidental taxes. These expenses will be deducted from the scholarship.

From May 1, 2019 (Wednesday), 12:00 noon to August 2, 2019 (Friday), 12:00 noon.
The application time is according to GMT+8, where the organizer is located.

Applicants can only apply to the RSP through the online application. Please follow the instructions on the RSP official website. The organizer will not accept applications submitted via any alternative methods.

September 30, 2019 (Monday), 12:00 noon on the official website. The announcement time is according to GMT+8, where the organizer is located.

1. RSP 2019 is open to all applicants who meet the criteria explained below.

2. The applicant must be a current student studying in 2019 or a recent graduate, awarded a degree in 2018 or 2019.

3. Applicants must be registered as students before June 1, 2019. A student ID card with current year register stamp or a transcript of the last semester or a certificate of enrollment or a diploma must be provided as proof of applicant’s student status. Recent graduates must provide proof that they have received their degree between January 2018 and June 2019.

4. The participating current students should be studying for an associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or doctoral degree. Only the academic registration date is taken into consideration; age, years of study, and discipline are not qualifying factors.

1. The entry must be complete. Drafts, 3D modeling, and prototypes not made of porcelain will not be accepted. The organizer has the final right of review.

2. The entry itself must be more than 50% porcelain. As for the proportion of porcelain in the work, the organizer has the final right of review.

3. The artwork must be original. If the organizer is informed that a submitted artwork is a counterfeit, an imitation, or otherwise infringes on the copyright and originality of another artist’s existing artwork, the applicant must take full responsibility. The organizer cannot be held responsible and has the right to disqualify the offending applicant’s artwork and announce such results on the official website.

4. Forms must be complete and accurate for each artwork submitted. If a form is missing or incomplete, and the applicant fails to resolve the problem after notification, the organizer will consider the applicant’s artwork disqualified and no further notice is required from the organizer.


5. One applicant can receive no more than 3 scholarships total (i.e. 3 artworks, NTD$ 90,000 in total). If more than 3 artworks from one applicant enter the top 100, only the 3 artworks with the highest scores will be selected by the organizer.

6. 2018 RSP winning artworks are ineligible to apply for the 2019 RSP scholarship.

1. Winners must submit complete and accurate bank account information. While the organizer will attempt to notify winners of any problems, incomplete, inaccurate, or incorrectly transmitted information may result in the applicant’s application being disqualified.

2. The name on the bank account should match the winner’s name; if not, the organizer can consider this discrepancy as grounds for disqualification and disregard the applicant’s entry.

1. RSP will conduct reviews of each application and artwork to ensure they meet qualification criteria.

2. The organizer will randomly select several entries, and contact these applicants’ schools to verify their enrollment status or confirm graduation dates. If the organizer deems an applicant unqualified, no further notice will be issued.

3. Rising Star Project Judging Criteria:

All entries submitted to the project will be reviewed by judges independently. The judging criteria are divided into four categories.
<1> Innovation (25%): The degree of innovation in the function, materials, and concept of the work.
<2> Aesthetics (25%): The presentation or the arrangement of the materials.
<3> Concept (25%): The connection between the design concept and user experience.
<4>Craftsmanship (25%): The craftsmanship skills in terms of the porcelain making techniques or incorporation of multiple materials.

4. Rising Star Project Judges: To be announced on the official website in July 2019.

5. The scholarship selection is based on the total points given by the judges. RSP scholarships will be awarded to the top 100 artworks that meet all qualifications.

1. Applicants who participate in the FRANZ Rising Star Project will be seen as acknowledging the FRANZ Rising Star Project regulations. The FRANZ Rising Star Project retains the final explanatory right for every document and information regarding the FRANZ Rising Star Project.

2. RSP applicants must grant the right to use applicants’ portrait, images of artworks entered, and other images to RSP. This release will allow RSP to utilize these images for such purposes including, but not limited to, promotion, publication, announcements, exhibitions, decorations, and any media coverage regarding non-profit promotion for RSP.

3. The organizer has the right to extend or shorten the application and evaluation periods, depending on the situation.

4. Employees of the organizer and their first-degree relatives cannot apply to RSP.

5. This agreement has been prepared in both English and Traditional Chinese. In the event of any inconsistency, the Traditional Chinese version shall apply and be binding upon the parties.

The top 10 artworks of the 2019 Rising Star Project scholarship will be selected for the Rising Star Award (hereinafter referred to as RSA).

1. RSA Certificate of Achievement.

2. Right to use RSA winner logo. The right to use the FRANZ RSA winner logo is restricted to winning entries and valid in perpetuity. A Logo premium is not necessary, but the image and advertisement use of the FRANZ RSA winner logo should be reported to the RSA authority. The organizer will save those images and videos.

3. Winners of RSA 2019 will receive a special reward that will be announced by the organizer at a later date.

4. If the winner cannot accept the special reward due to any reason, he/she will be considered to be waiving his/her right. No equivalent reward or prize money is offered for replacement.

5. The 2019 special reward is subject to change according to the collaborating partners each year. Please refer to the announcement of the organizer.

1. The Rising Star Award will be announced along with the Rising Star scholarship on September 30, 2019 (Monday), 12:00 noon on the official website. The announcement time is according to GMT+8, where the organizer is located.

2. RSA will not publically post the judges’ ranking. The judges’ final selections will be listed alphabetically by the artwork’s first name.

3. Should there be any sales opportunity provided by the co-organizer of the 2019 RSP, the Organizer will relay such information to the winners of RSA 2019 and will not be involved or be part of such commercial activity.

4. Winners of RSA 2019 will be responsible for packing and shipping their works to exhibitions provided by the co-organizer of the 2019 RSP. The organizer will not be held liable for any loss and/or damage during transport of the artwork. Winners of RSA 2019 will be responsible for the packing, transport and all expenses occurred including transport, insurance and custom fee during transport.

The RSA selection procedure, judging criteria and judges are the same as RSP scholarship.

1. Applicants who participate in the FRANZ Rising Star Project will be seen as also acknowledging the FRANZ Rising Star Award regulations. The FRANZ Rising Star Award retains the final explanatory right for every document and information regarding to the FRANZ Rising Star Award.

2. RSA winners must grant the right to use the portrait, images of artworks entered, and other images to RSP. This release will allow RSP to utilize these images for such purposes including, but not limited to, promotion, publication, announcements, exhibitions, decorations, and any media coverage, regarding non-profit promotion for RSP.

3. The organizer has the right to extend or shorten the application and evaluation periods, depending on the situation.

4. This agreement has been prepared in both English and Traditional Chinese. In the event of any inconsistency, the Traditional Chinese version shall apply and be binding upon the parties.