Funding for this international joint research was approved by both the executive Yuan's National Science Council and the National Science Foundation of the U.S. In charge of studies into the practical value of seaweed and analysis of its chemical composition are Professors Chiang and Cheng, along with Prof. Chen Fa-ching of the Chemistry Department.
這整個國際合作研究計畫，經由中華民國行政院國家科學委員會及美國國家科學基金會批准贊助，由江教授負責台灣近海海藻的採集及分類，陳教授負責以化學方法研究海藻的利用價值並分析其化學成分。