2018 Korean Studies Grant
The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) is pleased to announce the guidelines for the 2018 Korean Studies Grant Program. We invite proposals for following 5 categories and this year, we have launched a new program, ‘Translation Project of Overseas Korean Studies Monograph’ to make international scholarship available to Korean readers.
- Programs
| Program | Eligibility | |
| Competitive Research Funding | The program supports investigator-chosen research, either individual or collaborative, on Korea-related subjects. | a. Researchers affiliated with educational and research institutions outside of Korea. b. The Project Director is required to have at least one research result within the past 4 years (March, 2014 – February, 2018/ Dissertations are excluded). |
| Conference and Workshop Support | The program supports academic conferences and workshops on Korea-related subjects which will be held between May, 2018 and April, 2019 – International or national conference or workshop – Thematic conference or workshop |
– Researchers affiliated with educational and research institutions outside of Korea |
| Scholarly Publication Support | The program assists scholarly publication for the broad dissemination of original research results in Korean Studies.
-Scholarly Journal Support |
a. Researchers affiliated with educational and research institutions outside of Korea. b. (Book Publication) Applicants must have a signed contract with an overseas publisher of scholarly books related to Korean Studies without receiving any other publication support from other institutions. |
| Educational Programs/ Cultural Activities Support | The program supports lectures, educational programs, and cultural activities designed for the dissemination of knowledge in Korean Studies, which will be held between May, 2018 and April, 2019. | – Researchers affiliated with educational and research institutions outside of Korea. |
| Translation Project of Overseas Korean Studies Monograph |
The program supports translation of Korean Studies Monograph which is published outside of Korea from other languages into Korean. | – Researchers affiliated with educational and research institutions outside of Korea. |
- Required Document
| Documents | File Format | Form Number |
| Application Summary with Signature | ‣[Form#1] | |
| Agreement on the Collection of Personal Information | ‣[Form#2] | |
| Application Form | MS-Word | ‣New: [Form#3]
‣Renewal: [Form#4] |
| Questionnaire /
Agreement on the Collection of PersonalInformation(KSNET) |
MS-Word
|
‣[Form#5] |
| Project Director’s CV | – | ‣N/A |
* In the case of Book Publication Support, the following documents are required:
– A copy of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the publisher
– The completed manuscripts
* In the case of Translation Project of Overseas Korean Studies Monograph, the following documents are required:
– Sample translation (A4 10pages)
– Proof of copyright of translation
– Co-translator’s CV
- Submission Deadline: March 4, 2018
Applications must be submitted before 23:59 (Korea Standard Time) on March 4, 2018.
* Please submit applications by e-mail only. (grant@aks.ac.kr)
* Applications received after the dead line will not be considered.
- Result Notification
The result of your application will be notified individually in April, 2018.
- Contact Information and Submission
Suemin Kwak (Program Coordinator)
– E-mail: grant@aks.ac.kr
* Please refer to the guidelines of Korean Studies Grant 2018 and the attached files for details.
* We cordially ask you to contact grant@aks.ac.kr for inquiries.
2018 Korean Studies Grant_Guidelines & Application Forms.zip
