Korean Studies Funding Opportunities
Korean Studies Dissertation Writing Fellowship
Open to: University of Chicago Ph.D candidates writing dissertations on topics related to Korean studies
Sponsored by: The Committee on Korean Studies
Processed by: The Center for East Asian Studies
Important Dates: Announcements made by end of spring quarter; applications due in early May
Contact: The Center for East Asian Studies, Dianne Yurco
This fellowship provides funds for dissertation writing on a topic relating to Korean studies. Research for the dissertation must be completed, and priority is given to those who have a chapter or two completed. Formal admission to candidacy is required. Students who have been admitted to candidacy may apply in the spring for funding that will begin the following autumn. A student can receive only one dissertation writing fellowship from the Committee.
Korean Studies Pre-dissertation Research Grant
Open to: University of Chicago graduate students engaged in pre-dissertation research
Sponsored by: The Committee on Korean Studies
Processed by: The Center for East Asian Studies
Important Dates: Announcements made by end of spring quarter; applications due in early May
Contact: Center for East Asian Studies, Dianne Yurco
This grant supports pre-dissertation research in Korean studies. The funds are intended to enable University of Chicago graduate students to lay the foundations for their research plans - for example, to survey holdings in archives, to identify and meet with scholars or other advisers with whom a student plans to work in Asia. A student can hold this grant only once during his/her graduate school career.
Conference Travel Grant: Korean Studies
Open to: University of Chicago students traveling to present papers
Sponsored by: The Committee on Korean Studies
Processed by: The Center for East Asian Studies
Important Dates: Rolling applications
Contact: Chair of the Korean Studies Committee, Jongyon Hwang
This grant provides modest support for students traveling outside the Chicago metropolitan area to present a paper on a topic relating to Korean studies. The grant takes the form of reimbursement for certain expenses. To apply, send an email to the Chair of the Korean Studies Committee, Jongyon Hwang, with the following information: name and date of the conference, title of the paper you are presenting, and a budget listing expenses.
Funding Opportunities Outside of the University of Chicago
Korea Foundation
The Korea Foundation provides many funding opportunities to assist talented graduate students, researchers, and professionals in Korean Studies with funding for coursework, research, and curriculum development. Fellowships are available for both research and intensive language study. For more information about any of these opportunities, go to http://www.kf.or.kr/.
Fellowship for Field Research: Supports prominent scholars and professionals to undertake field research in Korea.
Fellowship for Korean Language Training: Provides language training in Korea to overseas Korean-language instructors, graduate students, and professionals in Korea-related fields.
Graduate Studies Fellowship: designed to assist talented graduate students in Korean studies with scholarships for coursework and/or research.
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Provides recent PhD graduates of Korean studies with research opportunities under the affiliation of accredited overseas research institutes or universities.
Support for Instructional Materials Development Program: Supports the development of audiovisual/multimedia materials as well as educational books that will be used in Korean studies classes at all levels.
