The Korea Foundation provides financial support for the creation of new professorships in the fields of Korean studies and Korean language education at universities in countries other than Korea that are equipped with the infrastructure necessary to maintain an adequate level of related research and education and have future growth potential. Through this program, the KF funds the establishment and maintenance of two types of professorships: (i) tenure-track positions, which recipient universities agree to permanently maintain from their own resources after the end of the KF’s initial support period, and (ii) endowed chair positions, which recipient universities agree to maintain permanently through an endowment fund jointly established with the KF.
The KF provides partial funds to universities abroad seeking to hire contract faculty members (non-tenure track) with the goal of creating or expanding their Korean studies or Korean language program.
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Establishmentof Professorship |
Employmentof Contract Faculty Member |
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Eligibility |
Universitiesin countries other than Korea that plan to new professorships in thefields of Korean studies or Korean language education. |
Universitiesin countries other than Korea that currently operate or plan to launch aneducational/research program in the Korean studies or Korean language fields. |
Eligible AcademicPrograms |
Koreanstudies (humanities/social sciences) and/or Korean language |
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Type of Support |
(For tenure-track positions)Partial funding for the salaries and fringe benefits of newly appointedtenure-track professors who must be remunerated in accordance with recipientuniversities’ existing salary scales. (For endowed chair positions)Half of the funding for the creation of an endowment fund whose revenue is tobe expended for the salaries and fringe benefits of professors appointed to newlyestablished endowed chair positions
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partialfunding for the salaries and employee benefits of new faculty members inaccordance with recipient universities’ existing salary scales for professors |
Period |
3 to 5 years |
1 year |
How to Apply |
All requireds must be submitted in Korean or English via the KF’s onlineapplication portal (http://apply.kf.or.kr). Prior to completing yourapplication, please visit the application portal for the latest announcementsregarding any changes to the program’s requirements. |
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Inquiries |