South Korea earmarks KWN 11,000 Million for Colleges, researchers promoting Koreaonology research, education in 2022

NEW DELHI: The education ministry of South Korea has earmarked 10,901 million Korean won (70 Crore INR) to support educational institutions and individual researchers and teams promoting Korean research and education in various countries including India.

For this, the Korean Studies Promotion Service (KSPS), Academy of Korean Studies of the Ministry of Education has invited applications from institutions and individuals to exhibit their interest in promoting Koreanology research and education through various programs in the year 2022.

The KSPS has launched the Korean Studies Promotion Programme 2022 to fund projects that contribute to establishing basic infrastructure and environment for Koreanology research and education around the world, training foreign Koreanology experts, spreading academic resources needed in Koreanology research and education, and exchanges of academic accomplishments and expertise between Korea and the world.

The KSPS Global Programs Platform, in particular, is designed to fund projects that would contribute to establishing basic infrastructure and environment for Koreanology research and education around the world, training foreign Koreanology experts, spreading academic resources needed in Koreanology research and education, and exchanges of academic accomplishments and expertise between Korea and the world.

Projects for individual researchers, research teams, and institutes including universities, are announced annually. Selectees will be funded annually for a designated period of time. More information on the current initiatives can be found in the attached file.

“The successfully short-listed projects will be funded annually for a designated period of time. Acceptance of applications will commence early next year, after an official announcement. The announcement related to the successful selectees would be made in and around March, ” Shyam Kumar Anand, Research Scholar at the Academy of Korean Studies helping KSPS department to promote these projects in India and South Asia, told Asian Community News (ACN) Network, India.

According to KSPS, there are programs designed to support building infrastructure, programs funding inter-curricular group studies, and programs to support Translations of pre-modern/modern Korean classics or publication of encyclopedic sources on Koreanology in English.

There is also a program to fund the development of online and offline educational content such as cyber classes and reference manuals. The goal of all these programs is simple: Enhance Koreanology research and education abroad, with new content based on not only Korean expertise but the needs and interests of global Koreanology students.

To help Korean Studies become a global academic discipline, researched beyond its borders, AKS in May 2007 had set up KSPS – a division in charge of steering efforts to promote this field, with the support from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

In order to build a strong program, KSPS has been summoning opinions and suggestions from many Korean experts and is planning to request advice from our foreign partners as well. And as an extension of such effort, KSPS would also like to ask foreign students, who either came to Korea and experienced Korean culture and academism firsthand or plan to do so in the future, for any kind of suggestions, opinions, and recommendations.

Those interested in forwarding their suggestions and feedback can do so online by clicking on this link http://ksps.aks.ac.kr/hpjsp/hmpeng/ntc/newsntcview.jsp?H100_NO=4634