The Korea Foundation - Fellowship for Korean Language Training

The Korea Foundation seeks to improve awareness and understanding
of Korea worldwide as well as to foster cooperative relationships
between Korea and foreign countries through a variety of exchange
programs.

Fellowship for Korean Language Training: The fellowship is
     available to faculty members, graduate students and other
     qualified professionals overseas who wish to learn the Korean
     language in Korea. The fellowship offers foreign scholars and
     graduate students, who need systematic Korean language education,
     the opportunity to enroll in a Korean-language program at a 
     language institute affiliated with a Korean university.

Eligibility: Researchers and professionals with at least a B.A. 
     degree, including university professors and instructors, graduate
     students, researchers at research institutes, or other qualified
     professionals in fields related to Korea. Applicants should have 
     an academic background related to Korean studies in the humanities,
     social sciences, culture and arts, or comparative research
     related to Korea. (The natural sciences, medical sciences and
     engineering fields are not eligible.) Applicants must have basic
     knowledge of and an ability to communicate in the Korean language.
     For Korean nationals, only those with foreign residency status 
     are eligible to apply.

Grant period: 6 months, 9 months or 12 months

Awards: The grant amount will be determined by the Korea Foundation
     according to its own criteria.  A monthly stipend will range from
     800,000 kw to 1,000,000 kw. Also, traveler's insurance will be
     provided during the grant period. With this insurance, a fellow
     will be fully or partially reimbursed for medical expenses 
     incurred as a result of a sudden illness or accident. Airline 
     tickets or reimbursement are not provided.

Tuition: The tuition for language training will be paid by the
     Korea Foundation directly to the Korean language institute that
     the Foundation designates according to the fellow's preference.

Deadline: May 31, 1997

Contact: Fellowship for Korean Studies,
         Fellowship for Korean Language Training
         International Cooperation Department II
         The Korea Foundation
         C.P.O. Box 2147
         526, Namdaemunno 5-ga Chung-gu
         Seoul, Korea
         Tel. (82) 753-6465
         Fax  (82) 757-2049
         email: fellow@kofo.or.kr



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