Notice

「2016 OKF Dissertation Award」 Notice
Date
2016.04.01

 「2016 OKF Dissertation Award」 Notice

  Overseas Koreans Foundation (OKF) is a government-funded institution under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was founded according to Overseas Koreans Foundation Act in order to help Koreans overseas keep in touch with their heritage and become model citizens in their countries.


  The Foundation is awarding a 2016 Overseas Koreans Foundation Dissertation Award to promote understandings and analysis of overseas Koreans society and cooperation among Korean residents and Koreans overseas.
Hosted by Overseas Koreans Foundation
Sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs


1. Eligibility

  ㅇ Type Ⅰ
   - A master’s degree thesis or a doctorate dissertation on overseas Koreans which has been published, successfully defended, or conferred a degree between January 1, 2014 and March 31, 2016.
   - Once selected, the thesis must be allowed to be posted on the Foundation’s website (research.korean.net/k) and presented at related conferences and forums.


  ㅇ Type Ⅱ
   - A research paper to be written on the topic of overseas Koreans and intended as a master’s degree thesis or a doctorate dissertation.


2. How to apply
  ㅇ Registration period : Wednesday, March 9, 2016 – Thursday, June 30, Korea
  ㅇ Required documents:
   - Type I : application, applying thesis (original, o as filed), letter of recommendation from faculty advisor, degree certificate, overseas Koreans researcher DB
   - Type Ⅱ : application (including thesis proposal), letter of recommendation from faculty advisor, certificate of enrollment or certificate of completion, overseas Koreans researcher DB
    ※ If selected, the original application must be submitted
  ㅇ How to apply: ① Submit application and documents to the website (www.korean.net)② Type Ⅰ : Submit 2 copies of the thesis by mail or in person
   - Postal address : OKF Research Team, #102 Diplomatic Center
                      2558 Nambusunhwanno, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea(137-863)


3. Selection criteria and details
  ㅇ Selection criteria
   - Relevance to government policies and the Foundation’s work
   - Contribution to advancing Korean diaspora communities and academia
   - Excellence of research (creativity, logicality, validity, reliability, etc.)


  ㅇ Details 
   - Examination committee : 4 outside experts on overseas Koreans, 2 Foundation staff
   - Preliminary examination : July
   - Examination : August


4. Announcement and awarding ceremony
  ㅇ The final decision will be announced on www.korean.net and awardees will be notified individually sometime in September 2016.
  ㅇ Ceremony : TBA
  ㅇ Award:


 

Award

Who

#

Prize

Type

Grand First Prize

all

1

Award certificate signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and scholarship of KRW 3,000,000

Excellence

PhD

1

Award certificate signed by Chairman of Overseas Koreans Foundation and scholarship of KRW 2,000,000

Master

1

Encourage-ment

PhD

2

Award certificate signed by Chairman of Overseas Koreans Foundation and scholarship of KRW 1,000,000

Master

2

Type

Doctorate

2

Award certificate signed by Chairman of Overseas Koreans Foundation, Research grant KRW 1,000,000, Scholarship KRW 3,000,000

Master

2

Award certificate signed by Chairman of Overseas Koreans Foundation, Research grant KRW 1,000,000, Scholarship KRW 2,000,000


※ Note for Type Ⅱ : Research grant is awarded when selected, and the certificate and scholarship will be awarded after passing dissertation evaluation


5. Notice
  ㅇ For both types (Type Ⅰ, Ⅱ)
   - Copyrights (moral rights and property rights) of all entries belong to the applicant (creator). However, property rights (rights to reproduction, performance, public transmission, display, distribution, and derivative works) may be used by the Foundation non-exclusvely via agreement with the author. In this case, appropriate compensation will be made with a monetary prize.
   - Some or all awards may not be given if there are no qualifying entries.
   - If it is revealed that an entry is selected for an award based on plagiarism or other illegal means, the award will be canceled and the prize must be returned. The entrant will be responsible for all legal issues.
   - Last year’s awards can be viewed at research.korean.net/k.
   - Works that entered this award in previous years cannot re-enter.


  ㅇ Type Ⅱ
   - Entrants must be a graduate student who can submit a thesis proposal signed and recommended by faculty advisor. (It must be able to pass thesis examination by the end of the year following selection.)
   - If a thesis selected for an award does not pass examination by the end of the following year, the certificate and scholarship prize will not be awarded. The entrant cannot re-apply for the event.
   - Any changes made to the thesis proposal and plan must be pre-approved by the Foundation.


 6. Contact for inquiries
  ㅇ Name : An Gi-woong, Research Division of OKF
  ㅇ Phone : 02-3415-0093
  ㅇ E-mail : akw1011@okf.or.kr