Building on the desire of Honorary Chairman Se-yung Chung that one can only raise competitiveness when the fundamentals are firmly established, Pony Chung Foundation has been promoting academic research projects to support the development of humanities since 2007.
In 2013, Pony Chung Foundation
expanded the fields of the Young Scholar
Grant, formerly called ‘Academic Grant’,
to all of the humanities and liberal arts,
and expanded the qualification to Korean
Ph.D. holders who earned their degree
within the last 5 years
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since
2009
Started supporting
humanities and history
research -
Number of Recipients35
Extensive support
for fundamental studies -
Accumulated Grant1.2billion KRW
40 million KRW of research
fund 10 million KRW
of publishing fund
Every May, Pony Chung Foundation opens a public contest for the academic funding of research projects. After a document screening process and one-on-one interview, the two most outstanding researchers are selected as final recipients. They are each supported with 40 million KRW as research fund and maximum 10 million KRW as publishing fund. Every February, Pony Chung Foundation holds a yearly banquet to share the research performance of the year’s recipients.
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July
Online Notice -
August
Application Deadline -
September
Document Screening -
October
Interview -
November
Final Recipients
Announced -
February
Grant Award Ceremony
&Research Kickoff -
August
Midterm Review -
February
End of Study
& Yearly Banquet
Recipient Interview
liberal arts is at the core.
"It is not an easy decision to keep up such efforts as a profit-seeking organization. I believe, however, that these are the efforts that truly elevate the cultural dignity of a nation and a company. I sincerely hope that more companies provide support, just like the Foundation and Hyundai Development Company, to scholars of fundamental studies.”
– 2011 Academic Grant Recipient,
Professor Kyung-hyun Min
(Department of History, Korea University)
interpretation, and evaluation
about reactionism.
“I’m honored to receive support from Pony Chung Foundation when I was starting research after completing my Ph.D. degree. I was planning to expand my research theme based on my Ph.D. thesis, and I was able to realize this as I was selected as a recipient of the Young Scholar Grant. This will be a great stepping stone for my research.”
– 2015 Young Scholar Grant Recipient,
Ha Ji-young Ph.D.(Korean Language and Literature,
Ewha Womans University Graduate School)
