1. Objective

• a. Achieving the Yonsei Frontier Lab's founding objectives, such as new globalization in education and research, enhancing research performance, and raising international recognition
• b. Contributing to the university's research capacity by inviting outstanding faculty scholars to create opportunities for international collaborative research and to publish joint authorship papers

2. Eligibility and conditions for funding

• a. Applicant
  • 1) Full-time faculty member at the Sinchon/International campus
  • 2) Must be capable of collaborative research with the invited faculty scholar as the scholar's partner professor
• b. Guest faculty
  • 1) Scholar with international academic authority and recognition, tenured professor at a foreign university
  • 2) Must possess the research capacity to produce research results, such as papers or books
• c. Conditions for funding
  • 1) Length of stay: Must be in South Korea for a minimum of two weeks
  • 2) Collaborative research: Must submit, as the product of funding, a paper that the guest faculty had jointly authored with the Yonsei partner professor

  The paper must be an article published in a JCR(Journal Citation Reports) Top 5% Academic Journal specializing in the faculty member's research field. In case of Humanities and Social Science fields, the paper must be an article published in a JCR(Journal Citation Reports) Q1 Level Academic Journal specializing in the faculty member's research field.



• d. Note
  • 1) Multiple funding for a guest faculty's re-visit to the university is possible but additional documents must be submitted (applications with re-visiting guest scholars will go under additional review as to the second trip's relatedness with the original visit, among others.); In principle, applicants may invite the same guest faculty up to twice within five years.
  • 2) Applicants can invite up to two guest faculty per year.
  • 3) Applicants who have been selected for this project for two consecutive years may invite guest faculty again after one year of rest.

3. Substance and period of funding

• a. Total amount of funding
  • 1) KRW 30,000,000 for three months (YFL's max annual funding for one Guest Scholar amounts to KRW 30,000,000)
  • 2) KRW 10,000,000 for a month or modifications according to the Guest Scholar's period of stay or standard of academic achievement also possible
  • 3) The total amount of funding includes fees for flights, accommodations, events, TA/RA labor costs, etc.

  The guest scholar's research funding cannot be increased from the amount determined by the selection committee.

• 4) When submitting additional jointly authored papers in a JCR Top 1% Academic journal, paper incentives may be granted (Incentive amount will be set according to the author’s role, max. KRW 10,000,000 per paper)

In order to receive incentives, the guest scholar must be appointed as a researcher of Yonsei University (e.g., Visiting Scholar of Yonsei Frontier Lab), and Yonsei University should be stated on the published paper as the author’s affiliation.

• b. Period of funding(Period of stay)
  • Minimum of two weeks, maximum of one year (However, the department may provide additional funding from its own finances in cases of long-time residence exceeding three months)

4. Process of application and required documents

• a. Application Period: Conducted twice a year (first half and second half)
  • 1) 1st half(February): applications for visits between March ~ February of the following year
  • 2) 2nd half(August): applications for visits between September ~ August of the following year
  • 3) Additional submissions may be accepted through announcements if there is a remaining budget.
  • b. Application Procedure
  • 1) Submit the application form and all required documents via official email(ysfrontierlab@yonsei.ac.kr
  • 2) Only documents submitted to the official email according to the specified application schedule will be reviewed.
  • c. Required documents
  • 1) Faculty applicant must submit: application, proposal for the guest faculty's visit (including budget expenditure statement)
  • 2) Guest faculty must submit: CV and research plan (including items for joint research)

5. Method of selection and evaluation

• a. 1st step of evaluation: Evaluation requirements
  • - Method of evaluation: Review whether the conditions of application have been met according to the application guidelines
• b. 2nd step of evaluation: Comprehensive evaluation
  • 1) Submit to the YFL Selection Committee, additional data on the invited scholar's research capacity included
  • 2) Main points of evaluation
    • a) Evaluation of the guest faculty's research accomplishments and research proposal
    • b) The likelihood of joint research with the partner professor and the relevant department
    • c) The likelihood of producing conclusive results
• c. Announcement of results :
  • within one month of submitting the initial application
• d. Sign a letter of Intent :
  • Check the details of funding and requirements of result reporting for faculty applicant and guest faculty and then sign the a letter of Intent

6. Payment and management

• a. Total amount of funding
  • 1) Items that can be appropriated: flight, accommodations, events, TA/RA labor costs, research funding for guest faculty (e.g. lecture fees, research fund), project expenses (e.g. meeting costs, office supplies)
  • 2) All expenses will be managed on the RMS system, and must be executed following the Guidelines for Managing On Campus Research Funds, if not specified in this document.
  • 3) Getting traveler’s insurance is mandatory. It is required to submit a copy of certificate of insurance when applying for the reimbursement of guest scholar’s airfare and accommodation fee
  • 4) Research funding for the guest faculty or partner professor: YFL will provide payment after the final report is submitted after the guest faculty's departure

7. Final report

• a. Final report for visit
  • 1) Submitter: Yonsei faculty applicant and the guest scholar each write and submit a final report
  • 2) Period of submission: within 15 days of departure
  • 3) Required documents: 1 copy of the final report (form available)
• b. Research results
  • 1) Submitting jointly authored papers: the Yonsei faculty applicant submits within 18 months after the assignment's termination

c. Possible sanctions

• Yonsei faculty applicants who do not submit the visit final report will be subject to restrictions in receiving subsequent funding from the Office of Research's Research Promotion Programs for 3 years.

d. Indication of research results

• All research results must include the following phrase
• In English: "This work was supported (in part) by the Yonsei University Research Fund(Yonsei Frontier Lab. Yonsei Frontier Program for Hosting Outstanding Scholars) of 202X."
• In any different language: Indicate a phrase corresponding to the content provided above