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
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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.
- 4) It is strongly recommended that guest scholars conduct lectures (regardless of type such as seminars, workshops, special lectures) for undergraduate / graduate students during their stays.
3. Substance and period of funding
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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 include fees for flight, accommodations, events, TA/RA labor cost, etc.
The partner professor's research funding will be freely determined within the range of KRW 3,000,000 to 5,000,000
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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
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a. Application Period: Conducted twice a year (first half and second half)
- 1) 1st half(February): applications for visits between March ~ August
- 2) 2nd half(August): applications for visits between September ~ February
- 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
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a. 1st step of evaluation: Evaluation requirements
- - Method of evaluation: Review whether the conditions of application have been met according to the application guidelines
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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
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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
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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), partner professor's research funding
- 2) The YFL will directly pay and balance fees for flight, accommodations and TA/RA work
- 3) Getting traveler’s insurance is MANDATORY and is executed from the Research funding for the partner professor
- 4) Funding for events will be provided if the department or lab host a relevant event, and it will be redirected as part of the department's budget, which will be executed by the department
- 5) 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
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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)
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b. Research results
- 1) Submitting jointly authored papers: the Yonsei faculty applicant submits within 18 months after the assignment's termination
- 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.
- 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 Outstanding Scholars) of 202X."