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Yonsei University Frontier Program for Outstanding Scholars

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.
    • 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

  • 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


  • 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 ~ 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

  • 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), 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

  • 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 Outstanding Scholars) of 202X."