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Yonsei University Frontier Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers

1. Purpose

  • a. To accomplish the Yonsei Frontier Lab’s purposes for establishment, such as new globalization of research & education, increase in research achievement, and enhancement of international recognition
  • b. To strengthen Yonsei’s competitiveness in academic research by recruiting outstanding post-doctoral researchers who can immediately contribute to research results

2. Eligibility and conditions for funding

  • a. Applicable disciplines
    • Science and Engineering fields, Humanities and Social Science fields in Sinchon/International Campus (Fellowship not open to College of Medicine, College of Dentistry, College of Nursing, and Mirae Campus)
  • b. Eligibility Requirements
    • 1) Criteria for Applicants: Early career foreign researchers
      • - Conducting research an overseas* college, university or institution**; and
      • - Do NOT hold Korean citizenship; and
      • - Current graduate student(Ph.D. candidate) anticipated to complete a PhD by the relevant academic year; or
      • - Ph.D. have been completed/granted/conferred within the last 7 years at the time of application.
    • 2) Criteria for Applicants: Academic achievements
      • - Ph. D. (candidate) in Science and Engineering fields must have published more than 2 papers within the last 2 years
      • - Ph. D. (candidate) in Humanities and Social Science fields must have published more than 1 paper in JCR Q1 level academic journals in their discipline within the last 2 years
      • ※ Papers will only be acknowledgeable when they have received their Acceptance Letter at the time of application
    • 3) Criteria for Sponsoring Faculty
    • Applicants must submit a letter of recommendation (form 2) from a sponsoring mentor/supervisor who is:
      • - Full-time faculty member on the Sinchon/International Campus
      • - Capable of providing the applicant a certain amount of salary/stipend from one of their own external research projects which is managed by Yonsei University Industry Foundation so that the applicant can conclude a labor contract with the Foundation.
    • c. Note
    • 1) Post-doc researchers who are receiving support from BK21+, General Researcher Support Program – Research Fellow, Academic Next Generation Cultivation Program (Post-Doc domestic training, part-time instructor support, academic research professor), Overseas Outstanding New and Rising Researcher Invitation Program, etc. are not eligible to apply
    • 2) Researchers are allowed to apply for this program simultaneously with the Office of Research Affair’s on-campus post-doc researcher support program but may be selected for only one program
  • 3. Funding and period of support

    • a. Award Amount
      • Minimum Post-Doc annual stipend of 52 million won, of which the sponsoring faculty will bear 30% or more of the amount of YFL support funding (YFL’s funding: 40 million)
      • b. Funding period
        • 1 year (with the possibility for second and third year by renewal; the renewal of the appointment requires reapplication through the same procedure at the end of the initial appointment. Maximum 3 years)

    4. Application procedure and required documents

    • a. Application Open
      • 1) Call for application opens twice a year (first half and second half)
      • 2) 1st half(February): applications for fellowships whose start date of the contract falls between March and September
      • 3) 2nd half(August): applications for fellowships whose start date of the contract falls between September and March of the following year
      • 4) 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) Application Form, letter of recommendation, letter of commitment, Research Plan, Research Achievements
          • 2) Post-doc researcher's CV and Diploma (graduation certificate)

    5. Selection and evaluation process

    • a. 1st step of evaluation: Requirement pre-screening
      • - Method of evaluation: Program administrators prescreen applicants to ensure compliance with all prerequisites and qualifications.
      • 2nd step of evaluation: Comprehensive evaluation
        • 1) Final assessment of applicants by the YFL Selection Committee
        • 2) Major Criteria: Applicant’s scholarly excellence and quality of research design/plan, Sponsoring faculty member’s research achievements
        • c. Notification of decision: emailed individually after evaluation.

    6. Payment and Administration

    • a. YFL funding and Faculty Matching
      • 1) It is provided every month, from the Yonsei University Industry Foundation as the wage income (in cases of mid-career retirement, research funding is calculated up to the day of retirement)
      • 2) The wages’ sum will be divided in 1/13 and paid every month
      • b. Retirement allowance
        • If a full year of employment is completed, the remaining 1/13 will be granted as retirement allowance. The allowance will not be granted in case of midterm resignations.
        • c. Miscellaneous
          • 1) Expenses related to the Four Social Insurance Program (National Pension, Industry Accident Compensation Insurance, Employment Insurance, National Medical Insurance) will be deducted from the salary
          • 2) Housing costs (on-campus) not supported

    7. Result Report

    • a. Report submission deadline
      • 1) The required paperwork must be submitted immediately after the project ends.
      • 2) Required documents: Research Result Report (Separate Form) and recommending faculty’s evaluation of the Research Result Report (Separate Form)
      • b. Research outcome submission
        • For the Science and Engineering fields, the grantee must submit 1 paper published in a JCR Top 10% academic journal. For the Humanities and Social Science fields, the grantee must submit 1 paper published in a JCR Q1 level academic journal. In all cases, the grantee must be listed as the senior author (first author, corresponding author, principal author), or an author of equivalent significance.
        • - Research outcomes must be submitted within one year after the project ends.
        • c. Possible sanctions
          • If the Research Result Report and results(paper) are not submitted, the faculty member who recommended/sponsored the grantee will be subject to restrictions in the Office of Research Affairs’ Post-Doc Researcher Support Program and the university’s research support programs and funding opportunities for 3 years.
        • d. Acknowledgment: Any publications arising from activities supported by the Fellowship should acknowledge assistance received from the Fellowship. The standard acknowledgment is the following phrase.
          • 1) In Korean: "이 논문은 202X학년도 프론티어연구원 신진연구자 지원사업의 (부분적인) 지원에 의하여 작성된 것임"
          • 2) In English: "This work was supported (in part) by the Yonsei University Research Fund(Yonsei University Frontier Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers) of 202X."
          • 3) In any different language: the same sentence as in 1) above in each language.

    ※ CONTACT : 02-2123-6435, ysfrontierlab@Yonsei.ac.kr