The Japan Foundation Cultural Center in Seoul and Lee Heui Keon Korea-Japan Exchange Foundation will offer <Next-Generation Japanese Researchers Overseas Research Support Program> to support the research activities of new Japanese researchers who will lead the next generation of research in Korea and thereby help cultivate Japanese researchers.

This program is to support new Japanese researchers in Korea who are not in full-time positions for overseas voyage research including Japan to conduct survey or data collection to write papers that would enable high-quality research activities. If you would like to apply, please fill out the form below and submit the required documents to our center.

Please refer to the application guidelines for detailed application conditions and documents to be submitted.

Documents to be submitted: Application form (must be written in Japanese), a doctoral degree certificate (copy/Ph.D. degree holders only)

Application deadline: September 11, 2020 (Fri)

※ Application mail must arrive on the deadline day or delivered in person no later than 18:00 on September 11, 2020.

Announcement of Recruitment: At the end of October

※ Recruitment notices will be sent to those who are accepted after being announced on our website.

Amount of financial support: Up to 5 million won (₩) per person

Research period: Voyage (depart from Korea) until December 2021

Contact: The Japan Foundation Cultural Center in Seoul, Japanese Studies Department Academic Officer

Tel. 02-397-2820(main), 02-397-2826(officer)

Fax. 02-397-2830

Mail. egko@jpf.or.kr