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Objective
To recognize outstanding graduate students who have excelled in the field of science and engineering as well as in community services, and who have demonstrated a potential for becoming leaders in the scientific community for closer cooperation between the US and Korea.
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Scholarship
- Number of recipients: 17 persons.
- Scholarship fund: $1,500 each.
- Travel expenses (up to $700) to the 2007 US-Korea Conference (UKC) on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship in Washington, DC in August 9-10, 2007.
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Eligibility
- Graduate students in the US with Korean heritage or graduate students in the US involved in Korea-US science and technology cooperation,
- Major in science, engineering, or related fields, and
- KSEA membership
(Student may apply for KSEA membership at the time of scholarship application.)
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Application Materials
- KUSCO-KSEA scholarship online application
(Click here to apply for the scholarship during the period of 12/15/06-2/15/07)
- An abstract for a poster presentation at UKC2007 (300-500 words in the online application.
Please refer to the UKC webpage, https://www.ksea.org/ukc2007/)
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an essay on one of the following topics (500-1500 words in the online application):
- My experience in volunteer activities
- Meaning of Korean heritage in my life
- My vision on science and technology cooperation between the US and Korea
- Official transcripts from colleges attended
- Two recommendation letters from the college attending (one letter must be from a current academic advisor)
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Evaluation Criteria
- Academic performance - 30%
- Recommendation letters -30%
- Work experience and extracurricular activities - 20%
- UKC abstract or essay- 20% (UKC abstracts will be weighed favorably)
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Application Deadline
Online application by February 15, 2007
Send transcripts and recommendation letters to (postmarked by 2/15/07)
KSEA
1952 Gallows Rd., Suite 300
Vienna, VA 22182
phone: 703-748-1221, fax: 703-748-1331
e-mail: sejong@ksea.org
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Announcement and Award Presentation
- Notice of the scholarships will be announced on the KSEA webpage (https://www.ksea.org) by May 15, 2007.
- The certificate and scholarship fund will be presented at UKC2007 in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2007.
- Poster presentations by recipients will be scheduled on August 10, 2007.
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KUSCO-KSEA Scholarship for Graduate Students in the US