Scholarship Information

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Scholarship Benefits

Category	Airfare	Settlement Allowance	Monthly Allowance	Medical Insurance	Korea Proficiency Grants	Degree Completion Grants	Language Training Fee	Tuition
Benefits	Economy class flight ticket (actual expense)	200,000 KRW	900,000 KRW	Self-basis amount	100,000 KRW	100,000 KRW	NIIED : 1.3 million KRW University : amount that exceeds 1.3 million KRW	NIIED : up to 5 million KRW University : amount that exceeds 5 million KRW, Admission fee
Time	At the time of initial entry/final departure	At the time of initial entry	Beginnung of each month	Beginnung of each month	Beginnung of each month	At the time of final departure	Beginnung of each quarter (quarterly)	Beginnung of each semester (twice a year)
Procedure	NIIED → Universities → GKS Scholars						NIIED → Universities

Scholarship	Airfare	Settlement Allowance	Monthly Allowance	Medical Insurance	Language Training Fee	Tuition	Korea Proficiency Grants	Research Support Fee*	Thesis Printing Fee	Degree Completion Grants
Benefits	Economy class flight ticket (actual expense)	200,000 KRW	(Master's/ Doctoral) 1,000,000 KRW (Research) 1,500,000 KRW	Self-basis amount	NIIED : 1.3 million KRW University : amount that exceeds 1.3 million KRW	NIIED : up to 5 million KRW University : amount that exceeds 5 million KRW, Admission fee	100,000 KRW	(L.S) 210,000 KRW (N.S.&E) 240,000 KRW	N/A	N/A
Time	At the time of initial entry/final departure	At the time of initial entry	Beginnung of each month	Beginnung of each month	Beginnung of each quarter (quarterly)	Beginnung of each semester (twice a year)	Beginnung of each month	Beginnung of each semester (twice a year)	-	-
Procedure	NIIED → Universities → GKS Scholars			NIIED → Universities			NIIED → Universities → GKS Scholars

L.S. (Liberal Arts and Social Science majors) / N.S. &E (Natural Science & Engineering majors)

Upon arrival, NIIED will provide 20,000 KRW per month in private insurance premium until scholars are enrolled in health insurance. After enrollment, NIIED will provide health insurance premiums of a standard amount
Korean proficiency grants is given only to GKS scholars in the degree program who hold valid TOPIK level 5 or 6
Entry airfare will NOT be provided to newly selected scholars who have resided in Korea at the time of final announcement
On applicants' initial arrival to Korea, any domestic travel fees within a GKS scholar's home country and any international travel insurance for the trip to Korea will NOT be covered i Additional expenses for departure (e.g., PCR test for COVID-19, self-quarantine before departure) will not be covered by NIIED)
Entry airfare of visa application support will NOT be provided to scholars who enter Korea from a country other than the scholar's own country of citizenship
If a GKS scholar withdraws from the scholarship within the first 3 months after entering Korea, one MUST return the full scholarship amount that he or she has received after being selected as a GKS scholar. This includes any entry airfare, settlement allowance, monthly allowance, language training fees, medical insurance, etc.
Korean proficiency grants (who has TOPIK level 5 or 6), research support fee, tuition, thesis printing fee, degree completion grants are given to GKS scholars in the degree program only. (For GKS-G/R&D only)