Young Scientist Grants

1. Outstanding Young Scientist Grants*: To foster excellent researchers by inspiring new researchers' creative research motivation and maximizing research capabilities.

2. Outstanding Young Scientist Grants (Seed Grants): To support creative research by young scientists for establishing their research infrastructure and cultivating their excellence in research

3. Domestic Track: To promote young scientists including postdoctoral fellows to conduct their own research that they want to focus through this fellowship, thereby d eveloping and establishing themselves as capable researchers in the core science and engineering fields.

Overseas training Track: To support overseas training for outstanding postdoctoral researchers to develop into key players in the fields of national strategic technology* and therefore to serve as a foundation 

securing national competitiveness. 

*① Semiconduct·display, ② Secondary battery, ③ Stateof-the-art mobility, ④ Next-generation nuclear power, ⑤ Advanced biology, ⑥ Aerospace·Marine, ⑦ Hydrogen, ⑧  Cyber security, ⑨ Artificial intelligence, ⑩ Next-generation communication, ⑪ State-of-the-art robot·manufacturing, ⑫ quantum

4. Infrastructure Supporting Grants for Young Scientist: To support young scientists to establish their laboratories for core infrastructures, enabling the researchers to focus on the challenging projects from the early stage of their careers

 *Eligible Individuals:

 1. Outstanding Young Scientist Grants* : Full-time faculty members in the science and engineering field at domestic universities and regular researchers at national/ public/government-funded/private

 2. Outstanding Young Scientist Grants (Seed Grants): research institutions who have obtained a doctorate within 7 years or are 39 years of age or younger ※ Full-time faculty members affiliated with domestic universities who have been employed for less than 5 years as an assistant professor or higher may apply even if they are not less than 7 years old after obtaining a doctorate or are under 39 years of age

 3. Sejong Science Fellow-ship : Domestic Track: ncourage research immersion through fellowships so that young scientists, such as postdoctoral researchers, can grow and settle into key scientific and technological talents by conducting the research they want / Overseas training Track: 

Support for overseas training so that excellent postdoctoral researchers can grow into key talents in national strategic technology fields*

 and become a source of securing national competitiveness * ① semiconductors and displays, ② secondary batteries, ③ advanced mobility, and ④ next generation nuclear, ⑤ advanced bio, ⑥ aerospace & marine, ⑦ hydrogen, ⑧ cybersecurity, ⑨ artificial intelligence, ⑩ next generation communications, ⑪ advanced robotics & manufacturing, ⑫

 4. Infrastructure Supporting Grants for Young Scientist:  full-time faculty member in the science and engineering fieldat a domestic university who has obtained a doctorate within 7 years or is 39 years of age or younger ※ Full-time faculty members affiliated with domestic universities who have been employed for less than 5 years as an assistant professor or higher may apply even if they are not less than 7 years old after obtaining a doctorate or are under 39 years of age ※ 2024 beneficiaries and foreign nationals are not eligible to app

 *Annual research fund budget:

 1. Outstanding Young Scientist Grants*: Around 250 million won per year(Up to 50 million won in additional support for global collaboration)

 2. Outstanding Young Scientist Grants (Seed Grants): Around 100 million won per year

 3. Sejong Science Fellow-ship: Domestic Track: Around 130 million won per year / Overseas training Track: won per year (labor costs, fixed amount support) (excluding overhead)

 4. Infrastructure Supporting Grants for Young Scientist: ar 1 to 500 million per year

 *Research period(maximum): 

 1. Outstanding Young Scientist Grants*: 1 to 3 years 4 years (3+1) / 5 years (3+2)

 2. Outstanding Young Scientist Grants (Seed Grants): 1 year

 3. Sejong Science Fellow-ship: Domestic Track: 5 years (3+2) / Overseas training Track: 1 year

 4. Infrastructure Supporting Grants for Young Scientist: 1 year