Scholarship Terms Scholarships are for one academic year only, to begin in the fall of each year. Scholarship recipients may reapply in succeeding years for additional support. Applicants should be expected to show sufficient ability to use Korean-language sources in their study and research. Korean nationals are eligible to apply only if they have permanent residency status in the U.S. or Canada. The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Korea Foundation, offers a grant program in Korean studies designed to assist the research of individual scholars based in North America, to improve the quality of teaching about Korea on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Korea into the major academic disciplines.
Grants are available in the following categories.