1. Purpose
- a. To accomplish the Yonsei Frontier Lab’s purposes for establishment, such as new globalization of research & education, increase in research achievement, and enhancement of international recognition
- b. To strengthen Yonsei’s competitiveness in academic research by recruiting outstanding post-doctoral researchers who can immediately contribute to research results
2. Eligibility and conditions for funding
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a. Applicable disciplines
- Science and Engineering fields, Humanities and Social Science fields in Sinchon/International Campus (Fellowship not open to College of Medicine, College of Dentistry, College of Nursing, and Mirae Campus)
- b. Eligibility Requirements
- 1) Criteria for Applicants: Early career foreign researchers
- - Conducting research an overseas* college, university or institution**; and
- - Do NOT hold Korean citizenship; and
- - Current graduate student(Ph.D. candidate) anticipated to complete a PhD by the relevant academic year; or
- - Ph.D. have been completed/granted/conferred within the last 7 years at the time of application.
- 2) Criteria for Applicants: Academic achievements
- - Ph. D. (candidate) in Science and Engineering fields must have published more than 2 papers within the last 2 years
- - Ph. D. (candidate) in Humanities and Social Science fields must have published more than 1 paper in JCR Q1 level academic journals in their discipline within the last 2 years
- ※ Papers will only be acknowledgeable when they have received their Acceptance Letter at the time of application
- 3) Criteria for Sponsoring Faculty
- Applicants must submit a letter of recommendation (form 2) from a sponsoring mentor/supervisor who is:
- - Full-time faculty member on the Sinchon/International Campus
- - Capable of providing the applicant a certain amount of salary/stipend from one of their own external research projects which is managed by Yonsei University Industry Foundation so that the applicant can conclude a labor contract with the Foundation.
- c. Note
- 1) Post-doc researchers who are receiving support from BK21+, General Researcher Support Program – Research Fellow, Academic Next Generation Cultivation Program (Post-Doc domestic training, part-time instructor support, academic research professor), Overseas Outstanding New and Rising Researcher Invitation Program, etc. are not eligible to apply
- 2) Researchers are allowed to apply for this program simultaneously with the Office of Research Affair’s on-campus post-doc researcher support program but may be selected for only one program
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a. Award Amount
- Minimum Post-Doc annual stipend of 52 million won, of which the sponsoring faculty will bear 30% or more of the amount of YFL support funding (YFL’s funding: 40 million)
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b. Funding period
- 1 year (with the possibility for second and third year by renewal; the renewal of the appointment requires reapplication through the same procedure at the end of the initial appointment. Maximum 3 years)
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a. Application Open
- 1) Call for application opens twice a year (first half and second half)
- 2) 1st half(February): applications for fellowships whose start date of the contract falls between March and September
- 3) 2nd half(August): applications for fellowships whose start date of the contract falls between September and March of the following year
- 4) Additional submissions may be accepted through announcements if there is a remaining budget.
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b. Application Procedure
- 1) Submit the application form and all required documents via official email (ysfrontierlab@yonsei.ac.kr)
- 2) Only documents submitted to the official email according to the specified application schedule will be reviewed.
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c. Required documents
- 1) Application Form, letter of recommendation, letter of commitment, Research Plan, Research Achievements
- 2) Post-doc researcher's CV and Diploma (graduation certificate)
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a. 1st step of evaluation: Requirement pre-screening
- - Method of evaluation: Program administrators prescreen applicants to ensure compliance with all prerequisites and qualifications.
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2nd step of evaluation: Comprehensive evaluation
- 1) Final assessment of applicants by the YFL Selection Committee
- 2) Major Criteria: Applicant’s scholarly excellence and quality of research design/plan, Sponsoring faculty member’s research achievements
- c. Notification of decision: emailed individually after evaluation.
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a. YFL funding and Faculty Matching
- 1) It is provided every month, from the Yonsei University Industry Foundation as the wage income (in cases of mid-career retirement, research funding is calculated up to the day of retirement)
- 2) The wages’ sum will be divided in 1/13 and paid every month
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b. Retirement allowance
- If a full year of employment is completed, the remaining 1/13 will be granted as retirement allowance. The allowance will not be granted in case of midterm resignations.
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c. Miscellaneous
- 1) Expenses related to the Four Social Insurance Program (National Pension, Industry Accident Compensation Insurance, Employment Insurance, National Medical Insurance) will be deducted from the salary
- 2) Housing costs (on-campus) not supported
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a. Report submission deadline
- 1) The required paperwork must be submitted immediately after the project ends.
- 2) Required documents: Research Result Report (Separate Form) and recommending faculty’s evaluation of the Research Result Report (Separate Form)
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b. Research outcome submission
- For the Science and Engineering fields, the grantee must submit 1 paper published in a JCR Top 10% academic journal. For the Humanities and Social Science fields, the grantee must submit 1 paper published in a JCR Q1 level academic journal. In all cases, the grantee must be listed as the senior author (first author, corresponding author, principal author), or an author of equivalent significance.
- - Research outcomes must be submitted within one year after the project ends.
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c. Possible sanctions
- If the Research Result Report and results(paper) are not submitted, the faculty member who recommended/sponsored the grantee will be subject to restrictions in the Office of Research Affairs’ Post-Doc Researcher Support Program and the university’s research support programs and funding opportunities for 3 years.
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d. Acknowledgment: Any publications arising from activities supported by the Fellowship should acknowledge assistance received from the Fellowship. The standard acknowledgment is the following phrase.
- 1) In Korean: "이 논문은 202X학년도 프론티어연구원 신진연구자 지원사업의 (부분적인) 지원에 의하여 작성된 것임"
- 2) In English: "This work was supported (in part) by the Yonsei University Research Fund(Yonsei University Frontier Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers) of 202X."
- 3) In any different language: the same sentence as in 1) above in each language.
3. Funding and period of support
4. Application procedure and required documents
5. Selection and evaluation process
6. Payment and Administration
7. Result Report
※ CONTACT : 02-2123-6435, ysfrontierlab@Yonsei.ac.kr