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Korea Foundation Fellowship for Field Research – 2027The Korea Foundation Fellowship for Field Research enables overseas Korean-studies scholars and researchers to conduct research in South Korea and access academic resources, archives and research materials.The programme is open to eligible doctoral candidates, university faculty members and researchers from ASEAN countries.EligibilityTwo applicant categories are available:Type ADoctoral candidates who have completed all required coursework and are conducting research for their doctoral dissertation.Type BUniversity professors holding a full-time lecturer position or higher; orResearchers holding a doctoral degree.Applicants must conduct research in Korean studies, Korea-related humanities, social sciences, arts and culture, or another significant research area requiring close cooperation with South Korea.Fellowship durationOne to six months.Financial supportType A monthly stipend: KRW 2,300,000.Type B monthly stipend: KRW 3,000,000.Travel insurance for the period in South Korea.One-time entry support of KRW 1,000,000 for tenured associate professors.One-time entry support of KRW 1,500,000 for tenured full professors.Round-trip economy airfare for recipients residing in eligible countries on the OECD Development Assistance Committee list.Airfare eligibility depends on the applicant’s country of residence and its OECD DAC classification.Application deadline14 October 2026, 6:00 p.m. Korea Standard TimeApplications must be submitted through the Korea Foundation Application Portal.Official informationKorea Foundation 2027 Field Research Fellowship applicationKorea Foundation Field Research Fellowship eligibility and fundingKorea Foundation 2027 programme guidelinesImportant Application InformationKAIST applicants must submit the admission application by 1 September 2026 and ensure that the recommendation letter is submitted by the separate recommendation deadline.The Korea Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Fellowship support Korea-related study or research conducted at institutions outside South Korea.The Korea Foundation Fellowship for Field Research supports research conducted in South Korea for one to six months.Applicants should prepare academic transcripts, degree or enrolment certificates, research proposals, curricula vitae, recommendation letters and institutional affiliation documents before the respective deadlines.

Asian Economic PapersLink: https://aep.jci.edu.my/aboutAsian Economic Papers is sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University, United States; the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, South Korea; the Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, Sunway University, Malaysia; the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Indonesia; and Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. AEP’s articles focus on rigorous, objective analysis of key economic issues of a particular Asian economy or of the broader Asian region, and offer creative solutions to these Asian economic issues.AEP selects articles from open submissions and solicits articles from the top experts in the fields that are of high contemporary interest. Authors present their analyses at the Asian Economic Panel, which convenes thrice yearly in different parts of the world. The panel, which held its first meeting in April of 2001, invites about forty leading economists from all over the world to each meeting to discuss the subjects of that particular meeting. The discussion of each topic begins with the presentation of an analytical paper.AEP makes its publication decisions after reviewing the revised papers. The proceedings of the AEP conference are edited and published thrice yearly in a journal, Asian Economic Papers (MIT Press).Editor-in-Chief: Wing Thye WooEditors: Sungbae An, Fukunari Kimura, Ming Lu, and Jeffrey D. SachsFor more details, please see the Editorial Info.Instructions for Authors: https://aep.jci.edu.my/instructions-for-authors/