Apply for the 2016 IBS Young Scientist Fellowship (YSF) – South Korea

Application Deadline: 31st of July, 2016

Offered annually? No

Eligible Countries: Global

To be taken at (country): South Korea

Brief description: The IBS Young Scientist Fellowship (YSF) is awarding fellowship grants to scientists from all over the world for challenging and high-risk basic research within the special nature of designated Research Centres. The goal of the fellowship is to advance the frontiers of knowledge and to train the leading scientists of tomorrow.

Eligible Field of Study: Basic sciences

About the Award: With the vision of “Making Discoveries for Humanity and Society,” the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) was founded in 2011 by the Korean government to promote basic sciences in Korea. Twenty-six IBS Research Centers have been launched and each Center is operated by internationally renowned scientists.
This year, the IBS introduces a new program called “Young Scientist Fellowship (YSF)” to play an active role in fostering next-generation basic science leaders. The YSF offers opportunities for young, promising scientists to do their own basic research work in one of the IBS Research Centers while sharing ideas and utilizing our state-of-art infrastructures.

Offered Since: 2016

Type: Postgraduate Science Fellowship

Eligibility: Within 5 years of obtaining a PhD or under the age of 40 with a PhD

Selection Process: 

• Letter of intent
  1. Review and discussion by Evaluation Panel members
  2. Invitation to submit full proposals: August 31, 2016
• Full proposal
  1. Submission deadline: September 30, 2016
  2. Review by Evaluation Panel members
  3. Invitation for an on-site interview: October 31, 2016
  4. Interview and presentation: November 30, 2016
  5. Selection and announcement of final YSF fellows: December 31, 2016

Number of Awardees: Not specified

Value of Scholarship: 

• The YSF provides Korea Won 150-300 million per year
• YSF fellows should be physically relocated to one of the IBS Centers

Duration of Scholarship: YSF fellows will be appointed for 3 years with possible extension of 2 years

How to Apply: Applicants should fill out the letter of intent form in English and submit via email toysf@ibs.re.kr as a single PDF file. The title of email should be “Applicant Name_YSF”.

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Award Provider: Institute for Basic Science

Important Notes: YSF fellows are eligible to apply for the IBS Career Development Award (CDA), a research fund that can be used in the newly appointed affiliation after completing YSF.