<Notice>

We would like to inform you that the essay topic has been updated from “The Significance of Korean Culture and Cultural Heritage in a Transitional Age” to “The Significance of Korean Culture and Cultural Heritage in a Transnational Age.” This change is effective as of April 23rd.

The Korean Honor Scholarship Committee extends an invitation to Korean and Korean-American undergraduate and graduate students to compete for the year 2023 Korean Honor Scholarship.

The Scholarship was first established in 1981 with the gift fund of one million US dollars donated by the government of the Republic of Korea to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of diplomatic relations between Korea and the U. S. A. Now the total amount of funds is 2.90 million US dollars. The scholarship is awarded to encourage outstanding students who have Korean heritage to achieve their highest academic performance and develop leadership qualities for their future professional careers in the global society.

The Korean Honor Scholarship Committee has awarded 3,388 scholarships to outstanding Korean and Korean-American students over the past 41 years.  To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be attending college or university at least both 2023 fall and 2024 spring semesters in the U. S. A. and must have an overall grade average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 basis. In addition to academic achievement, an essay, a letter of recommendation, awards, honors, performances, and extracurricular activities are reviewed for selection. Approximately 74 scholarships* in the U.S. and 6 scholarships in Canada will be awarded in the U. S. this year.

*They include 10 public diplomacy scholarships and special scholarships for U.S. Presidential Scholarship winners

Scholarship will be awarded once in undergraduate and graduate level respectively. (Until 2017, scholarship could be awarded only once per each student)

The following dates are important for undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in applying the Korean Honor Scholarship in the U.S. (Scholarship will be awarded once in undergraduate and graduate level respectively.)

- Application period: April 22 ~ June 28, 2024

*All of the required documents must arrive in our office by our deadline.

- First round evaluation at regional consular offices: July 1 ~ July 5. 2024

- Final round evaluation by Central Selection Committee: July 23.2024

- Scholarship Award presentation: After September 30

The amount of scholarships is as follows:
- Best Honor Scholarship: $ 5,000 (2 students)
- Excellent Honor Scholarship - $ 3,000 (4 students)
- Honor Scholarship: $1,500 (58 students or so)

* Applications must be submitted to the regional consular office CLOSEST TO his or her HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION.* All of the required documents should be delivered by mail to Korean Education Center in Atlanta , 3505 Koger Blvd STE174, Duluth GA30096  by mail till June 28 (Fri), 5pm. **Not accept by email

Please refer to the attached files for more details.