Korea Institute Scholarships for the Harvard Summer School-Korea Program
Korea Institute Scholarships for the Harvard Summer School-Korea Program
Date of Deadline: January 29, 2026 via an email application
Please Note: All programs and opportunities are subject to change and/or cancellation. All support related to travel is contingent upon Harvard University guidelines and safety protocols before, during and after travel. Please see the Harvard Global Support Services website for travel support.
The Korea Institute offers limited scholarships to undergraduate students who need additional financial assistance to attend the Harvard Summer School-Korea Program. Students on financial aid are given priority. Awards are made in consultation with the Harvard College Summer Funding Opportunities Office (SFO) located in the Mignone Center for Career Success. You do NOT apply online via CARAT, nor fill anything out on CARAT and there is no 'official' form.
To Apply:
Please email a budget sheet (what total dollar amount you will need and the costs that make this up and provide an exact dollar total amount, ) along with a written statement of your financial need (about a few paragraphs/one page) to cglover@fas.harvard.edu. The budget sheet should include program cost, sources of income and amounts, along with an itemized budget (costs of program). Please be very clear as to the final total dollar amount you are requesting from the KI. The statement should describe why you/your family need this scholarship for you to attend this program. Please also denote if you are a US citizen, International student or a U.S. Permanent Resident. Please include your Harvard ID number on your application and if you are on Harvard financial aid or not. The written statement is very important, as you will need to differentiate yourself/your needs from the other student applicants applying for the same scholarship.
*Please also note if you plan to request Harvard Summer School (HSS) funding from the Harvard College Summer Funding Opportunities Office (SFO), located in the Mignone Center for Career Success. This question will be asked on the actual online HSS-Korea program application and is a check box. If not, why not? SFO will ask students to indicate their interest in being considered for SFO funding directly on the online HSS-Korea program application due Jan 29. You will not need a separate application on CARAT. You may apply and (possibly receive) funding from both the Korea Institute and the Summer Funding Opportunities Office (SFO) for HSS. Please make sure on your KI scholarship application to note if you will have/have requested SFO funding for HSS (via the check box).
The 2026 HSS-Korea Program budget is attached below. These items should be emailed to: Catherine Glover cglover@fas.harvard.edu by the deadline for the Harvard Summer School-Korea Program. This is the very same deadline as the online Harvard Summer School Abroad Program Application deadline. You must inform the Institute if you receive any other funding award for this proposal after you submit this application.
These scholarships are only available to Harvard undergraduates.
Decisions emailed in February. This opportunity is in Round A.
Contact Info: Catherine Glover, cglover@fas.harvard.edu
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Harvard College Summer Funding Policy 2026
https://oue.fas.harvard.edu/experiential-learning/summer-funding/
Harvard College prioritizes the wide distribution of Summer funding to ensure that as many undergraduate students as possible can have a meaningful summer experience.
For funded Summer 2026 experiences, students may only apply Harvard University funding to one Summer experience*, regardless of duration of time (ex. only four weeks or a part-time effort). Co-funding between multiple sources of funding is discouraged and only permitted if the funding jointly supports the same Summer experience.
Once a student accepts an award from any Harvard office, it is binding. The student will automatically be removed from consideration for other Harvard-funded opportunities.
Exceptions to the Summer Funding Policy are uncommon and will be reviewed on an individual basis; students should send exception requests to the Director of Summer Funding Opportunities at summerfunding@fas.harvard.edu. All exceptions will be approved by the Summer Funding Opportunities Office.
Failure to adhere to the Harvard College Summer funding policy may result in a student being referred to the Administrative Board or Honor Council.
* The only recognized deviation from the Summer Funding Policy applies to students conducting senior thesis research. Students in this specific situation may apply Harvard University funding to two different opportunities, given that one source of funding supports thesis research and that the dates of the two opportunities in question do not overlap. Thesis researchers in this case may still apply to multiple sources of research funding to enable potential co-funding