Korea Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Travel Grants
Deadline: Monday, February 5, 2024, 5pm EST
Please Note: For AY23-24, all programs and opportunities are subject to change and/or cancellation. Please note that all support related to travel is contingent upon Harvard University guidelines and safety protocols before, during and after travel. Please see the following sites for the most up-to-date guidance: Harvard Travel Guidance and Harvard GSS COVID-19 travel advice.
Korea Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Travel Grants are awarded to Harvard undergraduates in the humanities or social sciences related to a senior honors thesis on a topic related to Korea/Korean studies for research in Korea. The KI award covers the cost of travel and research-related expenses for the research project. This funding may not fund the hiring of research assistants, nor payment to interviewees. Proposals for research not related to a senior thesis are not eligible for this program.
Applicants must be in good academic standing and have completed at least two years of Korean language study or have comparable proficiency. In the case of exceptionally strong projects, more limited language background may be considered. It is important that applicants begin drafting research proposals early, in close consultation with their thesis advisor(s). Applicants should provide their recommenders a copy of their proposal before letters of recommendation are written.
Use the online CARAT system to apply to the Korea Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Grants via: https://carat.fas.harvard.edu/ This grant is listed under Korea Institute-Summer Research Grants.
The CARAT application also requires a resume, unofficial transcript from my.harvard, statement of purpose, and two recommendation letters. Recommendation letters may be uploaded and submitted directly into CARAT by faculty recommenders or emailed to the KI Coordinator Catherine Glover (cglover@fas.harvard.edu) by the deadline. Letters written by faculty are preferred.
Application Instructions:
Fill out all of the CARAT pages, including the online CARAT budget. Make sure to answer the CARAT question, Have you submitted or are you planning to submit any other applications to fund this project, whether that be funding (partial or full) from other Harvard Centers, Depts. or outside funding.
Documents to be uploaded:
- Current one-page resume.
- Proposal (up to 750 words) outlining the project and the rationale.
- Current Unofficial Transcript (PDF). Unofficial transcripts may be printed from my.harvard, scanned as a PDF, and uploaded.
- Letters of Recommendation: Two recommendation letters (PDF format) may be uploaded and submitted directly by recommenders to CARAT or emailed to the KI Coordinator Catherine Glover (cglover@fas.harvard.edu) by the deadline. Recommendation letters should indicate the specific KI grant name (i.e. Korea Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Grant).
Additional Application Considerations:
- Applicants must be in good academic standing. You are ineligible to apply if you are on a Leave of Absence during Spring Term 2023.
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Research proposals involving human subjects (interviews, written surveys, observations, etc.) must undergo a Committee on the Use of Human Subjects (CUHS) review using the URTP (Undergraduate Research Training Program) Decision Form. The URTP Decision Form is a Qualtrics survey that will (a) guide applicants through the process to determine if IRB (Harvard University Institutional Review Board) review is required for the research proposal and (b) indicate if next steps are needed. Please visit the CUHS website portal for detailed information: URTP Undergraduate Research Training Program. The Committee may also be reached at 617-496-2847 or cuhs@harvard.edu. CUHS committee approval is not required at the time of your KI grant application submission. Applicants are urged to contact CUHS as soon as possible. It is recommended that students start this process very soon after submitting your KI grant application and keep the Korea Institute updated on any CUHS/IRB results.
- Applicants must inform the Korea Institute of any other awards received after submitting this application.
- NOTE: If you are experiencing technical difficulties (e.g., receive error messages, find yourself unable to submit an application despite having passed all validation checks), please email HUIT Support at ithelp@harvard.edu or call 617-495-7777, well before the deadline.
KI Contact Info: Catherine Glover, cglover@fas.harvard.edu
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Harvard College Summer Funding Policy 2024
https://oue.fas.harvard.edu/summer-2023-funding-policy
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 2024 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 permitted only if the funding jointly supports the same Summer experience.
Exceptions to the Summer Funding Policy are uncommon and will be reviewed on an individual basis; students should make exception requests to their Resident Dean, who will forward on to the Office of Undergraduate Education. All exceptions will be approved by the Office of Undergraduate Education.
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 two opportunities in question do not overlap in time. Thesis researchers in this case may still apply to multiple sources of research funding to enable potential co-funding opportunities.