# The Korea Institute, Harvard University announces the 2026 Student Grant and Fellowship Awards June 01, 2026 ![Flower](/sites/g/files/omnuum10896/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/ira-kang-xnDgm5YiiGw-unsplash.jpg?itok=6KYGtJc4) **The Korea Institute, Harvard University announces the 2026 Student Grant and Fellowship Awards** The Korea Institute at Harvard University promotes the study of Korea and brings together faculty, students, scholars, and visitors to create a leading Korean studies community at Harvard. Through the Korea Institute, Harvard offers resources for graduate and undergraduate students to study Korea. On campus in Cambridge, students take courses on Korea and may participate in a wide array of Korea-related programmatic activities. Graduate and undergraduate students may conduct thesis research and language study in Korea, and undergraduates may undertake study and work abroad opportunities in Korea through programs such as the Harvard Summer School-Korea Program, the Korea Institute Summer Internship Program and Korean language and academic study at Ewha Womans University and Seoul National University. In addition, the Korea Institute also offers Summer Research Travel Grants and Undergraduate Research Assistantships for Korea focused projects supervised by Harvard faculty. AY25-26 Korea Institute undergraduate and graduate student awards are generously supported by the Eun-Kyung and Tom Kang Korea Institute Fund, Youngja Kim Fund, Jeffrey D. and Jean K. Lee Korea Institute Fund, LG Yonam Fund, Myung Soon Min and Anya Oh Fund, Sunshik Min Endowment for the Advancement of Korean Literature, Min Young-Chul Memorial Fund, SBS Endowment Fund, and the SBS Foundation Research Fund in support of the Korea Institute, Harvard University. \--- **Korea Institute Scholarships for Harvard Summer School Korea Summer Program – Undergraduate** **Claire Cho,**’29, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard Summer School in Seoul **Mikaella Moraga**,’29, Undeclared, Harvard Summer School in Seoul **Korea Institute Undergraduate Research Assistantships** **Paul Jeon**, ’27, Computer Science, Working on faculty project with Prof. Chan Yong Bu, “Korean Film Subtitling Project” **Ashley Kim**, ’27, Biomedical Engineering & Neuroscience, Working on joint faculty project with Prof. Jungyoon Kim, GSD and Prof. Nicholas Harkness- Book Project "Designers of Mountain and Water” **Frances Yee**, ’28, History of Art & Architecture + English/EAS, Working on joint faculty project with Prof. Jungyoon Kim, GSD and Prof. Nicholas Harkness- Book Project "Designers of Mountain and Water” **Korea Institute Undergraduate Summer Language Study Grants to Ewha University (EISC) Tuition Waiver** **Alex Nugent**, ’28, Social Studies, Ewha Womans University **Korea Institute Scholarship to Attend Seoul National University- International Summer Program (SNU-ISP) Tuition Waiver** **Ashley Kim**, ’27, Biomedical Engineering & Neuroscience, Seoul National University **Cyprien Matondo Mihalache**, ’29, Undeclared, Seoul National University **Isabella Ohr**, ’29, Undeclared, Seoul National University **Harvard College Korea Summer Internship Program:** **Hannah Chun**, ’27, Economics/EAS, Intern at CJ ENM **Rachel Chung**, ’28, History/EAS, Intern at CJ Cultural Foundation **Korea Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Travel Grants** **Sally Williams**, ’27, TDM/Anthropology, "*Multiculturalism as Seen Through Diversity Classroom Curriculums in South Korean Welfare Centers*" **Korea Institute Graduate Summer Research Travel Fellowships** **Elli Ahn,** G1, RSEA, “*An Ethnography of the Pukwan/Kampu Ferry*” **Yearin Paris Boo**, G3, Political Science, *“Who Guards Democracy: Collective Memory and Participation in Democratic Movements in South Korea”* **Min Ji Choi**, G7, Comparative Literature, “*An Other Culture (Ttohanaui Munhwa), Shamans, and Women Who Care for the Dead”* **Nayun Eom**, G3, Sociology, *“AI, Robots, and the State: The New Eldercare Economy in South Kora.”* **Kwan Woo Hahn**, G4, EALC-HEAL, *“Engendering Korean Everyday (Summer Oral History Project.)”* **Jaeyeon Jeon**, G3, Comparative Literature, *“Before Autofiction: The Autobiographical Novel in Contemporary Korean Literature”* **Shae (Chae Lin) Kim,** G3, EALC-Korean Literature, “*Imagining Locality in a Cosmopolitan Script: Vernacular Language and Literary Sinitic in Late Chosôn*” **Jae Hyun Kim**, G2, GSD-Dr. of Design, *“Seoul Shrinks with Age: Delineating Age-Specific Functional City Boundaries Using Mobility Flows”* **Hwa Pyung Yoo**, G3, HGSE-Culture, Institutions, Society, *“Pursuing Illicit Art: A Preliminary Exploration of Why Korean Youths Pursue Tattooing”* **Korea Institute Summer Language Study Grants for Graduate Students** **Pauline Hamilton**, G1, RSEA, Inter-University Center (IUC) for Modern Japanese Language- 3d Year, Yokohama, Japan **Korea Institute Supplementary Dissertation Research Grants for AY26-27** **Jueun (June) Lee**, G4, Anthropology, *“Becoming Unrelated: Muyon’go Bodies and the Politics of Posthumous Relationality in South Korea.”* **International Communication Foundation (ICF) Fellowship** **Jaeyeon Jeon**, G3, Comparative Literature, *“Be Yourself: Korean Autofiction and the Ethics of the First Person”* **Korea Institute Conference Attendance Grants-Graduate** **Elli Ahn**, G1, RSEA, Attending *USC Graduate Conference in Korean Studies*, Los Angeles, CA **Jane Choi**, G4, Sociology, *Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS)*, Honolulu, HI **Yoojung Chun**, G4, English, Attending *ELLAK (English Language and Literature Associate of Korea) International Conference*, Daegu, South Korea **Gangsim Eom**, G8, Anthropology, Attending *2025 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting*, New Orleans, LA **Mayako Liu**, G3, EALC-HEAL, *Association of Asian Studies (AAS) 2026 Annual Conference*, Vancouver, Canada *Photo credit: Ira Kang from Unsplash* See also:- [ Graduate ](/audience/graduate) - [ Undergraduate ](/audience/undergraduate) - [ Announcement ](/news-type/announcement) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)