Academy of Korean Studies announced the "2025 Development of Educational Materials and Activities for Understanding Korea Support Project".
 
Please refer to the attached file and the details below for more information, and we encourage your active participation.
 
 
Call for Applicants:
¡°2025 Development of Educational Materials and Activities for Understanding Korea Support Project¡± 
 
The Academy of Korean Studies, Understanding Korea Project Office invites overseas experts in elementary, middle, and high school education or textbooks to participate in the ¡°Development of Educational Materials and Activities for Understanding Korea Support Project.¡±
 
- Support recipients: overseas experts in elementary, middle, or high school education and textbooks authors
 - Support category: ¡Ø Only 1 project proposal per applicant
 
Support category  | Domains of support  | 
Development of Educational Materials for Understanding Korea  | - Development of textbooks, supplementary teaching materials, lesson plans, etc. for teaching about Korea
 - Korea-related educational audiovisual materials such as scholastic films, documentaries, and YouTube videos
 - Production of photographic (image) collections, etc.
 
 - However, we do not support the production of ¡°Korean language¡± textbooks.
 
  | 
Understanding Korea Activities  | - Various activities geared towards teachers, students, or education/textbook experts (teacher training, Korean cultural classes, etc.).
 
  | 
- Support amount: up to KRW 40 million per project (the amount of assistance may vary according to the nature of each project.)
 - Grant period: [scheduled] March 1, 2026 – February 28, 2027
 - Grant application period: November 3 – December 12, 2025
 - Grant award announcement: [scheduled] February 13, 2026, via AKS website and by email
 - How to apply: apply online via the Academy of Korean Studies website
 
<https://www.aks.ac.kr>
- Documents for submission: see <Application Guidelines>
 - Inquiries: aks_project@aks.ac.kr