The Korean Honor Scholarship Committee extends an invitation to Korean and Korean-American undergraduate and graduate students to compete for the year 2020 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 fund is 2.9 million US dollars. The scholarship is awarded to encourage outstanding students who have Korean heritage to achieve their highest academic performance and to develop leadership qualities for their future professional careers in the global society.

The Korean Honor Scholarship Committee has awarded 3,222 scholarships to outstanding Korean or Korean-American students over the past 38 years.  To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be attending college or university at least both 2019 fall and 2020 spring semesters in the U.S.A. and must have an overall grade average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. In addition to the academic achievement, an essay, a letter of recommendation, awards, honors, performances and extracurricular activities are reviewed for selection. Approximately 46 scholarships will be awarded in the U.S.A. this year.

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

The following dates are important for who are interested in applying for the Korean Honor Scholarship
- Application period: April 27 ~ June 19, 2020
- First round evaluation at regional consular offices: June 22 ~ June 26, 2020
- Final round evaluation by Central Selection Committee: July 10
- Scholarship Award presentation: After September 28

 The amount of scholarship is as follows:
- Honor Scholarship: $1,000 (34 students or so)

Students who are interested in applying for the KHS need to refer to the Korean Embassy's website, in http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/us-en/brd/m_4513/list.do, or in any search engine(*using search for ‘korean honor scholarship’), or Korean Education Center in Washington, DC, http://www.kecdc.org, to download the application form and the guideline. Applications  also must be submitted to the regional consular office CLOSEST TO his or her HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION.

The KHS Committee asks the applicants who need further information or inquiry contact the Office of Education Minister Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, D.C.(202-939-5679~5681) or one of the regional Consular Offices closest to their college or university.

2020 Korean Honor Scholarship Application Form.doc

2020 Korean Honor Scholarship(KHS) Guidelines.doc