Center for Korean Studies Undergraduate Award

Undergraduate Award by CKS

Image from Mahmuda Khan (Left) and Marvin E. Araiza (Right); cropped.

To foster interest and scholarship in Korean Studies, Center for Korean Studies is selecting up to two undergraduate students for CKS Undergraduate Award.

To foster interest and scholarship in Korean Studies, Center for Korean Studies is selecting up to two undergraduate students for CKS Undergraduate Award. $500 will be awarded for the selected undergraduate students. The Application period for 2022 is from Monday, January 31 to Friday, March 11 2022. The award will be processed in Spring 2022. The CKS Undergraduate Award Announcement will be made in April, 2022 and will be posted on the CKS website. Award winners will be contacted via email. An incomplete or duplicate applications will not be considered.

Application Period: 

• Monday, January 31 - Friday, March 11, 2022

Fellowship Award Announcement:

• Friday, April 15, 2022

Winners of 2021 CKS Undergraduate Award:

• Marvin E. Araiza 
• Mahmuda Khan 

Eligibility: 

• Passing letter grade on at least two upper division courses on Korea
• Full-time undergraduate student at UCLA 

Application Requirements:

• Personal Statement (2 pages max.)
• Unofficial Transcript (PDF)
• Online Application (available ONLY during the application period)
• One (1) Letter of Recommendation from Korea-related course faculty
  * Letter of Recommendation must be received by the application deadline*

ONLINE APPLICATION

Please follow the link to apply. If you have any questions, please email the Center’s Assistant Director, Hyung-Wook Kim at hyung-wook.kim@international.ucla.edu.

Published: Monday, March 4, 2019