The Korean Honor Scholarship 

주미대사관과 재미한인장학기금 운영위원회는 훌륭한 자질과 한국인으로서 정체성을 갖춘 한국계 유학생 및 한국계 동포학생들을 대상으로 2016년도 재미한인장학기금 장학생을 선발할 계획으로 있습니다. 
The Korean Honor Scholarship Committee and Embassy of the Republic of Korea extend an invitation to outstanding and culturally deep-understanding Korean and Korean-American undergraduate and graduate students to compete for the 2016 Korean Honor Scholarship. 

○ Application period: April 4, 2016 ~ June 18, 2016 
- Scholarship Award presentation: September 12, 2016 ~ September 19, 2016 

○ Amount of Scholarship: Highest Honor Scholarship - $ 3,000 (1 student) 
Honor Scholarship - $1,000 (35 students or so) 
Best Essay Award - $ 500 in addition to Honor Scholarship (for 2) 

○ Allocation of Awards 
Will be subject to change according to the number of applications in each category and 
the amount of funds available. 
구 분 
(Classification) 분 야 별 
(Fields) 분류기호 
(Applicant's Code) 
일반장학생 
(Regular) 
(30 or so) 동 포 학 생 
Korean-American 대 학 
(Undergraduate) AC 
대학원 
(Graduate) AG 
한국 유학생 
Korean 대 학 
(Undergraduate) KC 
대학원 
(Graduate) KG 
예능계 장학생(Arts) 
(2 ~3 ) 음 악 (Music) SM 
미 술 (Art) SA 
특별장학생(Special) 
(1~2) 장 애 학 생 (Handicapped) 등 HS

 
○ Qualifications 
(1) At the time of application, an applicant must be a full time 4-year college or graduate student who has achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher(For music and art students, the GPA must be 3.0 or higher) at least for the previous one academic year(Fall, 2015 ~ Spring, 2016) 
※ The GPA should be on a 4.0 basis (Pass or Fail is not acceptable). 

(2) Any students whose parents are Korean (either one or both) or any legally adopted Korean-American students are welcome to apply. 

☞ Please let the students who are interested in Korean Honor Scholarship know and visit http://usa.mofa.go.kr or http://www.kecdc.org for more information and submit the application form with required documents to the closest Korean Consulate General Office of your schools or Education Office at the Embassy from DC area.