The Pony Chung Foundation said on the 24th that it held the “2026 Pony Chung Academic Workshop” at the Pony Chung Foundation Building in Jongno-gu, Seoul, to share research results from foundation-backed scholars and encourage its scholarship recipients.
About 50 people attended, including Chairman Chung Mong-kyu and other foundation officials, newly selected early-career researchers Kim Jin-young of Seoul National University (philosophy of science), Park Cho-rong of Ewha Womans University (Korean history) and Lee Kyung-min of Seoul National University (Chinese phonetics), as well as newly chosen and current Pony Chung scholarship recipients, including humanities research scholars, overseas doctoral scholars and Vietnam exchange scholars.
In remarks, Chung said it was meaningful to see the achievements of people who “continued their challenges with intense effort,” adding that the foundation would keep supporting more talent so they can focus on academic work and would “fulfill its mission” to advance humanities scholarship in South Korea.
During the event, the foundation presented scholarship certificates to 30 people: three early-career researchers receiving academic support, 16 humanities research scholars and eight overseas doctoral scholars.
The foundation launched its Pony Chung humanities research scholarship program in 2020, providing funding to master’s and doctoral coursework completers in humanities fields at graduate schools in South Korea and abroad. It supports each recipient annually with 10 million won for master’s students and 20 million won for doctoral students until they complete one graduation thesis, and provides separate support when the thesis is published.
In 2021, it created the Pony Chung overseas doctoral scholarship program, selecting graduate students planning to enter doctoral programs at leading universities abroad and providing scholarships during their studies. Students headed to the U.S. and U.K. region receive $120,000 over three years, while those headed to the Europe and Asia region receive $45,000 over three years.
Since 2013, the foundation has supported early-career researchers within five years of earning a doctorate through its academic support program, providing 40 million won in research funding for one year and 10 million won in publication support, as it seeks to build a career path for humanities support.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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