KORCOS Grants
KORCOS provides 4 grants to eligible full member institutions and their individual members.
KORCOS Grants are provided to KORCOS members to increase the quality of instruction and learning programs offered by member schools, and to enable teachers to meet established professional growth goals. KORCOS makes funds available for these grants through the KORCOS Executive Board and the KORCOS Grant Committee otherwise known as the KORCOS Grants Governing Trustees (KGGT). KORCOS encourages all potential teacher applicants from KORCOS member schools to select professional development opportunities and conferences that ensure that those chosen to receive a KORCOS grant will benefit the majority of KORCOS member institutions.
Application Process
Applying for a KORCOS grant is a four-step process:
- Determining appropriate grant
- Understanding the regulations and guidelines of KORCOS grants
- Determining your grant eligibility
- Completing the grant application
Available Grants
A one-time grant during a school year as funds may be available: proposals are due two months before the annual conference to the KORCOS President, the Executive Board, and the Grant Committee Chair. Final approved scholar/grantee is informed during the week of the annual conference. Grant is claimed with receipts presented and attached to an itemized report.
For an approved proposal that benefits member schools and other international school educators in the region the following conditions apply:
- Must be a credited course with an accredited institution
- The course must be part of a certification program
- The grantee must present learned material at the following annual KORCOS conference
- The grantee is available as a resource person
A one-time grant during a school year as funds may be available: proposals that include a proposed budget are due two months before the annual conference to the KORCOS President, the Executive Board, and the Grant Committee Chair. Final approved scholar/grantee is informed during the week of the annual conference. Grant is claimed with receipts presented and attached to an itemized report.
For an approved proposal that benefits member schools and other international school educators in the region the following conditions apply:
- Must be used towards a masters or doctoral thesis/dissertation in education, or educational research
- The grant payment may be staggered according to a progress report, submitted according to a study timeline.
A one-time grant during a school year as funds may be available. Proposals are due two months before the annual conference to the KORCOS President, Executive Board, and Grant Committee Chair. Early proposals accepted if hosting is scheduled earlier in the year. Final approved scholar/grantee is informed during the week of the annual conference. Grant claimed with receipts presented and attached to an itemized report.
For an approved proposal that benefits member schools and other international school educators in the region the following conditions apply:
- The grant must be used for hosting a professional development workshop or a credited course, open to all member institutions, offering up to a minimum of 100 people.
- The grant may also be used to import a resource expert in a subject area or field of education/educational technology.
- Grantee serves as facilitator and coordinator.
A series of mini-grants available as reimbursable expenses for food and incidentals (not to exceed 15,000 KRW/per person, up to a maximum of 375,000 KRW (or a maximum of 25 KORCOS member-school participants) per event.
Job-Alike hosts may apply for multiple mini-grants and should complete a separate application for each proposed event. Approved Job-Alike mini-grants shall not exceed a total of 5,000,000 KRW in any given school year.
Additional funding for supplies, incidentals, and/or additional participants may be available on an as needed basis, upon approval and at the discretion of the KORCOS Executive Board.
Job-Alike mini-grant applications are due one month prior the scheduled event and final approval will be communicated through email. Grant monies claims must be submitted to the KORCOS Finance Director with receipts and an itemized report, finance@korcos.net, and will be reimbursed within 10 business days.
GRANT REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES
KORCOS Grants are available to only full-pledged members, as funds are available. Funds are dependent upon membership dues and will determine the availability of the various grants. See KORCOS Grant’s rubric for descriptions of the various categories of grants: Professional Development Grant, Educational Research Grant, Travel Grant, and Member-School Hosting Grant.
KORCOS Grant applications can be submitted throughout the year; the deadline is two months before the event is scheduled. Note: that not all grants may be available per academic year. Please submit your proposal two months prior to the proposed activity. Approved grant applicants will be notified by one of the KORCOS executive team members as soon as possible.
Regulations
KORCOS regards the acceptance of a KORCOS Grant as a contract, requiring fulfillment of the following terms:
- Any major changes in plans for the grant year must have the prior written approval from the KORCOS Board.
- KORCOS must be notified promptly of any change in the status of an application resulting from acceptance of another award.
- Proposals and outcomes reveal a benefit to a majority of KORCOS member institutions.
- Monies are payable to grant proponents as proposals have been duly approved, and an itemized report of expenses must be submitted to the KORCOS grants governing bodies.
- The release of funds may be staggered as reimbursement requests are submitted along with a brief progress report.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
Determining whether you are eligible to apply for and receive a KORCOS grant is very important. If you are not eligible for a specific funding opportunity, you would waste a lot of time completing the application process when you cannot actually receive the grant.
Before beginning the application process, you should make sure you or your institution is eligible to apply for the grant. There are several keys to eligibility:
- Does the KORCOS grant proposal and projected outcomes reveal a benefit to the majority of KORCOS member institutions?
- Is the KORCOS grant proposal directly related to the vision, mission, and goals of your academic institution?
- Is the KORCOS grant proposal directly related to your field or general practice?
- Have you been asked to develop skills in the area addressed in the KORCOS Grant proposal?
- Is the KORCOS grant proposal related to the academic program desired to implement or improve among KORCOS member schools?
- Does the KORCOS grant proposal fit within your professional development plan that coincides with the goals of your academic institution?
- Are you or your institution a full member for the current academic year. (Check your institute’s status here)
- Does your school plan on renewing its KORCOS full membership the following year?
- Has your institution been regular in its payment of KORCOS membership dues?
If you answered yes to the majority of these questions, you are most likely eligible for a KORCOS grant!
Move on to the next step of the application process by downloading and completing the application form. Please note that if you’re applying for a job-alike we would like for you to use this form
