Chosun University invites applications for postdoctoral fellowship from foreign applicants who completed their doctorates less than five years ago and want to extend and develop their career in South Korea. The Fellowship commences in September 2015. Selected fellows will be provided monthly salary of around 3,000,000 KRW or higher. The application deadline is May 6, 2015.

Study Subject(s): Fellowship is awarded in the following areas: Customized Wellness Care; Intelligent Internet of Things (IoT); Wearable Smart Devices and Big Data.
Course Level: Fellowship is available for pursuing postdoctoral programme at Chosun University.
Scholarship Provider: National Research Foundation (NRF)
Scholarship can be taken at: South Korea

Eligibility: An applicant must meet the following requirements:
-Must have obtained a PhD in a relevant area within the last 5 years.
-Have a good command of spoken and written English (relevant English test scores would be required)

Scholarship Open for International Students: Foreign postdoctoral applicants are eligible to apply for this fellowship.

Scholarship Description: The objective of the KRF (Korea Research Fellowship) program is to recruit, retain and raise top-talented postdoctoral researchers, both nationally and internationally to develop their potentials and abilities as research leaders of tomorrow. In pursuit of this objective, Prof Jeong-A Lee wishes to invite skillful, hard working and highly motivated post-doctoral candidates for this fellowship. It is open to foreign postdoctoral applicants who completed their doctorates less than five years ago and want to extend and develop their career in South Korea.

Number of award(s): Not Known

Duration of award(s): Funding is available for a contract of up to 5 years.

What does it cover? Benefits to the Selected Fellows:
-Monthly Salary: around 3,000,000KRW or higher
-Airfare
-Health Insurance
-Funding is available for a contract of up to 5 years (subject to good performance by the Fellow)

Selection Criteria: Not Known

Notification: Applicants selected for the final screening phase will be notified by May 10, 2015.

How to Apply: Interested applicants should send the requested documents to Prof  Lee, Jeong-A, Department of Computer Engineering <leejeonga-at-mail.com>by the application deadline. Only electronic applications are accepted. Applicants are also to provide the following:
-Research Plan (clearly stating the research topics you are interested in. They would like to know your research interests and their relation to the given research areas)
-Cover Letter
-Summary/Abstract of Academic Achievement
-Three(3) Representative Research Papers in the Field of Interest
-Curriculum Vitae
-Names and e-mail addresses of 3 people that can provide a reference letter (it should include your PhD Advisor).  Reference letters will only be requested for candidates that get to the final screening phase.
All items should be merged as one pdf file with the file name: Familyname_Firstname_CSLabPostdoc_App2015.pdf and must be sent by the stated date with “2015 Application for KRF Postdoctoral Fellowship at Computer Systems Lab” as the e-mail subject.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Interested applicants should apply by May 6, 2015.

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