Overview
The Korea Hana Foundation is accepting second-half 2026 scholarship applications from North Korean defectors and eligible children. The current call covers graduate, university, high-school and equivalency-exam applicant groups, with online applications open through 21 September 2026.
Complete scholarship details
The Foundation's current call opened on 4 September 2026. North Korean defectors may apply as graduate students, university students, high-school students or equivalency-exam passers; children born in a third country or South Korea may apply as university students, high-school students or equivalency-exam passers. The Foundation's standing scholarship-program page lists typical support of about KRW 2,000,000 for university/graduate students, about KRW 500,000 for cyber-university students, and about KRW 1,000,000 for middle/high-school students or equivalency-exam passers. The application notice states a 21 September 2026 closing date at 18:00 but does not explicitly state a timezone, so only the date is stored.
Eligibility requirements
Eligible groups in the 2026 second-half call are North Korean defectors who are graduate students, university students, high-school students or equivalency-exam passers, and eligible children of North Korean defectors born in a third country or South Korea who are university students, high-school students or equivalency-exam passers. Applicants must follow the category-specific documentation rules in the official notice; third-country- and South-Korea-born children generally need career/education counseling unless exempt under the notice.
Tips for this scholarship
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Verified against the Korea Hana Foundation's official 4 September 2026 selection notice and its current scholarship-program page. The notice states applications run from 4 September through 21 September 2026 at 18:00, but no timezone is explicitly stated; deadline is therefore stored as a date only. Typical award amounts are described as approximate on the standing program page.
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