Purpose and Background

With the vision of ​“Making Discoveries for Humanity and Society,” the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) was founded in 2011 by the Korean government to promote basic sciences in Korea. Twenty-eight Research Centers have been launched and each Center has been yielding outstanding results in various fields of research. The IBS ​“Young Scientist Fellowship” started in 2016 to play an active role in fostering next-generation basic science leaders. We believe this fellowship offers opportunities to conduct independent research by utilizing state-of-art infrastructures and to grow on the basis of research collaborations with leading researchers. We hope that the YS Fellowship serves as a stepping stone for our research fellows to be appointed as independent principal investigators at the prestige institutions worldwide.

Within 5 years of obtaining a PhD or under the age of 40 with a PhD (born no earlier than January 1, 1978)

* Ph.D. candidates must be conferred with Ph.D. degrees before August 31, 2018. * Researchers currently participating in the IBS research centers are NOT eligible to apply.

Apply via homepage (http://​www​.ibs​.re​.kr/​y​s​f​/​apply) no later than May 31, 2018 (KST).

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