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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림"><FONT size=2>Thank you so much for your sincere interest in our Korean studies grant program (Strategic Initiative for Korean Studies, SIKS). We hear that some scholars are discouraged by ‘ a tight schedule of publication’ of SIKS. We would like to give you more detailed information on a timetable of publication. We sincerely hope this additional information is of great help for you. Please read the information provided below.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림"><FONT size=2>SIKS, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Korean</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> Studies<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan" align=left><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size=2> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림">More information on a timetable of publication <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림">Those who are awarded this grant are not expected to complete all 10 books in the first 3 years, and thus, publication of all 10 books in 5 years is not necessary…. This grant, Translation of Korean Classics Project and Modern Korea Project, requires the participants to publish a total of 10 books within 7 years from the start date (November 2007). with a few books written/translated by the end of the 3<SUP>rd</SUP> year and published by an Academic Press in North America or Western Europe by the end of the 5<SUP>th</SUP> year, and several more books written/translated by the end of the 4<SUP>th</SUP> year and published by the end of the 6<SUP>th</SUP> year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rest of the books should be written/translated by the 5<SUP>th</SUP> year and published within the 7<SUP>th</SUP> year. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But keep in mind that all 10 books can be published before the 7<SUP>th</SUP> year if they are ready before then—earlier the better. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-char-indent-count: 1.5"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림">A good proposal should contain firm timetable for the first three years. The best-case scenario is to have a timetable with staggered publication dates for several books being published in the first two years, and morel each subsequent year until all 10 books are out by the 7<SUP>th</SUP> year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The series editor should determine how many books will start and how many books will be published per year, and submit the proposal accordingly.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; WORD-BREAK: keep-all; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-char-indent-count: 1.5"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #494949; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림">Proposals containing a timetable of publication of as many books as possible in the first or second year will be given priority during the selection process.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Towards this end, it would be beneficial for a series editor to enlist prospective authors/translators who already have roughdrafts or work in progress as part of his/her team. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The total remuneration for this effort of publishing 10 books is 600,000,000 Korean Won, to be paid in increments. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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