<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">The Korea Society\u2019s </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,114,196);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Spring 2026
Undergraduate Korea Study Abroad Travel Grant</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><font color="#000000"> is now accepting applications. </font></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">This is a \u2018topping off\u2019 grant for
undergraduates, in good-standing, who plan or desire to study abroad in the
Republic of Korea during the spring 2026 term OR who are or will be engaged in
a full year of academic study in Korea in 2026. This \u2018topping off\u2019 $2,000 grant
aims to help defray the high cost of travel to Korea and is intended to help
those students for whom travel costs might prove challenging. The grant is
awarded directly to the student.  </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">For those of you working with undergraduate students interested in studying this spring in Korea, please share this information and the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><b style="color:rgb(68,114,196)">attached announcement</b><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">which provides full  details on
benefits and eligibility requirements. Please feel free to share with students
and/or post the announcement.  Your assistance in spreading the word about
this funding opportunity is much appreciated.</span></div>

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15, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> Click </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration-line:underline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="https://www.koreasociety.org/education/study-abroad" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">here</a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">to visit our website. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">And, if you </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact at </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:linda.tobash@koreasociety.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">linda.tobash@koreasociety.org</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">.</span></p>

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your assistance, </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Linda Tobash</span></p><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"><font size="1" color="#666666"><b>Linda Tobash  </b><font>|</font> <b> Senior Advisor for Education and Director of Project Bridge</b></font></div><font size="1" face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>The Korea Society, </b> <b>350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY  1</b><b>0017</b></font></div></div><div><font size="1" face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>email: <a href="mailto:linda.tobash@koreasociety.org" target="_blank">linda.tobash@koreasociety.org</a><br> telephone: 1-646-439-5007</b></font></div><div><b style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"><a href="http://koreasociety.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">koreasociety.org</a></b><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><b><a href="http://facebook.com/koreasociety" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.koreasociety.org/images/stories/icon-facebook.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/koreasociety" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.koreasociety.org/images/stories/icon-tweeter.png"></a> <a href="http://vimeo.com/koreasociety" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.koreasociety.org/images/stories/icon-pc.png"></a>  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheKoreaSociety" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.koreasociety.org/images/stories/icon-yt2.png"></a></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>