2015 Graduate Research Assistantship at Hallym University in Korea

Applications are ongoing for the 2015 Graduate Research Assistantship at Hallym University in Korea. A Lab of Prof. Taisun Kim at Hallym University seeks to recruit promising research students for the programs of MS (2 years), PhD (3 to 4 years), and MS-PhD (integrated, 5 years). The selected students will conduct research on the diagnostic Biochip Technology.

Graduate Research Assistantship is awarded to conduct research on the diagnostic Biochip Technology and Assistantship is available for pursuing MS, PhD, MS-PhD programme at the Department of Chemistry. 

Scholarship Value

Listed below are some features of this research assistantship and the expected benefits of the program for successful applicants:

• Tuition fees for study period
• Monthly Allowance of 800 – 1000 USD
• Basic Medical Insurance
• Extra allowances based on research performance.

Eligibility:

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences / Biotechnology as of May 01, 2013.
• For Master’s program (or Integrated Master’s & Doctoral program): Students should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry OR Pharmaceutical Sciences OR Biotechnology.
• For Doctoral program: students should hold a Chemistry or Pharmaceutical Sciences OR Biotechnology. 

Important Requirements:
• Good background / interest in the cognate area(s) of research
• Good English language skills- written and oral (Test (Score), TOEFL (550), CBT (210), iBT (80), IELTS (5.5), TEPS (550)). Either of the test score should be valid at the time of application.
• Good ability to cooperate with others in a multicultural environment
• Good ability for highly motivated independent research.

Application Procedure and deadline

• Interested applicants should send the following to Prof. Nimse Satish by Friday, 29th May, 2015, Korean time (GMT + 9):
• Study plan (For PhD applicants only; Study plan should clearly state the research topics you are interested in and should have a relevance to the research in our group. We would like to know your research interests and their relation to the given research areas)
• Academic transcripts
• Brief summary of most recent thesis and the status (eg accepted, in progress, submitted, etc)
• CV (to include names, date of birth, nationality, sex, contact details, education, work experience, publications)
• Only electronic applications are accepted.
• Items (1), (2) and (3) should be merged as one pdf file with the name Familyname_Firstname_Hallym_App2015_degree applied for.pdf.
• Item (4) should be saved as a pdf with the name Familyname_Firstname_CV_Degree applied for.pdf.
• Both pdf files must be sent by the stated date and should have “2015 Application for Research Assistantship at Hallym University” as the e- mail subject.

Interested applicants should contact Prof. Nimse Satish.

Official Scholarship Website – http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Taisun_Kim