A micro-grant to support an immersive installation exploring the identities of Korean adoptees in Denmark.
YWS Project – Visual Arts
House of Wish
USA
Arts
2026
A micro-grant to support an exhibition and workshops in Asheville reinterpreting Korean wish-making traditions through light and technology.
YWS Project – Korean Studies
Global Ideas, Korean Voices: Sharing South Korea's Story of Global Citizenship Education
UK
Education
2026
A micro-grant to support research sharing South Korea's experience of Global Citizenship Education with the international education community.
YWS Project – Interdisciplinary Arts
Reality Sandwich Cookbook
USA
Arts
2026
A micro-grant to support recipe workshops and a collective publication with Korean and Asian diaspora communities in New York.
Lund University (The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies)
Nordic–Lund Emerging Scholars Teaching Program in Korean Studies (NEST)
Sweden
Education
2026–2027
To support the second year of NEST, an annual visiting scholar teaching residency at Lund University that nurtures the next generation of Korean Studies scholars and strengthens the field's visibility in the Nordic region.
University of Turku (Centre for East Asian Studies)
Reimagining Peace in East Asia - YWS International Crisis Management Course
Finland
Education
2026–2027
To support a Model United Nations (MUN)-inspired simulation course that engages students from Finland and the Nordic/Baltic countries in the study of Korea through a fictive international crisis in East Asia involving the Korean peninsula.
Project K e.V.
15th Korean Film Festival Frankfurt (KFFF)
Germany
Culture
2026
To support the 15th Korean Film Festival Frankfurt, Germany's largest Korean film festival, screening approximately 35 Korean films alongside Korea Culture Day, a public program introducing contemporary Korean culture to a German audience.
To support Janchi, an annual Korean culture festival in Copenhagen that introduces Korean culture to the local Danish community.
The Korean American Special Education Center, KASEC
Dream Art Contest (DAC)
USA
Education
2026
Empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through monthly art workshops and cultural storytelling
Graduate students and emerging art professionals in Hong Kong
2026 Frieze/Kiaf Seoul Visiting Program
South Korea
Education
2026
To provide HKU and CUHK graduate art students and emerging professionals with opportunities to visit Frieze/Kiaf Seoul and engage directly with Korean contemporary art institutions.