NY, NJ, Philadelphia
NRC2026
Andrew Kim Memorial Foundation Scholarship
Dear Young Scholars of KSEA,
On
behalf of the organizing committee of the Northeast Regional Conference (NRC)
2026, we invite you to apply for the Andrew Kim Memorial Foundation (AKF)
Scholarships, established in memory of Mr. Andrew Kim, who tragically lost his
life in the September 11 attack. Since 2018, the AKF has been awarding
scholarships annually at the NRC to support young scientists engineers who
share Andrew’s passion for science.
The
NRC is jointly organized by the New Jersey, New York Metropolitan, and
Philadelphia Chapters of the Korean-American Scientists Engineers
Association (KSEA). NRC 2026 will take place on March 14, 2026, at the
DoubleTree Hotel in Fort Lee, NJ, bringing together faculty, researchers,
engineers, postdoctoral fellows, undergraduate graduate students from
all fields of science engineering. Selected awardees will have the
opportunity to present their work at the conference.
We
encourage all eligible candidates, including undergraduate graduate
students, as well as early-career scholars such as postdoctoral researchers, to
apply for this scholarship opportunity. Undergraduate graduate student
applications are especially encouraged.
Eligibility:
● All post-secondary students (undergraduate,
graduate students) early career scholars, including post-doctoral
researchers.
● Exclusion: Applicants eligible for the Prof. Chin Ok Lee & Ms.
Kwanghee Kim Award (e.g., Full-time Faculty members, Principal
Investigators) are NOT eligible for this scholarship.
●
Membership: Applicants must be active members of KSEA.
If you are not a member, you can become one here https://www.ksea.org/signUp.
Important Note:
regarding Award Category & Eligibility: The Scholarship Committee reserves
the right to determine the
eligibility of applicants. The Committee also reserves the right to reassign
applications to a different award category (e.g., from AKF to LK Award or
vice versa) during the selection process to best fit the candidate’s profile
achievements.
Award
Four scholarship
awards ($1000 x 1 $500 x3) an award certificate.
Submission
- Abstract (See the guideline)
- CV (Maximum 2 pages)
Deadline: February 20, 2026
Send to NRC 2026
Scholarship committee (nrc.award@gmail.com) an email title of “NRC 2026 AKF
Scholarship Application_your name”
Abstract guideline
● Title
● Abstract category: e.g., Basic science,
medical science, Computer science, Chemistry, Science Education, Engineering,
etc.
● KSEA
membership ID number
● Author(s)
● Affiliation:
e.g., Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065
● Format: within 1,200 words Times New
Roman, font size 12 point
● Please refer to the abstract template
The awardees will be announced on the NRC homepage
(https://nrc.kseany.org) will also receive an email notification on March 6,
2026. All awardees are required to attend the NRC Conference on March 14, 2026.
Simon
Shim, NRC 2026 Conference Chair
EunSu
Lee, NRC 2026 Program Chair
Wookjin Choi, NRC 2026 Scholarship Chair