Sejong City Publicly Recruiting Candidates for This Year's Korea Talent Award

Applications Accepted Until August 20
Five Candidates to Be Recommended by the Regional Screening Committee

The Ministry of Education is publicly recruiting candidates for the Sejong region for the 2025 Korea Talent Award.

According to Sejong City on July 24, the Korea Talent Award is a program launched in 2001, hosted by the Ministry of Education and organized by the Korea Student Aid Foundation. The program aims to discover and support talented individuals who create new values needed for the future society through creativity and passion, and who contribute to the development of the community.

This year, the candidate recruitment period runs from July 15 to August 20. First, a regional screening will be conducted in 17 metropolitan cities and provinces nationwide, followed by a second central screening by the Korea Student Aid Foundation, after which the final candidates will be selected. A total of 100 individuals will be selected: 40 in the high school student and youth category, and 60 in the university student and general youth category.

The highest honor, the Prime Minister's Award, will be given to one individual, who will receive a certificate and a prize of 3 million won. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Award will be given to 99 individuals, each receiving a certificate and a prize of 2 million won.

Any young person with Korean nationality who is between 15 and 34 years old is eligible to apply for the Korea Talent Award. Sejong City plans to recommend three individuals for the university student and general youth category, while the Sejong City Office of Education will recommend two individuals for the high school student and youth category to the central screening committee after the regional screening committee's review.

For details on candidate application forms, required documents, and other information, applicants can refer to the notices on the Korea Student Aid Foundation website or contact the foundation's office directly.

Information regarding the submission and review of documents for the university student and general youth category in the Sejong region can be obtained from the Education Support Division at Sejong City Hall.

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