Ministry of Science and ICT: “Student support funds to increase by 10% through science and engineering research living subsidies”

850 Billion Won to be Invested Next Year… New Recruitment for Over 15 Universities,
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Trend of Monthly Average Student Support Fund for Participating Universities
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, “(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Cho Seung-han = The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 19th that the monthly average student support fund this year rose by about 10% compared to last year through the ‘Science and Engineering Research Living Support Fund,’ which guarantees a fixed monthly amount to science and engineering graduate students.”,
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, “On the 19th, the Ministry of Science and ICT shared such achievements and announced that they will be recruiting new participating universities for next year’s project until December 19.”,
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, “The research living support fund is a project that guarantees at least 800,000 won for master’s students and 1.1 million won for doctoral students in science and engineering.”,
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, “In the first year of its introduction, 60 billion won was invested to guarantee the standard amount for 50,000 science and engineering graduate students at 35 universities.”,
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, “According to the Ministry of Science and ICT, the monthly average student support fund for master’s students increased from 1.4 million won in 2024 to 1.54 million won in 2025, and for doctoral students, it increased from 1.99 million won in 2024 to 2.23 million won in 2025.”,
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, “In addition, with each university establishing a computer system to manage comprehensive support details for each student in real-time, from the master’s and doctoral programs to project participation history and support status management, the Ministry expects career development to be systemized.”,
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, “Next year, 83 billion won will be invested, and more than 15 new participating universities will be additionally selected.”,
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, “Participating universities will be provided with a support fund to make up for the shortfall in guaranteeing the standard amount, resources for university accounts, and operational expenses for each university.”,
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, “From this year, the results of the previous year’s operation of participating universities will be checked, and incentives will be additionally provided to excellent universities.”,
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