Korean American Scholarship Foundation

Korean American Scholarship Foundation invests in students pursuing education in the United States through a structured, region-based scholarship program that serves qualified Korean American students, including foreign students from Korea. Its scholarship awards range from $500 to $5,000, and applicants must be enrolled full time in a U.S. program during the scholarship application year. The foundation organizes its scholarship work through regional chapters, including Eastern, Midwestern, Mountain States, Northeastern, Southern, Southwestern, and Western regions, and requires students to apply only in the region where their school is located. The foundation supports multiple stages of academic and professional development. Its scholarship coverage includes high school students recognized for special talents, college students, graduate students, and students in professional schools such as law and medicine. KASF also extends eligibility in some regions to descendants of American veterans who served during the Korean War era, defined here as June 25, 1950 through January 31, 1955. That program honors the 1.6 million American veterans who served in the war, including the more than 54,000 who died and 103,000 who were wounded. KASF’s selection process emphasizes financial need, scholastic achievement, recommendations, essays, and community service or extracurricular activities. The foundation also administers the KASF-KIA Scholarship, a specialized award for students with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 who are pursuing STEM fields outside medicine or Business Administration. Eligible areas include sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics, and business administration, and selected recipients must submit a one-minute video testimonial. The national board is based in Tysons Corner, Virginia, at 8300 Greensboro Drive.