Our graduate school is hosting the SKKU Research Matters Plus (SKKU Research Matters Plus) to discover and share excellent research achievements from graduate students and new researchers. We ask for the participation of many graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.

1. Topic : "Why My Research is Important" - Research Outcome or Research Plan Introduction Speech Contest

※ Grand Prize winners may attend an offline awards ceremony to deliver their speech, and winning entries will be posted on the school’s official YouTube channel. Participants are deemed to have agreed to this.

2. Eligibility : Enrolled graduate students of the General Graduate School for this semester (Fall Semester 2025)

※ Research-registered students (1st to 4th semester) and graduate students belonging to BK Research Groups are also eligible.

※ Students on leave of absence, winners of the 2nd Research Achievement Contest of 2024 and the 1st Research Achievement Contest of 2025, and winners of the 2025 Thesis Award are not eligible to participate.

3. Submission Deadline: ~ December 29, 2025 (Mon)

4. Evaluation Method and Prizes

a. Evaluation Method: Finalists will be evaluated in four different areas.

※ Humanities/Arts, Social Sciences, Engineering, Natural Sciences/Medicine/Pharmacy

b. Prizes

- Graduate Student Category - Grand Prize: 2,000,000 KRW, Excellence Award: 1,500,000 KRW, Encouragement Award: 1,000,000 KRW

※ The number of selections will be determined depending on the number of applications and the quality of the works.

5. Submissions

a. Submission Files : Contest application form(attached file), presentation video (approximately 10 minutes), summary PPT or PDF (within 5 pages)

※ File Name : Submit as Department_Name_Student ID

b. Additional Notes

- Videos and PPT/PDF must be produced in Korean or English.

- Videos should be in avi or mp4 format (under 500MB).

- As this is a speech contest, the contestant must appear in the video.

- Team participation is not allowed.

6. Submission : kkugradsw@skku.edu