1. Topic: "Why My Research is Important" - Research Outcome or Research Plan Introduction Speech Contest
 ※ Winners may be required to attend the offline award ceremony and give a speech. The winning entries will be posted on the official YouTube account of SKKU. Participants will be deemed to have agreed to this.

2. Eligibility: Graduate students enrolled for the second semester of the 2024 academic year and postdoctoral researchers affiliated with the BK21 Education Research Group.
 ※ Research Semester Registrants(1st to 4th semester) and graduate students affiliated with the BK Education Research Group are also eligible to participate.
 ※ Students on leave of absence and winners of the 1st contest of the 2024, 1st and 2nd contests of the 2023 academic year are not eligible.
 ※ Postdoctoral researchers must have a retirement date after March 2025 to be eligible.

3. Submission Deadline: ~Dec 20th, 2024 (Friday)

4. Evaluation Method and Prizes
 a. Evaluation Method: Finalists will be judged by dividing them into four panels.
  ※ Panels: 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
   - Postdoctoral Researcher Category - Grand Prize: 3,000,000 KRW, Excellence Award: 2,000,000 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)
 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 Contact
 - Graduate Students: Submit it via email to Lee Seunghyun at Office of Sungkyunkwan University Institute for Cross-disciplinary.(seung2@skku.edu)
 - Postdoctoral Researchers: Contact the affiliated BK Education Research Group

7. Inquiries
 - Office of Graduate School Affairs, oo104@skku.edu