Fields of Expedition

Applicants may choose one of the following: Information Technology / Engineering / Natural Sciences / EconomicsㆍManagement / HumanitiesㆍSociology / CultureㆍArtsㆍPhysical Education

Subjects of Expedition

Companies, Laboratories, Universities, Government Agencies, Local Self-Governing Bodies and Social Organizations in Korea
∙ Expedition areas for foreign students are restricted to Korea.

Themes of Expedition

Themes should provide a vision through specific and systematic expedition and exploration activities in the related field.
∙ Applicants are responsible for any infringement of copyrights including unauthorized use and plagiarism and may be subject to the cancellation of their selection and award.

Period of Expedition

Applicants may freely choose 11 consecutive days from Tuesday, July 15th to Sunday, August 31st.

Application Eligibility

Registered foreign students at 4 year-universities or graduate schools in Korea

∙ Foreign students with a D-2 or F-4 Visa and the ability to speak Korean fluently.

∙ Students on a leave of absence, Language Institute students and students having dual citizenship are NOT eligible to apply.

Team Organization

A team must consist of four students from the same school regardless of their majors or nationalities.

Documents for Submission

- Application for participation
 ∙ In the event of applying online, the applicant must enter required information on the online application form from our homepage.

- Expedition plan [Download the form from the bottom of the current page.]

∙ [Download Example]
∙ Download and fill out the attached form and submit it in PDF format.

∙ Expedition plan should be written in Korean(Recommendation) or English.

- Certificate of registration
 ∙ Certificates which have been issued ONLY between April 1^st and April 23^rd, 2014 are valid.

- Certificate from the office of international affairs of the applicant’s school [Download the form from the bottom of the current page.]

∙ Download and fill out the attached form and submit it in PDF format.

※ Applicants who have passed the first document evaluation must submit the following: 10 copies of each team member’s picture and a budget statement (further information: TBA)

Application Period

2014.04.14 (Mon) 00:00 – 2014.04.23 (Wed) 17:00

∙ Please make sure to submit your application before 23rd of April. After submitting, you can check up and edit your application 4 days more (till 27th of April). However, we do not accept applications after 23rd of April. Please keep deadline.

∙ Due to the high probability of online applications flooding in on the final day, you are cordially asked to submit your application as early as possible.

Where to Apply

LG Global Challenger’s Homepage (www.lovegen.co.kr)

How to Apply

1) All four members of the team sign up for the LG Love Generation membership

2) Click on the “Apply” button to fill out the five stages of the application form

3) Compress the expedition plan, all four members’ certificates of registration and the certificate from the Office of International Affairs into one folder and then upload it to the site.

※ Maximum size of the compressed file: 10MB

※ PDF conversion program and file compression program can be downloaded at the fifth stage of the application form.

※ The “Apply” page for the 2014 LG Global Challenger will be opened at the beginning of April.

Number of Selectees

Five teams, a total of twenty applicants (four members on each team)

Selection Method

1^st: Document evaluation on the expedition plans

2^nd: Interview (Thursday, May 29, 2014)

Selection Criteria

∙ Originality of the expedition theme

∙ Preciseness of the expedition purpose

∙ Reasonableness of the choice on the expedition site and schedule

∙ Expected effectiveness of the expedition

∙ Initiative and sincerity of the team members

∙ Language proficiency

Announcement on the Qualified Applicants

Qualified applicants of the document evaluation: Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Final qualified applicants: Thursday, June 5, 2014

The names of the qualified applicants will be posted on the homepage of LG Global Challenger (Final qualified applicants will be contacted individually)

※ The information above may be subject to change depending on situations.

Financial Support

Full amount of transportation expenses, accommodation cost and activity cost

Obligations

Submission of the expedition report within one month after the completion of the expedition
(including various materials, publications and pictures which the executive office may request)

Observance of the code of conduct (which will be additionally announced to the qualified applicants)

Observance and active participation in all the scheduled programs

Prize

Global Prize: one team (Additional prize: 3 million won)

Members of the recipient team of the Global Prize will be given an internship opportunity at one of the LG affiliates in Korea.

Remarks

All the copyrights and ownership of expedition plans and expedition activity reports belong to LG.
※ In the event that such materials are used in other programs after the final selection of the winner, the decision and the prize will be canceled as well as all the financial support (transportation, activity cost, etc.)

Contact Information of the Executive Office

Tel. 02-705-2992~3

E-mail challenger@hsad.co.kr