Center for Free Enterprise (CFE) Acadmic Research Support Program Guide

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The Center for Free Enterprise (CFE) supports researchers’ papers and academic activities in order to promote academic research based on the values and principles of the free market economy. This Acadmic Research Support Program is intended to provide a certain amount of research funding for the publication and presentation of outstanding research papers by domestic and international researchers at the master’s and doctoral levels. We encourage your interest and applications.

■ Eligibility for Support

- Domestic and international researchers in related fields such as law, public administration and policy studies, economics, and business administration, who have published (or are scheduled to publish) or presented (or are scheduled to present) various research papers (master’s/doctoral-level researchers, including professors)

■ Applicant Qualifications

- Researchers (master’s/doctoral-level, including professors) who published academic papers or gave academic presentations at academic associations or institutions between January and August 2025

- Applications must be submitted by a sole author or lead author (first author or corresponding author)

■ Details of Support:

Support for the writing and publication of academic papers and presentations at various domestic academic associations and institutions (approximately KRW 150,000–500,000)

Eligible Category

Grant Amount

Academic paper in a Korea Citation Index (KCI)-listed journal

*KRW 300,000–500,000

Academic paper in a Korea Citation Index (KCI) candidate journal

KRW 300,000

Academic paper in a general academic journal / academic magazine

KRW 200,000

Academic presentation at various academic associations / institutions / organizations / the National Assembly

*KRW 150,000–200,000

*The final amount of support will be determined based on review criteria such as the KCI citation index, the publishing institution, topic relevance, and the quality of the paper.

■ Research Paper Topics (Examples)

- Liberalism: theoretical, ideological, and philosophical approaches to and analyses of liberal thinkers

- Market economy: diagnosis and analysis of the real economy through the application of market economics and public choice theory

- Consumer economy: competition policy; regulation; safety/labeling; advertising; distribution; finance and consumers; consumer education

- Law and economics, rule of law, commercial law: property rights systems, contract law, economics of criminal law, corporate law, litigation systems, etc.

- Labor law: laws related to working hours (4.5-day workweek) and labor unions (Yellow Envelope Act (Revised Labor Commission Act))

- Small government/local decentralization: administration and government reform, privatization, expenditure restructuring, local decentralization/local taxation, government debt, etc.

- Regulatory reform: industrial regulation (AI and advanced industries), distribution regulation (large discount stores and SSMs)

- Tax reform: inheritance and gift tax system, corporate tax, real estate tax, and other tax reforms and tax breaks

- History of the market economy: modern and contemporary Korean economic history and economic development history from the perspective of the market economy

- Entrepreneurship: analysis of theories (Schumpeter, Knight, Kirzner, etc.), indicators, and cases related to entrepreneurship

- Other fields related to the market economy

■ Application and Procedure

- Application period: Monday, August 4, 2025 – Sunday, September 7, 2025

- How to apply: ksy@cfe.org (email submission)

- Announcement of results: by Friday, September 30, 2025

(subject to change depending on circumstances)

■ Required Documents

1) One copy of the Acadmic Research Support Program application form (attached file)

2) One copy of the paper published (or scheduled for publication) / presented (or scheduled for presentation)

3) One copy of supporting documentation related to publication (or scheduled publication) or presentation (or scheduled presentation)

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(Not required if the journal name and volume/issue number are indicated on the paper itself)

■ Other Information

- Please submit all required documents in PDF format.

- Submitted academic papers and presentation materials will later be posted on the Center for Free Enterprise (CFE) website.

- In the case of duplicate submissions, the paper submitted most recently will be used as the basis for review.

- For the research funding support process, the personal information of selected applicants will be collected and retained.

■ Frequently Asked Questions (Q&A):

1)

Papers that have already been accepted for publication may still be submitted even if they are scheduled to be published after August; please submit proof of acceptance together with the application.

2)

If the paper is written in English, please attach a translation when submitting it.

3)

If you do not receive a reply to your email, your application has been successfully received; you will be contacted individually only if anything is missing.

4)

You may apply with two or more papers, but final selection is limited to one paper per researcher.

■ Inquiries:

Sang-yeop Kim, Researcher, Center for Free Enterprise (CFE)

T) 02-3774-5009, E) ksy@cfe.org

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Original title: 자유기업원 학술연구지원 안내

Author: Center for Free Enterprise (CFE)

Date: 2025-08-04

Source: https://www.cfe.org/bbs/bbsDetail.php?cid=notice&pn=4&idx=27937