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The Grant seeks to create an environment for youths where they can independently express themselves and live with enjoyment. We accept and look for grantseeking requests at all times of the year and welcome inquiries from potential grantees whose work fits our strategic guidelines of “youths” and “media.” They include media projects for youths and projects to train media workers, and programs or events planned or executed by youths themselves. We ask for the participation of interested groups, teams and individuals

The Daum Foundation supports non-profit projects and research programs to come up with positive and effective solutions to problems emerging from the information society. Through this, we strive to enhance the value of the IT network, which serves as a means of interconnection between people, thereby enabling wider access to its benefits.

We welcome active participation from interested groups, teams and individuals.



  1. Media (educational) projects for youths
  2. Media programs or events planned or executed by youths themselves
  3. Projects to foster and train media workers (educators)
  4. Projects to research and develop content concerning youths and media education
  5. Projects for youths to engage in overseas exchanges using media
  6. Other projects that facilitate wiser use of media
  7. We do not award grants to the following projects:
    - Political, religious, for-profit projects
    - Projects that only provide media equipment
    - Projects that have received over 1/2 support of its project budget from other groups or from the government
  8. We provide grants for the following non-profit projects and research on IT culture:
    - Platform development and projects to promote the value of information sharing
    - Projects and research related to individual rights to IT culture, such as human rights and rights to privacy
    - Development of Free/Open source software and projects to disseminate their value
    - Projects and events for IT culture-related international cooperation and exchange programs for working-level officials in relevant organizations.
    - Projects for establishing and operating the Digital Open Archive
    - Other projects and research that promote the positive value of IT culture
  9. We do not award grants to the following projects:
    - Political, religious, for-profit projects
    - Projects that only provide media equipment
    - Projects that have received over 1/2 support of its project budget from other groups or from the government

  1. Interested groups, teams or individuals
    - No regional or national restrictions.
    - Only projects that can be completed within one (1) year from time of support are awarded grants

  1. Expenses required to carry out a given project
    - Not applicable to cases of asset acquisition/increase by the applicant e.g., rent
    - No limitation on labor costs or self-financed expenses
    - When labor costs and other operation costs required to run the project exceed 50%, specific reasons must be provided.

  1. Grantseeking is open year-round through the Application page on the Daum Foundation Web site

  1. Evaluation usually takes approximately two months. The result is posted on the official Web site or notified individually.

  1. Successful applications are subject to cancellation, even after being finalized, if they are found to be falsified or unqualified.
  2. Information on the applicant’s project is shared on the Web site of the Daum Foundation.

  1. Yang-ho, Cho (82-2-6718-0640, choasin@daumfoundation.org)
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