Polar Research Postdoctoral and Post-Master Researchers, 17 Fields (Email Applications Allowed for Foreign Applicants) — KOPRI (Incheon)

The Korea Polar Research Institute in Songdo is recruiting postdoctoral and post-master research fellows across 17 fields. This is Korea's polar science institute, and the notice carries several clauses written specifically for foreign applicants.

■ What the notice says about foreign applicants
- Applications normally go only through the institute's recruitment site, but the notice states that email applications are allowed for the foreigner recruitment fields.
- It states that applicants living overseas can have a video interview.
- It states that foreign nationals are hired only where they hold a residence status that permits legal employment, and asks for a visa that proves this as of the expected start in November 2026, along with a criminal record check issued by your own country.
- One field, on Arctic palaeoclimate modelling and the combined analysis of proxy reconstruction data with climate models, is marked as open to Korean and foreign applicants alike.

■ Duties
- Research across the institute's polar science programme. The notice also mentions the chance to visit the Antarctic and Arctic research stations and take part in fieldwork.

■ Who can apply
- Postdoctoral fellows need a doctorate; there are also post-master positions. The notice asks for someone able to start within three months of the final result for the postdoctoral route, and within one month for the other.

■ Terms
- Training runs to a maximum of five years for the postdoctoral route and two years for the other, contracted one year at a time. Pay is not stated in the notice. The expected start is November 2026.

■ How to apply
- Through the institute's recruitment site linked from the notice, or by email if you are applying to one of the foreigner recruitment fields. Applications run from 21 September to 6 October 2026, closing at 18:00.

■ Original posting
- https://www.kopri.re.kr/kopri/html/comm/040302.html?mode=V&no=5faeedc6afefdac4b131602681c1f9df&GotoPage=1