| Kyung-Ahm Prize | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Korea |
| Presented by | Geum-Jo Song |
| First awarded | 2005 |
| Website | Kyung-Ahm Education & Cultural Foundation |
| Kyung-Ahm Prize | |
| Hangul | |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 경암學術賞 |
| Revised Romanization | Gyeongam Haksulsang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏngam Haksulsang |
The Kyung-Ahm Prize is a series of awards presented annually from the Kyung-Ahm Education & Cultural Foundation. Founded in 2005 with a 100 billion KRW endowment by Geum-Jo Song,[1] the award originally had four categories and in addition to the award, laureates are given 100 million KRW[2] to 200 million KRW in prize money;[3] the highest nationally.[4] The foundation also hosts academic lectures by laureates.[5]
The award has been given to the following individuals among four to six categories. For certain years, there is not a winner under some categories.[6]
| Year | Humanities & Social Science |
Natural Science | Life Science | Engineering | Arts | Special Prize |
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| 2005 | Dong-il Cho | Young-Ki Paik | Byeong Gi Lee | Kyung Wha Chung | –
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| 2006 | Young Ick Lew | Soo-Jong Rey | Kunwoo Lee | Hyon-jong Chong | –
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| 2007 | Young Woo Han | Wonwoo Nam | Heun Lee | Unsuk Chin | –
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| 2008 | Myung Hwan Jung | Jeong Han Kim | Jongkyeong Chung | Bumman Kim | Kwang-cho Yoon | –
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| 2009 | Kyung-Man Kim | Tae Won Noh | Young-Joon Kim | Seung-Man Yang | Kun-Woo Paik | –
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| 2010 | Kyung Hwan Baik | Minhaeng Cho | Won-Jae Lee | Kwanghee Lee | Ji-ha Kim | –
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| 2011 | Hee-Sung Keel Yung Sik Kim |
Byung Hee Hong | Gou Young Koh | Seung-Woo Kim | Julia H. Moon | Byeng-Sen Park |
| 2012 | Chong-sik Lee | Yong-Geun Oh | Bong-Kiun Kaang | Young Moo Lee | –
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| 2013 | Young-hoon Rhee | Sukbok Chang | Min Goo Lee | Jeom Kee Paik | –
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Dae-joong Kim |
| 2014 | Jaegwon Kim | Soo-Bong Kim | Jang-Soo Chun | Hoi-Jun Yoo | –
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| 2015 | U-Chang Kim | Hyeonbae Kang | Sung Hee Baek | Mansoo Choi | –
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| 2016 | Heonik Kwon | Hyotcherl Ihee | Changjoon Justin Lee | Yang-Kook Sun | –
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| 2017 | Kyong-Dong Kim | Han-woong Yeom | Tae-Young Yoon | Jong-Ho Lee | –
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H-Sang Seung |
| 2018 | –
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JongHae Keum | Sohn Hoon | –
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Kwon O-Gon |
| 2019 | Lee Geun | Lee Young-hee | Hwang Cheolsang | Seok Sangil | –
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| 2020 | Nak-in Sung | Juyoung Yoon | Jeongho Lee | Cheol Seoung Hwang | –
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