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Kang Joon-Ho Research Grant
The Kang Joon-Ho Research Grant provides funding opportunity for early career scholars. Professor Joon-Ho Kang (Seoul National University) gratefully committed to become a life-time donor to support Korean scholars in the field of sport management and related fields. This grant will help faculty members and post docs to advance their scholarship in their program of research.
KAASM is pleased to announce that Dr. Joon-Ho Kang, one of the most prominent pioneers who have made substantial contributions to the field of sport management in Korea, has pledged a lifetime annual donation of $1,000 to the organization to recognize Korean scholars' scholarly achievement and contribution to the discipline. With Dr. Kang's generous gift, the KAASM has begun to confer a new research grant award from 2019, i.e., "Kang Joon-Ho Research Grant". This grant is open to all members in their early career to help support their new research that will advance the field.
Dr. Joon-Ho Kang's Bio
Dr. Kang is Director of Global Sport Management Graduate Program and Professor of Sport Management at Seoul National University. He earned his Ph.D. in sport management from the University of Michigan. He has been an editorial board member of Journal of Sport Management, International Journal of Sport Finance, and Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science. His research interest concerns sport development, sport consumer behavior, sport sponsorship, and sport industry. He has extensive consulting and advising experiences for global corporations, governments, cities, media, professional sports leagues/teams, and sport governing bodies.
Past Winners
2024 Jinsu Byun (Yonsei University) and Kyu Ha Choi (Paul Smith's College)
Youngho Park (University of Miami)
2023 Seungmin Kang (North Dakota State University)
Juha Yoon and Cassandra Cable (Indiana University)
2022 Doo Jae Park (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Minjung Kim & Hansoo Kim (Texas A&M University)
2021 Changwook Kim (University of Florida)
2020 NaRi Shin, Wonseok Jang, Joon Sung Lee (co-investigators)
2019 Ari Kim, Lucy Jiesun Lee
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