P.J. Ivanhoe (City University of Hong Kong), a leading scholar of Chinese philosophy, has been awarded roughly 1.3 million U.S. dollars from the Korean Studies Promotion Service of the Academy of Korean Studies to conduct a major research project on Korean Philosophy from Comparative Perspectives. The period of the grant is five years. The aim is to bring the study of Korean philosophy more into the mainstream of world philosophy. There will be workshops, international conferences, post-doc opportunities and sponsoring of senior western philosophers in connection with the project. More information here.