OMEP New Scholar Award
The OMEP New Scholar Award is a world project of OMEP, created in 2019, that promotes study and research related to early childhood education and care in order to facilitate understanding of the rights and needs of young children worldwide.
Evaluation Committee
It has the support of the OMEP National Committee of the Republic of Korea and has an Evaluation Committee made up of:
- Udomluck Kulapichitr (OMEP VP for Asia Pacific)
- Soonhwan Kim & Min Young Jang (OMEP Korea)
- Sandie Wong (OMEP Australia)
- Cate Carroll (OMEP UK)
- Gabriela Etchebehere (OMEP Uruguay)
Selection Process
Each year the OMEP New Scholar Award Committee reviews abstracts and selects up to two applications for award:
- One for a postgraduate student (during masters or doctoral degree).
- One for an early career researcher (within 5 years from gaining doctoral degree).
Winners will receive their award at OMEP's World Annual Conference.
2027 New Scholar Award Call
See application form and guidelines of the last call
OMEP World Project · 2020 - 2026
New Scholar Award Started as OMEP World Project since 2020
Proposed and funded by OMEP Korea Committee
Proposed in 2019 World OMEP Assembly, Panama. Started from 2020 as OMEP World Project.
Purpose of New Scholar Award
To facilitate the understanding of the rights and needs of young children worldwide.
New Scholar Award and OMEP
To recruit early career researchers from around the world and strengthen networking in the young generation within OMEP.
OMEP New Scholar Award
| Awardee position | Name | Nationality | Research title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Graduate Student | Siyu Zhou | China | Does organizational commitment buffer the relation between work to family conflict and emotional exhaustion in beginning and experienced preschool teachers? |
| Early Career Researcher | Jane Spiteri | Malta | Perceptions of environmental sustainability held by young children in Malta |
OMEP New Scholar Award
| Awardee position | Name | Nationality | Research title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Graduate Student | Hyowon Suh | South Korea | Kindergarten teachers' perception on adoption of inter-cultural education via philosophical discussion |
| Early Career Researcher | Leung Kit-ying, Suzannie | HK, China | Pretend play in socially engaged art: Resisting neoliberalism through children's voices |
OMEP New Scholar Award
| Awardee position | Name | Nationality | Research title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Graduate Student | Lynette Cheng & Sarah Powell | Australia | Critical multimodal literacy in early childhood education |
| Post Graduate Student | Kuai Song & Li Hou | China | The impact of parenting burnout on electronic media use of preschoolers |
| Early Career Researcher | Andrea Otero Mayer, Consuelo Vélazde Medrano & Eva Expósito Casas | Spain | Understanding key factors in quality early childhood education care for children under 3 |
OMEP New Scholar Award
| Awardee position | Name | Nationality | Research title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Graduate Student | Gunita Delijeva & Aija Ozola | Latvia | State language and culture as values in a linguistically diverse preschool education environment |
| Early Career Researcher | Sho Aoyama & Sayaka Morita | Japan | The effects of Onigokko which is a traditional Japanese physical play in improving executive function in 5-year-old children |
OMEP New Scholar Award
| Awardee position | Name | Nationality | Research title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Graduate Student | Mina Kwon | South Korea | Young children's perceptions of "No Kids Zones": Child-restricted spaces in South Korea |
| Early Career Researcher | Chikako Shibata | Japan | Making children's voices perceptible: Rethinking participation in nature-based early childhood education |