Basic Science Institute was selected as the self-operating and focused research institutes
- 자연과학대학
- Hit2049
- 2019-06-03
Basic Science Institute at SKKU was selected as the self-operating and focused research institutes.
The education authorities will carry out a project to increase utilization of science and engineering research equipment, which had been scattered throughout each research lab.
The Ministry of Education, the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Korea Basic Science Institute announced the results of their selection of 'Project to Strengthen the Research Capabilities of Basic Science' and 'Project to Support University-focused Research Institute' on 30 May.
A project to strengthen research capabilities of basic science is to collect research equipment that is not utilized in each field into 'core research support centers' designated for being managed by dedicated personnel. Last year, it operated at three universities on a trial basis and expanded to 20 core research support centers this year. The selected universities will receive 300 million won to 600 million won annually, including costs for operating facilities and equipment for three to six years, as well as labor costs for dedicated personnel (technicians).
Also, the Ministry of Education has newly designated 22 university affiliated research institutes as 'University Focused Research Institute' that serve as hubs for academic research in science and engineering. Based on the universityies' mid- and long-term plans to nurture the research institutes and the possibility of developing them into regional hubs, they will carry out research projects with govermental fund between 700 million won and 1.1 billion won annually for six to nine years. This year, the government selected the Seoul National University Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University's Institute of Basic Science, Natural Science Institute of KAIST and Jeju National University's Institute of Basic Science as "self-operating and focused research institutes." These research institutes will receive funding for their projects through 'block funding' method where heads of their organizations have autonomy to execute their budgets.
This is a translation of the article by Lee Jin-han, MBN.
(the original article in Korean: https://www.mk.co.kr/news/society/view/2019/05/362316/)