SKKU Professors were selected as the leading research of the Ministry of Science and Technology
- 공과대학
- Hit5061
- 2020-08-19
Professor Park Ho-seok of the Department of Chemical Engineering/Polymer Engineering and Professor Cho Kyu-jin of the Department of Biophysics were selected as the leading research and excellent research centers of the Ministry of Science and Technology, respectively.
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 1st that it has selected 17 leaders who support Korea's best basic researchers and 18 excellent research centers that support excellent research groups.
Five people, including Ahn Jung-geun, a professor at Korea University in the field of natural science, four others, including Lim Dae-sik, a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and Jeong Yeon-seok, a professor at Seoul National University in the field of basic science, were selected for the study of leaders.
In addition, Park Ho-seok, a professor at Seoul National University, and Park Jeong-wook, a professor at Yonsei University, were selected for the field of ICT convergence.
The "Leader Research" will provide an average of 800 million won per person per year, or about 7 billion won for nine years.
This year, 17 applicants were selected through preliminary evaluations, overseas evaluations, presentation evaluations and debate evaluations. Seven researchers in their 40s or younger were selected, and in the field of basic medicine, KAIST professor Joo Young-seok will be the only one in his 30s to carry out leader research.
Among 76 research groups, 18 centers were selected for the "leading research center," which will provide 14 to 2 billion won a year to 10 excellent research groups for seven years, by evaluating their growth potential and excellence in joint research implementation plans.
Five centers, including Pohang University of Science and Technology's Quantum Dynamics Research Center, Smart Packaging in Engineering (ERC), and Sungkyunkwan University's R2R Printing Flexible Computer Development Research Center, which can contribute to the IoT and biochip industries, were selected to identify quantum compatibility, a difficult problem in quantum mechanics.
In the field of basic medicine (MRC), four research centers, including Chungbuk National University's "Research Center for Severe Disorder Diseases," which studies lung fibrosis known through the infection of the new strain of the virus, were recently selected, while Busan National University (eco-friendly smart ship), Kangwon National University (biopharmaceuticals), Chonnam National University (digital biomedicine), and Chungnam National University (biopharmaceutical materials and diagnosis) were selected for the Regional Innovation Research Center).
A total of 100 were selected this year for the "Basic Research Laboratory," which supports small group research of three to four people. It will provide 500 million won every year for three years.
This year, 49 percent (49 out of 100) of the selected tasks were made up of those in their 40s or younger, as it made it mandatory for young researchers to participate in new research.
At universities in the Seoul metropolitan area, Seoul National University selected eight new assignments, followed by Hanyang University with seven. At local universities, 27 tasks were selected, and Kyungpook National University was selected the most as five.