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Industry
MSIT, education ministry select four national research labs with annual 10 billion won support
South Korea has selected four university-affiliated research institutes as National Research Labs (NRL 2.0) to lead basic research. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Education Ministry said support will begin on July 1. Each lab will receive up to 10 billion won a year for up to 10 years, though 5 billion won will be provided this year for six months. Funding levels may change depending on future budgets.
AI & Enterprise
MSIT selects 18 leader researchers for nine-year support
South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT selected 18 researchers for its 2026 basic research Leader Research programme and will begin providing support from June 1. The programme aims to foster creative basic research capacity and deepen research in science and engineering fields. Leader Research, launched in 1997, provides nine years of long-term support under Type A and newly introduced Type B funding tracks.
People
Jung Myeongsoo of Panacea wins January Korea science and technology award
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Research Foundation selected Jung Myeongsoo, CEO of Panacea and a chair professor at KAIST, as the January recipient of the Korea Science and Technology Award. The ministry said it upgraded the award’s name this year. Jung was recognized for modular AI data center architecture and link technologies based on CXL that improve scalability and operational flexibility, and for outlining integration of accelerator links and HBM.