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MSIT to expand global research talent recruitment, strengthen settlement support

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT will expand support to attract overseas science and technology talent. The ministry said it selected new projects for its 2026 Overseas Outstanding Scientist Attraction Programme (BP/BP+) under the \"Brain to Korea\" initiative. The initiative aims to recruit 2,000 global talents by 2030. The selection includes 85 individual-recruitment projects and 5 institutional-recruitment projects, with support for costs such as salaries, stay expenses and research funding.

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Korea Nano Technology Institute names Byun Dae-seok as new president

The Korea Nano Technology Institute said on Sunday it appointed Byun Dae-seok (변대석), a former professor at Samsung Electronics\' Samsung Institute of Technology, as its eighth president. His three-year term runs until June 8, 2029. Byun, born in 1968, studied electrical engineering at Seoul National University and spent 26 years at Samsung Electronics. The institute was designated in May as a public nano-fab center under the Nano Technology Development Promotion Act.

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Korea to hold 2027 R&D budget strategy meeting, focus on funding restructuring

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Office of Planning and Budget held a strategy meeting on April 30 to discuss next year\'s research and development investment and the 2027 R&D budget. The government will allocate related budgets from an integrated national perspective to improve efficiency and consistency. It plans to restructure government R&D by linking spending cuts and efficiency measures to reinvestment, and to strengthen evaluations and inter-ministerial collaboration.