The government will reopen applications to fill the project director post for the AI scientist mission under the K-Moonshot project, which had become vacant. The National Research Council of Science and Technology is reported to have tabled a recruitment plan at a recent written meeting. It plans to run an open hiring process for about two weeks and expects the selected director to start around September. The role became vacant after a resignation citing conflicts of interest.

South Korea’s government will support young postdoctoral researchers and back industry-academia joint research in national strategic technology fields. The Ministry of Science and ICT said it selected 13 new consortia for its 2026 Strategic Technology Postdoctoral Industry-Academia Project. Companies will identify technology demand and form consortia with universities and state-funded research institutes. Selected consortia can receive up to 580 million won over two years, including personnel costs for postdoctoral researchers.