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Introduction of NRF
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Korean Swiss Science and
Technology Cooperation
NRF-SNSF Cooperation
 KOSEF : Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
 KRF : Korea Research Foundation
 KICOS : Korea Foundation for International Cooperation of Science and Technology
KOSEF
Science, Engineering,
International Cooperation
KRF
Science, Engineering,
Humanities,
Social Sciences,
International Cooperation
KICOS
NRF
NRF covers all
academic
disciplines
Science, Engineering,
Humanities,
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies
International
Cooperation
 Integrated support for interdisciplinary research
 Eliminating overlapping functions among organizations
 Promoting demand-oriented research management system
Seoul
150km
Daejeon
China
Korea
Japan
President
Inspector General
International Advisory Committee
NRF Board
Director General
Office of R&D Policy
Office of Planning
and Coordination
Directorate for
Basic Research
in Science and
Engineering
Directorate for
Humanities and
Social Sciences
Directorate for
National Science
and Engineering
Programs
Directorate for
Academic
Promotion
Directorate for
Strategic Resources
Management
Center for
International
Affairs
Budget : KRW 3,699 Billion(USD 3.1 Bill. )
Research and
Development
69%
Human resources
25%
Infrastructure in
Science and
Technology
2%
Others
1%
International
Cooperation
3%
Number of Projects per program
Investment Ratio
30,000
24,674
25,000
6%
20,000
15%
Basic
Fundamental
15,000
Commercialized
14%
65%
Others
10,000
5,000
2,708
2,017
Fundamental
Nuclear
105
1,143
Climate
Change
International
Cooperation
0
Basic
Research
Beneficiary for the programs
Areas supported by NRF
managed by NRF
800,000
Research Inst.
700,000
Univ
Industry
1%
44.6%
694,810
600,000
29,556
500,000
400,000
34%
722,156
65%
1,388,740
15.7%
244,248
300,000
200,000
11.8%
184,493
18.4%
286,531
9.4%
146,847
100,000
0
IT
BT
NT
ET
ST
Center for International Affairs
Office of Global
planning
Global Cooperation International Research
Planning Team
Collaboration Team
Cooperation
planning &
management
GRL/GRN
Support
foreign institutes
to set up in Korea
Overseas Offices &
Overseas Cooperation Centers
Office of
American & European Affairs
Office of
Asian & African Affairs
American and
European Team
EU & International
Organization Team
Asia Team
Africa and Development
Cooperation Team
America, Europe
EU,
International
Organization
Asia
Africa,
Developing countries
Australia, New Zealand
USA, China, Japan, Sweden
66 foreign sister agencies in 42 countries (As of March 2014)
Europe
(38 agencies in 22 countries)
`DFG, AvH, MPG, DAAD
AFRC, ESRC, RS, BC
EPSRC, BBSRC, CNRS
IVA, STINT, VR, FNRS
FWO, CNR, SNSF, AF,
SINTEF, IIASA, FWF,
CSIC, FORTH, NOW,
OTKA, HAS, HAE, RAS,
PAS, GACR, ASCR, SSF,
NASU, RA, SAS,
TUBITAK,
SNSF
Asia
(17 agencies in 10 countries)
`
JSPS, JST, NSFC, CAS, CASS
CSTEC, ICSSR, INSA
LIPI, NRCT, VASS, VAST
MAS, NAST, NRCP, SCST
Oceania
Africa
(3 agencies in 3 countries)
ASRT, CNRST, NRF
(5 agencies in 2 countries
AAS, ARC, ATSE, FRST, RSNZ
America
(6 agencies in 6 countries)
NSF, NSERC, CONACYT
CONICYT, CONICET, CNPq
Korea-Swiss Round Table on S&T
2nd Korea-Swiss
S&T Forum,
Focal Point Project
Korea-Swiss
S&T MoU
Signed
1st(‘95.10)
Korea-Swiss
Network
establishment,
(Prof.Cho & Prof.Manson)
Internet
SKORE-Awards,
Homepage 1st Korea-Swiss
Science House
(KOSINUS) S&T Forum,
SKORE-Awards
2nd(‘95.10)
3rd(‘01.02)
4th(‘03.05)
Future
cooperation
between KoreaSwitzerland
5th(‘06.04)
Korea-Swiss Joint Committee Meeting
1st(`09.06)
2nd(`11.05)
• Agreed to Initiate Korea-Swiss Cooperation Program (Mobility)
• Agreed to Expand Korea-Swiss Cooperation Program (Joint Research)
Korea-Swiss Science Day
‘10.09
Korea
Water Management
Sustainable Building
•
‘11.11
Swiss
Water Management
‘12.04
Korea
Biomedical Engineering
‘13.05
Swiss
Korea Swiss Summit
Agreed to initiate KoreaSwiss Innovation Program
Novel trends at the frontier of
Computing and Electronics
•
KIST-EMPA MoU Signing
•
KAIST-EPFL MoU Signing
Objectives
• To solidify relations with Switzerland and search for opportunities to expand cooperation in
related fields developing new projects that will contribute to strengthening and expanding
networks for S&T cooperation between Korea and Switzerland
Program Details
• Funding Period : 1 year
• Eligible Fields : Energy, Environment, Information and Communication,
Life science, Material Science
• Funding Amount : 60 million KRW per project
• Funding Details
- Various cooperative networks, such as joint seminars and researcher exchange
Category
Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Budget (KRW mil)
230
260
0
360
360
Number of Projects
12
13
0
6
6
400
360
350
300
260
250
200
260
Switzerland
U.K
Italy
209
Germany
150
France
100
50
0
2009
2010
2011
2012
16
14
12
15
14
15
13
12
10
10
8
6
15
9
9
9
8
6
9
8
7
6
6
2011
2012
5
4
2
0
2009
2010
Switzerland
UK
Italy
Germany
France
Results of KOSEF-NRF Cooperation from 1997-2009
30
20
10
0
Joint Research
Joint Seminar
Scientist Exchange
Numbers of Project
10
5
0
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009