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Cooperative Activities between Korea and Switzerland

Cooperative Activities between Korea and Switzerland. March 31 2014 Dr. Tae- Hee Kim National Research Foundation of Korea. Table of Contents. 1. 2. 3. 1 . Introduction of NRF : history . May, 1977 KOSEF established Apr. 1981 KRF established

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Cooperative Activities between Korea and Switzerland

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  1. Cooperative Activities between Korea and Switzerland March 31 2014 Dr. Tae-Hee Kim National Research Foundation of Korea

  2. Table of Contents 1 2 3

  3. 1. Introduction of NRF : history • May, 1977 KOSEF established • Apr. 1981 KRF established • Feb. 2004 KICOS established • Mar. 2009 NRF Act enacted (Legislation No. 9518) • Jun. 2009 NRF launched by a merger of KOSEF, KRF, KICOS • KOSEF : Korea Science and Engineering Foundation • KRF : Korea Research Foundation • KICOS : Korea Foundation for International Cooperation of Science and Technology

  4. 1. Introduction of NRF : coverage Science, Engineering, International Cooperation KOSEF NRF NRF covers all academic disciplines Science, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences, Inter-disciplinary Studies Science, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences, International Cooperation KRF International Cooperation KICOS • Integrated support for interdisciplinary research • Eliminating overlapping functions among organizations • Promoting demand-oriented research management system

  5. 1. Introduction of NRF : location Seoul NRF Seoul Office 150km Daejeon China NRF Main Office Korea Japan

  6. 1. Introduction of NRF : org. structure and staffs President NRF Board Inspector General International Advisory Committee 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 • NRF has a total workforce of 492 as of March 2014 • 21 program managers from universities & research institutes • 298 permanent employees • 194 contract employees

  7. 1. Introduction of NRF : total budget Budget : KRW 3,699 Billion(USD 3.1 Bill. )

  8. Introduction of NRF : domain breakdown and project number

  9. 1. Introduction of NRF : beneficiary types and areas

  10. 1. Introduction of NRF : org. structure within CIA Center for International Affairs Center for International Affairs Office of American & European Affairs Office of Global planning Office of Asian & African Affairs Global Cooperation Planning Team International Research Collaboration Team American and European Team EU & International Organization Team Asia Team Africa and Development Cooperation Team Cooperation planning & management GRL/GRN Support foreign institutes to set up in Korea America, Europe EU, International Organization Asia Africa, Developing countries Australia, New Zealand Overseas Offices& Overseas Cooperation Centers USA, China, Japan, Sweden

  11. 1. Introduction of NRF : status of collaboration 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 America (6 agencies in 6 countries) NSF, NSERC, CONACYT CONICYT, CONICET, CNPq ` Oceania (5 agencies in 2 countries AAS, ARC, ATSE, FRST, RSNZ Africa (3 agencies in 3 countries) ASRT, CNRST, NRF

  12. 2. Korea-Switzerland Cooperation : policy platforms • Korea-Swiss Round Table on S&T • Korea-Swiss Joint Committee Meeting • 2ndKorea-Swiss • S&T Forum, • Focal Point Project • (Prof.Cho & Prof.Manson) • SKORE-Awards, • Science House • Korea-Swiss Network establishment, Internet Homepage (KOSINUS) • Future cooperation between Korea-Switzerland • 1st Korea-Swiss S&T Forum, SKORE-Awards • Korea-Swiss S&T MoUSigned 2nd(‘95.10) 5th(‘06.04) 1st(‘95.10) 3rd(‘01.02) 4th(‘03.05)

  13. 2. Korea-Switzerland Cooperation : main events • Korea-Swiss Science Day Korea Swiss Summit Water Management Sustainable Building 1st ‘10.09 Korea ‘11.11 Swiss ‘14.01 2nd Water Management • Agreed to initiate Korea-Swiss Innovation Program • KIST-EMPA MoUSigning • KAIST-EPFL MoUSigning ‘12.04 • Korea 3rd Biomedical Engineering ‘13.05 • Swiss Novel trends at the frontier of Computing and Electronics 4th

  14. 2. Korea-Switzerland Cooperation : ongoing program • 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 Objectives • 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

  15. 2. Korea-Switzerland Cooperation : funding scale for the bilateral programs

  16. 2. Korea-Switzerland Cooperation : number of projects under bilateral programs

  17. 3. NRF-SNSF Cooperation Program : projects and modality

  18. Thank you

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