Cooperative Activities between Ko-rea and Switzerland

March 31 2014

Dr. Tae-Hee KimNational Research Foundation of Korea

Table of Contents

Introduction of NRF

Korean Swiss Science and Technol-ogy Cooperation

NRF-SNSF Cooperation

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2

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• 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

1. Introduction of NRF : history

NRF

Science, Engineering,International Cooperation

Science, Engineering,Humanities,

Social Sciences,International Cooperation

International Cooperation

KOSEF

KRF

KICOS

NRF covers all academic disci-plinesScience, Engineering, Humanities,Social Sciences, Inter-disciplinary Studies

Integrated support for interdisciplinary research

Eliminating overlapping functions among organizations

Promoting demand-oriented research management sys-

tem

1. Introduction of NRF : coverage

NRF Seoul Office

Seoul

DaejeonNRF Main Office China

Korea

Japan

150km

1. Introduction of NRF : location

President

Director General

Directorate forAcademicPromotion

Directorate forNational Scienceand Engineering

Programs

International Advisory Committee

Directorate forHumanities andSocial Sciences

Directorate forBasic Researchin Science and

Engineering

Center forInternational

Affairs

Directorate forStrategic Resources

Management

NRF BoardInspector General

NRF has a total workforce of 492 as of March 2014 21 program managers from universities & research institutes 298 permanent employees 194 contract employees

Office of R&D Policy

Office of Planning and Coordination

1. Introduction of NRF : org. structure and staffs

Budget : KRW 3,699 Billion(USD 3.1 Bill. )

Research and Development

69%

Human resources25%

Infrastructure in Science and Tech-

nology2%

International Cooperation

3%

Others1%

1. Introduction of NRF : total budget

65%

14%

15%

6%

Investment Ratio

BasicFundamentalCommercializedOthers

Basic Research

Fundamental Nuclear Climate Change

International Cooperation

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

24,674

2,708 2,017105 1,143

Number of Projects per program

1. Introduction of NRF : domain breakdown and project number

65%

34%

1%

Beneficiary for the pro-grams managed by NRF

Univ Research Inst.

Industry

29,556

1,388,740

722,156

IT BT NT ET ST0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

700,000

800,000

184,493

694,810

244,248

286,531

146,847

Areas supported by NRF

44.6%

11.8%

15.7%

18.4%

9.4%

1. Introduction of NRF : beneficiary types and areas

Cooperation planning & management

GRL/GRNSupport

foreign institutesto set up in Korea

EU,InternationalOrganization

AsiaAfrica,

Developing countriesAustralia, New Zealand

Overseas Offices &Overseas Cooperation Centers USA, China, Japan, Sweden

Center for International Affairs

Office ofAmerican & European Affairs

Office of Global planning

International ResearchCollaboration Team

Global CooperationPlanning Team

Office ofAsian & African Affairs

Africa and DevelopmentCooperation Team

Asia Team

Center for International Affairs1. Introduction of NRF : org. structure within CIA

American and European Team

EU & InternationalOrganization Team

America, Europe

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Europe(38 agencies in 22 countries)

`DFG, AvH, MPG, DAADAFRC, ESRC, RS, BCEPSRC, BBSRC, CNRSIVA, STINT, VR, FNRSFWO, CNR, SNSF, AF, SINTEF, IIASA, FWF, CSIC, FORTH, NOW, OTKA, HAS, HAE, RAS, PAS, GACR, ASCR, SSF, NASU, RA, SAS,

TUBITAK, SNSF

Africa(3 agencies in 3 countries)

ASRT, CNRST, NRF

America(6 agencies in 6 countries)

NSF, NSERC, CONACYTCONICYT, CONICET, CNPq

Oceania(5 agencies in 2 countriesAAS, ARC, ATSE, FRST, RSNZ

Asia(17 agencies in 10 countries)

JSPS, JST, NSFC, CAS, CASSCSTEC, ICSSR, INSALIPI, NRCT, VASS, VASTMAS, NAST, NRCP, SCST

66 foreign sister agencies in 42 countries (As of March 2014)

1. Introduction of NRF : status of collaboration

2. Korea-Switzerland Cooperation : policy platforms

Korea-Swiss S&T MoU Signed

Korea-Swiss Net-work establish-ment, Internet Homepage (KOSI-NUS) 1st Korea-Swiss

S&T Forum, SKORE-Awards

1st(‘95.10) 3rd(‘01.02) 4th(‘03.05)

2nd Korea-Swiss S&T Forum, Focal Point Project (Prof.Cho & Prof.Manson) SKORE-Awards, Science House

Future coopera-tion between Korea-Switzer-land

5th(‘06.04)2nd(‘95.10)

Korea-Swiss Round Table on S&T

Korea-Swiss Joint Committee Meeting

1st(`09.06) • Agreed to Initiate Korea-Swiss Cooperation

Program (Mobility)

2nd(`11.05) • Agreed to Expand Korea-Swiss Cooperation

Program (Joint Research)

2. Korea-Switzerland Cooperation : main events

Water Management

Sustainable Building

Water Management

Biomedical Engineering

Novel trends at the frontier of

Computing and Electronics

‘10.09 Korea

‘11.11Swiss

‘12.04 Korea

‘13.05Swiss

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Korea-Swiss Science Day Korea Swiss Summit

• Agreed to initiate Korea-

Swiss Innovation Program

• KIST-EMPA MoU Signing

• KAIST-EPFL MoU Signing

‘14.01

Program Details

Objectives

• To solidify relations with Switzerland and search for opportunities to expand cooperation in re-lated fields developing new projects that will contribute to strengthening and expanding net-works for S&T cooperation between Korea and Switzerland

2. Korea-Switzerland Cooperation : ongoing program

•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

CategoryYear

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Budget (KRW mil) 230 260 0 360 360

Number of Projects 12 13 0 6 6

2009 2010 2011 20120

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

209

260 260

360

SwitzerlandU.KItalyGermanyFrance

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

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

2009 2010 2011 20120

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

12

13

6 66

5

87

9 9 99

15

10

8

14

1515 15

SwitzerlandUKItalyGermanyFrance

3. NRF-SNSF Cooperation Program : projects and modality

Joint Research Joint Seminar Scientist Exchange0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Results of KOSEF-NRF Cooperation from 1997-2009

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090

2

4

6

8

Numbers of Project

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