Participating Research Institutes

  Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Since its foundation in 1976, ETRI, a global ICT research institute, has been making its immense effort to provide Korea a remarkable growth in the field of ICT industry. ETRI delivers Korea as one of the top ICT nations in the World, by unceasingly developing world?s first and best technologies.Building on its past success, ETRI continues to dedicate in R&D to maintain its place among world?s best research institutes leading creative economy.
With its vision of being ?ICT Innovator, For a Great Tomorrow?, ETRI will challenge continuously to develop creative and innovative technologies to be responsible for world ICT industry beyond Korea by creating innovative research achievement, securing global IP competitiveness and establishing world-class advanced management system.

  Korea Institute of Planning & Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries

iPET was established to efficiently support the planning, management and evaluation of R&D projects in food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries in accordance with the Act on Promotion of Science and Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. It is a quasi-government institute under Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.


   Korea Institute of Civil engineering & Building technology

KICT is a government-sponsored research institute established with a goal of conducting comprehensive research in land and infrastructure technology, developing cutting-edge technologies for safer and more convenient SOC infra construction, contributing to the establishment and execution of government policy regarding land and infrastructure, and providing the technology needed to solve the problems private construction companies face. KICT has extensive R&D capabilities and experiences in the areas of highway, pavement, ITS, construction materials, bridges and tunnels, wind tower and foundation, geotechnics, ICT application in infrastructures, energy efficient building, off-site construction, water management, water waste treatment, environmental engineering, and fire research.

  Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials

Global Research Institute Leading Mechanical Technologies for Creative Economy KIMM contributes to the development of the nation and its industries by developing and spreading fundamental key technologies in mechanical engineering, and by conducting reliability and evaluation test of the related products. Key Technologies: Advanced Manufacturing Systems, Extreme Mechanical Engineering, Nano-Convergence Mechanical Systems, Environmental and Energy Systems, Mechanical Systems Safety.

   Korea Institute of Science and Technology-Europe    

KIST Europe is located in Saarbrücken, Germany, as an overseas branch of the KIST in Seoul, Korea. The KIST Europe is the first and only Korean government commissioned R&D institute abroad in order to build global S&T networks with prominent EU research institutes in the field of basic and application orientated researches.

  Korea Insitute of Industrial Technology 

KITECH is a South Korean government research institute, established in 1989 to help develop technologies for the domestic industry, with focus on export competitiveness and SMEs. KITECH's focus is on the development and management of manufacturing technologies for SMEs. The institute receives both government and private funding, and distributes most of its research grants to private companies.

Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

World class public research institute leading the chemical industry in Korea via
- Development of chemical technologies and relevant convergence technologies
- Contribution to strengthening competitiveness of Korean chemical industries and creation of new growth engine for national economy Key Technologies:
- Environmentally-friendly chemical process technology
- High value-added, green chemical materials
- Novel drug candidates for disease treatment
- Green chemical convergence technology as a new growth engine
- Public infrastructure to support chemical enterprises


 National Research Foundation of Korea

The National research foundation is entrusted with an important mission to enhance the capacity of academic research and science and technology. The foundation has become one of the best research funding agencies in the world by creating future knowledge and fostering next-generation researchers.