Up to 1.6 Billion Won Annually for Nine Years… New ‘Top-Tier’ Category Introduced
Large Number of Nineteen Eighties-Born Researchers Selected… Intensive Support for Quantum, AI, Aging, and Immunology Research
The Ministry of Science and ICT has chosen 18 new ‘national-level’ fundamental researchers to conduct world-class analysis, and will launch long-term, large-scale analysis assist. Starting this yr, a brand new ‘Top-Tier’ class has additionally been established, providing assist at double the earlier scale.
The Ministry of Science and ICT introduced the outcomes of the 2026 Basic Research Project Leader Program choice and said that assist for the chosen researchers will start on June 1.
The Leader Research Project is a flagship fundamental analysis program that selects world-class researchers and offers steady, long-term assist to allow them to deal with their work. It has continued for practically 30 years since its inception in 1997.
This yr, 15 researchers in Type A, who will every obtain annual assist of 800 million received, and three researchers within the newly established Type B (Top-Tier), who will every obtain 1.6 billion received yearly, had been chosen. The assist interval is as much as 9 years.
The Ministry defined that it carried out a complete analysis of analysis creativity, problem, and researcher competence by means of knowledgeable discussions and presentation assessments.
In specific, this yr’s choice noticed a major inclusion of researchers born within the Nineteen Eighties, signaling a generational shift. In Type B, Professor Kim Keunsu of Yonsei University and Professor Joo Youngseok of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) had been amongst these chosen.
Professor Kim Keunsu of Yonsei University is conducting analysis to make clear the mechanism of digital state reconstruction in quantum supplies, aiming to disclose the rules behind high-temperature superconductivity. High-temperature superconductivity, the place electrical resistance disappears at temperatures near room temperature, is taken into account a serious unresolved concern within the area of physics.
Professor Joo Youngseok of KAIST is researching mobile heterogeneity and LINE-1 transposition mechanisms that happen throughout getting older and carcinogenesis. The outcomes of this analysis are anticipated to contribute to establishing a basis for precision drugs and clarifying the causes of illnesses sooner or later.
Professor Kwon Sunghoon of Seoul National University is main analysis to find next-generation immune biomarkers based mostly on large-scale immune knowledge. This is anticipated to contribute to early illness prediction utilizing knowledge and the event of personalised remedy methods.
From Quantum, AI Semiconductors, to Immunotherapy… Focus on Core Technologies for the Future
Many initiatives chosen for Type A additionally fall throughout the area of core applied sciences for the longer term.
Professor Martin Steinegger of Seoul National University is researching a ‘world in silico immune system’ to reply to rising pathogens. Professor Steinegger, a German nationwide, has been named a ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ for 2 consecutive years, a recognition given to essentially the most influential researchers worldwide.
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Professor Noh Yongyoung of Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) is striving to implement wafer-scale synthetic intelligence (AI) computing chips utilizing low-temperature processed perovskite semiconductor expertise. This analysis is taken into account prone to advance the event of next-generation ultra-low-power AI computing methods.
Professor Lee Jongseok of Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) is researching applied sciences to manage non-equilibrium quantum states in an ultra-fast and ultra-precise method, aiming to put the inspiration for the event of next-generation quantum supplies and ultra-fast units.
Professor Kim Yuseon of Ajou University is working to make clear the mechanism of immunogenic cell dying, which is immediately linked to most cancers cell exercise, as a way to develop next-generation focused remedy methods.
Other chosen initiatives embody AI-based microbiome evaluation, 2D semiconductor-based 3D built-in units, on-device AI semiconductors, next-generation robotics, and automated verification software program applied sciences, overlaying a variety of future strategic expertise fields.
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Kim Sungsoo, coverage chief for R&D on the Ministry of Science and ICT, said, “To enhance basic research capabilities, it is important to create an environment where researchers can focus on their work over the long term and with stability,” including, “Through the expanded Leader Research Project, we will actively support the achievement of world-class research competitiveness.”
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