The National Research Council of Science and Technology (NST) announced on the 17th that it held a meeting with the Directors General of five global TOP strategic research teams selected last year.
The 'Global TOP Strategic Research Team Support Project' is one of the NST's convergence research projects aimed at breaking down barriers between government-funded research institutes in the field of science and technology, establishing an open industry-academia-research cooperation system, and achieving national-level large research results.
At the meeting held on the 14th, Kim Young-sik, the chairperson of NST, and the Directors General of the five strategic research teams attended. The meeting discussed strategies for generating results from the strategic research teams, enhancing the commercialization potential of research outcomes, and ways to activate industry-academia-research collaboration.
Chairperson Kim Young-sik noted, 'NST will comprehensively support the government-funded research institutes participating in the strategic research teams so that we can pursue the completeness of research and development (R&D) as one true team,' and urged them to 'diligently engage in research to create large results, taking responsibility to meet the expectations of the public through the creation of a self-directed research environment and support.'