The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 30th that it has completed the project solicitation and selection for the new "Korea-U.S. Strategic Technology Preemptive Standardization Project" aimed at securing technological standards in the national strategic technology field and will begin full support. This project will be carried out in cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Ministry of Science and ICT plans to support joint research activities linked to standard development and implementation for domestic research institutions that have agreed to collaborate with NIST. After this year's evaluation, a total of eight projects were finally selected, with a total of 12.5 billion won to be invested over three years for each project.
The "2025 Youth Invention Festival," hosted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office and organized by the Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA), will be held for three days from the 31st to August 2 at the Daejeon Convention Center. The event will kick off with an opening ceremony at 11 a.m. on the 31st, followed by the awards ceremony and exhibition for the 38th Korea Student Invention Exhibition, the finals and awards ceremony for the Korea Student Creativity Champion Contest, and various invention and intellectual property education and experience programs. Viewing and participation will be available from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and admission is free. More details can be found on the invention education portal site (www.ip-edu.net).
On the 29th, the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) and the Small Enterprise & Market Service (SEMAS) signed a business agreement for the RISE framework linkage to build a regional development ecosystem at SEMAS headquarters located in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon. NRF plans to support the planning, consulting, and promotion of collaboration models for supporting small enterprises and revitalizing traditional markets in connection with regional RISE centers and RISE-selected universities. SEMAS intends to actively link and support the human and material resources needed for the individual projects carried out by RISE universities to support the generation of practical outcomes centered on the field.
The Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) held the "4th Korea-Canada Battery Research and Development (R&D) Workshop" on the 29th and 30th in Montreal, Canada. This workshop included 18 representatives from both countries, such as the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST) and POSCO FUTURE M, discussing key issues in the battery field, including lithium-ion battery anode materials, all-solid-state batteries, recycling technologies, and critical mineral supply chains. During the workshop, a memorandum of understanding for joint research was also signed between KIER and the Clean Energy Innovation Center of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC CEI).