Ministry of Education to Invest 400 Billion Won Annually to Train Master's and Doctoral Personnel

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The Ministry of Education will invest 2.9 trillion KRW over seven years to train more than 19,000 master's and doctoral-level personnel.

The Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea announced the preliminary selection results of the 4th phase of the 'Brain Korea 21' project centered on this on the 6th. A total of 562 education and research groups from 68 universities were preliminarily selected.

This project, which will be carried out over seven years starting next month, will provide 408 billion KRW annually for graduate student research scholarships and salaries for early-career researchers. By detailed project type, 197 education and research groups and 176 education and research teams were selected for the 'Future Talent Development Project,' which aims to enhance research capabilities in core academic fields. For the newly established 'Innovative Talent Development Project,' designed to train convergent and interdisciplinary research personnel, 189 education and research groups were selected.

By university, Seoul National University was selected the most with 42 education and research groups and 4 education and research teams, followed by Sungkyunkwan University with 28 education and research groups and 3 education and research teams.

The final selection will be confirmed in September after an objection procedure and on-site inspections to verify the authenticity of submitted materials.

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