Awards for 'Healthy Laboratories' with Excellent Research Performance and Equality Culture

Ministry of Science and ICT Selects 10 Locations for Award Ceremony and Plaque Presentation

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] Ten research labs nationwide, including the Dankook University Tissue Regeneration Laboratory, have been selected as 'Healthy Research Labs.'

The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 2nd that it will select and reward 10 'Healthy Research Labs' that can serve as models for domestic research labs to promote a healthy research lab culture.

The Ministry of Science and ICT has been conducting this project since 2020 to share and spread examples of research labs excelling in lab culture, research management, and research outcomes. This year, 10 research labs were selected through document and presentation evaluations from 89 submitted labs (20 universities). The selection criteria included lab culture (innovation, organizational culture), management (performance management, safety), and research outcomes (human resource development).

The Ministry of Science and ICT will visit the 10 selected labs to encourage them and share best practices by holding a plaque ceremony and on-site meetings for healthy research labs every month. Additionally, support such as awarding the Minister of Science and ICT's certificate, granting the healthy research lab certification mark, and providing prize money will be given.

On this day, plaque ceremonies and meetings were held at the 3D Micro-Nanostructure Laboratory and the Intelligent Flexible Materials Laboratory of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

The Ministry of Science and ICT explained, "Common features include a horizontal culture such as student participation in lab operations, and excellent cases such as research data sharing, activation of industry-academia cooperation projects, and support for researchers' career paths have been discovered."

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