Ministry of the Interior and Safety Invests 103.4 Billion KRW in Disaster Safety R&D Projects

Announcement of New Disaster Safety Research and Development Projects Starting from the 18th

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 17th that it plans to invest 103.4 billion won in disaster safety research and development projects this year.

The Ministry's investment in disaster safety R&D projects has shown an average annual growth rate of 24% over the past five years, with this year's budget increasing by 15.4 billion won from last year's 88 billion won to 103.4 billion won. The budget increase is due to the significant impact of new types of disasters such as COVID-19 on people's daily lives, and the growing frequency and scale of disaster damage each year, which has increased the need for the development of response technologies.

The Ministry plans to allocate government funds to 18 projects with 155 tasks, including five new R&D projects this year. The five newly launched projects include development of disaster risk detection and monitoring technologies (2.5 billion won), AI-based flood and wind disaster risk prediction technology development for climate change response (3.1 billion won), earthquake risk analysis and management technology development (4.1 billion won), support for commercialization of disaster safety technologies (4.2 billion won), and joint research technology development for disaster safety (2.4 billion won).

The Ministry will post the "2022 Ministry of the Interior and Safety Disaster Safety R&D Project Implementation Plan" containing these details, along with the request for proposals for new R&D tasks, on the Ministry's website and the National Science and Technology Knowledge Information Service starting from the 18th. Among the 65 new R&D tasks, 44 tasks are open for application, excluding 21 tasks such as urgent issue response tasks and those conducted internally by the National Disaster Safety Research Institute.

Lee Han-kyung, Director of the Disaster Cooperation Office at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, said, "As the scale of R&D investment expands, we hope for active participation from research institutions and researchers who can produce practical results that prevent disasters and reduce damage."

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