Dong-Eui University Selected for Industry-Academia-Research Collaboration Leading University Project... 24 Billion KRW Support Over 6 Years

Dong-Eui University.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Duyul] Dong-Eui University has been finally selected for the 3rd phase Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Leading University Development Project (LINC 3.0), hosted by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea.

With this selection, Dong-Eui University plans to receive a total support of approximately 24 billion KRW over six years starting from 2022, focusing investments on core projects to activate industry-academia cooperation and technology commercialization based on enterprise-department convergence.

The LINC 3.0 project follows the 1st phase LINC and 2nd phase LINC+ projects, aiming to "spread the industry-academia-research cooperation growth model to nurture future talents and foster entrepreneurial universities." A total of 76 universities in three general university categories and 59 specialized colleges participate in the project.

Dong-Eui University was selected under the general university type 2, the demand-customized growth type, and will proceed with the project aiming to advance human resource development and activate corporate support as required by industry and future society.

Through this project, Dong-Eui University plans to further enhance the systems, organizations, and performance management frameworks for industry-academia-research cooperation, strengthen industry-academia-research collaboration by fostering demand-customized technology commercialization and advanced field human resources.

The university also plans to create key outcomes centered on WG (Working Group), an industry-academia cooperation community unit organization combining departments, companies, and research institutes.

To this end, new organizations will be established, including a Performance Management Center for systematic project performance management, an Industry-Academia Education Institute for corporate needs education and incumbent worker training, a Corporate Demand Discovery Team for providing one-stop industry-academia services, and a Technology Management Support Office for integrated corporate technology support.

For sharing and collaboration with WG family companies, which are the core area of the project, a WG Support Center, Family Company Cooperation Center, and Shared Collaboration Center will also be established.

Lee Im-geon, Director of the Industry-Academia Cooperation Group, said, "Through the LINC 3.0 project, we plan to secure the sustainability of the talent development system and further strengthen the platform for corporate support and high value-added creation, innovatively achieving win-win development between the university and industry."

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