UNIST Selected as 'Laboratory-Specialized Startup Leading University'

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) was selected on the 7th as a ‘Laboratory Specialized Startup Leading University’ for 2023, jointly hosted by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and ICT.

The Laboratory Specialized Startup Leading University is a government-supported project aimed at revitalizing high value-added technology innovation startups based on excellent research achievements held by university laboratories.

Since 2021, UNIST has been selected as the lead institution for the first phase of the Laboratory Specialized Startup Leading University and has carried out various projects, producing 10 outstanding laboratory startup companies over the past two years.

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST).

Through this project, UNIST will receive approximately 1 billion KRW annually in government project funds for the next two years. It has independently selected a total of 18 innovative startup laboratories and plans to conduct BM advancement, follow-up research and development (R&D), and practical startup education for these laboratories.

Additionally, UNIST will operate this project in connection with the ‘Public Technology-Based Market-Linked Startup Exploration Support Project,’ which supports the commercialization of university laboratory research outcomes, and the ‘Innopolis Campus Project,’ which discovers and nurtures prospective entrepreneurs. Through this, various support measures will be prepared to help prospective entrepreneurs based on laboratory technology grow step by step.

Kwoun Soon-yong, head of industry-academia cooperation at UNIST and the overall project manager, said, “UNIST is creating excellent startup cases based on advanced education and research achievements within the university,” adding, “This Laboratory Specialized Startup Leading University project will play an important role in revitalizing technology startups centered on universities and spreading startup culture.”

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