BISTEP, Busan R&D Competitiveness Enhancement Research and Development Project Planning Fund Support

by Jo Chunghyeon

Published 10 Jan.2025 11:05(KST)

Updated 01 Aug.2025 16:12(KST)

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Up to 30 Million KRW for Advanced Strategic Demand Type, 15 Million KRW for Company Support Type
Applications Accepted Until the 20th of This Month, About 15 Planning Tasks to Be Selected

Busan Institute for Science and Technology Promotion (BISTEP, Director Kim Young-bu) is accepting applications for the '2025 1st External Cooperation R&D Planning Support Project New Task Announcement' until the 20th.

The External Cooperation R&D Planning Support Project is promoted to expand the attraction of national research and development projects by regional R&D entities such as △companies △universities △research institutes located in Busan. It plans to enhance the competitiveness and attraction potential of planning tasks through support such as △planning expenses △education to strengthen R&D planning capabilities △consulting on planning reports.

This year, support will be provided for a total of about 30 task plans. In this first announcement, about 15 planning tasks of two types will be selected: Advanced Strategic Demand Type (project planning with a total project cost of 5 billion KRW or more through the formation of a consortium of three or more) and Company Support Type (project planning led by companies located in Busan with a total project cost of 500 million KRW or more).

In this 1st External Cooperation R&D Planning Support Project call, depending on the total project cost scale and evaluation results for each task, up to 30 million KRW in project planning expenses can be supported for the Advanced Strategic Demand Type, and up to 15 million KRW for the Company Support Type.