Launch of 'Innovation R&D Equipment Technology Policy Center' for Systematic Support of R&D Equipment

Established Within KRISS, Leading Innovation in the Research Infrastructure Ecosystem

The 'Innovation R&D Equipment Technology Policy Center (Policy Center)' has opened to systematically support research and development (R&D) equipment policies and lead innovation in the advanced research infrastructure ecosystem.

The Ministry of Science and ICT established the Policy Center within the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science and held an opening ceremony on the 25th.

The Policy Center will undertake missions such as ▲supporting the advancement of national R&D equipment policies, ▲building domestic and international networks to establish a research equipment ecosystem, and ▲laying the foundation for expanding the research equipment industry base through the dissemination of the Policy Center’s activities and achievements.

Through these missions, the Policy Center plans to establish a comprehensive future technology strategy reflecting R&D equipment demands by strategic technology and create a foundation where various entities such as research institutes, universities, and companies can systematically develop innovative research equipment.

Hwang Pan-sik, Director of the R&D Policy Office at the Ministry of Science and ICT, stated, "The research equipment industry is a core industry supporting the success of national strategic technologies," adding, "As cases of research equipment being improved and spread as industrial equipment increase, we will actively support the Policy Center’s activities so that they lead not only to improved research outcomes but also to strengthened industrial competitiveness."

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