Evaluation indicator:
Specificity and excellence of the research support program operation plan
(Program direction, purpose, task selection/management plan, financial investment and support plan by month/year/support goal)
Strategic Goals by Research Task Phase
- The research support plan consists of three phases: (1) securing and supporting young researchers, (2) supporting excellent research talents and promoting convergence research, and (3) supporting world-class human resources and maximizing the value of basic science research.
- Based on the research topic, research infrastructure and research network development plans, there is specificity and excellence in establishing a development plan for talent cultivation and task management to strengthen research capacity in the basic science of ecosystem material cycles.
- The core value is FACTS, which seeks to have fairness, autonomy, commitment, transparency and stability in talent cultivation and task management.
- To achieve the goal through detailed strategies for the core values of talent cultivation and task management.
- In the last year of the 3rd phase, the output of new and outstanding human resources becomes "best" and the output of world-class research talents becomes "excellent".
Research support program
- Dedicated research administrative staff to manage research support programs
- Appointment of evaluation committee (by academic, research, industry and societal sectors) and completion of program composition
- Selection of programs suitable for task purposes, such as seed, sprout, stem, and fruit programs
| Research program |
Purpose |
Funding duration |
Support target |
| Seed |
Support for personnel expenses for independent research activities and continuous research of new research professors |
2+1 years |
Non-tenured, less then 7 years after earning PhD in basic science, or under the age of 39 |
| Sprout |
Expansion of basic science base by supporting researchers in the field that lack research funding support |
2+1 years |
Tenured /
Non-tenured |
| Stem |
Helping new professors become mid-career researchers by quickly establishing research infrastructure |
1~3 years |
Within 2 years since tenured in the College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology |
| Fruit |
Support for research activities to achieve the highest level such as:
- Publishing in top journals in basic science,
- Research with uncertain results but worth the challenge,
- Strategic tasks for attracting large-scale tasks, etc.
|
1~3 years |
Tenured |
Promotion of fairness, transparency, and stability through an external evaluation committee
- Maintaining fairness and transparency in task selection and management by forming an evaluation committee, such as an external PM system.
- Actively reflecting the opinion of the external evaluation committee for advisory evaluation, so that competitive researchers with high growth potential can receive stable support.
