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Basic research restored after two years: 2,496 projects to support early-career researchers

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  1. The Ministry of Science and ICT will support 2,496 new projects (152 billion won) in the second round of the 2026 individual research program, starting September 1.
  2. They include 2,366 basic research projects, 50 challenge-type projects (4.7 billion won) and 80 strategic projects (15.2 billion won), with basic research restored this year after being abolished in 2024.
  3. Average support per basic research project is 55.86 million won, about 10% more than in 2023, and the support period has been extended from up to three years to five years.

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Basic research restored after two years: 2,496 projects to support early-career researchers

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): 과기정통부, 기본연구 2년 만에 복원…초기 연구자 2,496개 과제 지원

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