Chungnam National University’s campus in Daejeon / Courtesy of Chungnam National University
Chungnam National University has been selected to participate in a large-scale government-led research and development project along with three other universities.
The university said Monday that it will carry out the National Research Lab (NRL) 2.0 project funded by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and ICT.
The three other participants are Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University and Changwon National University.
NRL 2.0 is a key national research and development (R&D) initiative aimed at securing world-class fundamental technologies and strengthening the country’s competitiveness in strategic technologies.
Under the project, the selected universities are tasked to establish globally competitive research institutes with participation from government-funded research institutes, corporations and hospitals.
The government has selected the four universities among more than 30 universities vying to participate in the project through a rigorous evaluation process. The four universities will each receive 10 billion won in annual research funding for a 10-year period.
Chungnam National University plans to set up a Theranostics Convergence National Research Laboratory (TCNRL), which will play a pivotal role in the project.
The university said the TCNRL will serve as a world-class research hub in the field of theranostics and lead the development of next-generation precision medicine technologies while driving innovation in the biohealth industry over the next 10 years.
Theranostics is a combination of therapy and diagnostics. It is a next-generation precision medicine technology, enabling the early detection of cancer and other intractable diseases while providing personalized treatments tailored to individual patients.
Source: Korea Times News
