KNU Selected for Ministry of Education’s LAMP Project, Will Receive Up to KRW 15.5 Billion Over 5 Years
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Kyungpook National University was selected for the LAMP (Learning & Academic research institution for Master’s/Ph.D. students and Postdocs) project hosted by the Ministry of Education. By being selected for the project, KNU will receive up to KRW 15.5 billion over 5 years to conduct joint research in the field of ‘Evolution and Species Diversity.’ The head of the project will be Professor Hyunsik Lee of the School of Life Sciences.
The LAMP project departs from the existing task-oriented research support structure and establishes a system for universities to manage and support research institutes, including support for new researchers in various departments and majors to conduct joint research. The current scale of support is for 8 universities, with 1 out of 10 basic science fields* being selected for joint research to be conducted in that field.
Through this project, KNU will establish a joint research support system that can lead to strengthening basic science research capabilities and developing cutting-edge technologies in the future, while also strengthening support for new faculty and postdoctoral researchers who have been in the blind spot of research support. In addition, the plan is to create new knowledge in the field of ‘Evolution and Species Diversity’ through convergence research in various basic science disciplines such as biology, mathematics, statistics, chemistry, earth science, and physics, which will be centered around the Institute for Basic Science.
Lee Hyun-sik, head of the project, noted, “Efforts to overcome the existing biodiversity crisis are limited to indirect methods such as the artificial propagation of endangered species, species monitoring, and habitat conservation. To come up with fundamental solutions, it is necessary to fully understand the evolutionary adaptations of living things to the climate and environment and to make various attempts to increase the survival ability of endangered species.” He continued, “We will develop evolutionary and ecological big data analysis and cutting-edge genetic engineering technology through innovative joint research without barriers in the fields of basic science to provide direct solutions for biodiversity conservation,” further expressing the project’s ambitions.
*10 Basic Science Fields:
Mathematical and Statistical Science; Atomic Science; Celestial Body, Particle and Space Science; Molecular Level Science; Nanoscale Science; Materials and Energy Science; DNA and RNA Molecular Biology; Evolution and Diversity of Species; Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science; and Brain and Neuroscience/Basic Medicine
The LAMP project departs from the existing task-oriented research support structure and establishes a system for universities to manage and support research institutes, including support for new researchers in various departments and majors to conduct joint research. The current scale of support is for 8 universities, with 1 out of 10 basic science fields* being selected for joint research to be conducted in that field.
Through this project, KNU will establish a joint research support system that can lead to strengthening basic science research capabilities and developing cutting-edge technologies in the future, while also strengthening support for new faculty and postdoctoral researchers who have been in the blind spot of research support. In addition, the plan is to create new knowledge in the field of ‘Evolution and Species Diversity’ through convergence research in various basic science disciplines such as biology, mathematics, statistics, chemistry, earth science, and physics, which will be centered around the Institute for Basic Science.
Lee Hyun-sik, head of the project, noted, “Efforts to overcome the existing biodiversity crisis are limited to indirect methods such as the artificial propagation of endangered species, species monitoring, and habitat conservation. To come up with fundamental solutions, it is necessary to fully understand the evolutionary adaptations of living things to the climate and environment and to make various attempts to increase the survival ability of endangered species.” He continued, “We will develop evolutionary and ecological big data analysis and cutting-edge genetic engineering technology through innovative joint research without barriers in the fields of basic science to provide direct solutions for biodiversity conservation,” further expressing the project’s ambitions.
*10 Basic Science Fields:
Mathematical and Statistical Science; Atomic Science; Celestial Body, Particle and Space Science; Molecular Level Science; Nanoscale Science; Materials and Energy Science; DNA and RNA Molecular Biology; Evolution and Diversity of Species; Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science; and Brain and Neuroscience/Basic Medicine