국립 부경대학교

부경대, 올 상반기 한국연구재단 R&D과제 380억 수주 성과 ‘주목’
- 신규 선정 사업비만 380억 … 전년 대비 216억 증가

△ 의공학과의 연구 및 실험실습 공간 '메이커 스페이스' 전경. ⓒ사진 이성재(대외홍보팀)

국립부경대학교(총장 장영수)가 2021년 상반기 한국연구재단 주관 국가연구개발사업에서 380억 원의 연구비를 확보하는 성과를 올려 주목을 받고 있다.

부경대는 올해 상반기 한국연구재단의 R&D사업 수주액을 집계한 결과 380억 원에 달했다고 6월 21일 밝혔다. 이는 지난해 상반기 한국연구재단 신규 사업 수주액(164억 원)보다 130%(216억 원) 증가한 것으로, 2019년(124억 원)과 비교하면 256억 원 증가한 금액이다.

주요 선정사업으로 정원교 교수(의공학과)가 ‘해양바이오닉스융합기술센터’로 이공분야 대학중점연구소지원사업에 선정돼 2030년까지 최대 80여억 원을 지원받는다. ‘나노 및 소재기술개발사업-미래기술연구실’ 사업에는 박성흠 교수(물리학과)를 책임교수로 한 연구 컨소시엄이 선정돼 47여억 원을 지원받고, 유준 교수(화학공학과)가 ‘기초연구실지원사업’에 선정돼 2024년까지 총 11억 원을 지원받는다.

특히 부경대는 한국연구재단 개인 연구과제 분야에서 강세를 보였다. ‘이공분야개인기초연구 기본연구사업‘에서 총 29개 과제가 선정되는 등 높은 기관 선정률(85.3%)을 기록했다. 이는 국공립대학 중 서울대, 부산대에 이어 5위에 해당하는 성과다.

부경대는 올해 국가연구개발사업 수주가 큰 폭으로 증가한 원인으로 연구자의 적극적인 연구 참여를 독려한 부경대 학술연구 진흥사업의 성과를 꼽았다.

부경대는 연구자의 연구 활동 활성화를 위해 ‘우수 논문 게재료’와 ‘우수 논문 영문서비스’ 등 다양한 연구지원사업을 운영 중이며, 특히 신진연구자의 연구 의욕을 높이고 연구 환경 조성에 기여하기 위해 ‘신임교수 학술연구 지원사업’을 운영하고 있다.

이와 함께 ’Post-Doc. 지원사업’을 통해 우수 연구 인력을 유치, 신진교원과 연계해 연구성과 향상을 유도하고, 연구자의 적극적인 연구 사업 신청 활성화를 위해 ‘사업신청준비금 지원사업’ 운영, ‘챌린징 리서치그룹 지원사업’을 통해 대학 특화 연구 분야를 집중 지원한다.

연구자 중심 행정서비스를 제공하기 위해 메신저 어플리케이션을 이용, 연구자와 실시간 소통하는 ‘R&D 똑똑서비스’ 같은 차별화된 행정지원의 효과도 톡톡히 봤다는 평가다.

부경대 장영수 총장은 “이러한 성과를 기반으로 구성원 간 협력을 통해 부경대가 연구중심대학으로 도약하는 체계를 마련하기 위해 더욱 노력하겠다.”라고 말했다. <부경투데이>

PKNU's achievement in the first half year, won an R&D project of 38 billion won sponsored by the NRF

- The newly supported project cost alone is 38 billion won … 21.6 billion won increased y-o-y    

Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-Soo) is drawing attention from the public as it secured 38 billion won of research grant in the national R&D project hosted by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) in the first half of 2021.

Pukyong National University announced on June 21 that it reached 38 billion won as a result of counting the R&D project deals received by the National Research Foundation of Korea in the first half of this year. This is a 130% (21.6 billion won) increase from the number of new project orders received by the National Research Foundation of Korea (16.4 billion won) in the first half of last year, which is an increase of 25.6 billion won compared to 2019 (12.4 billion won).

As a major project, Professor Jeong Won-Kyo (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering) has been selected for the 'Research Center for Marine Integrated Bionics Technology' for the support project of university-centered research institute in the science and engineering field, and will receive up to 8 billion won in support by 2030. For the program, 'Nano and Material Technology Development-Future Technology Lab', a research consortium led by Professor Park Sung-Heum (Dept. of Physics) as the chief professor has been selected and will receive up to approximately 4.7 billion won, and Professor Liu Jay (Dept. of Chemical Engineering) has been selected for the ‘Basic Research in Science & Engineering’ program and will receive follow-up support of 1.1 billion won by 2024.

Above all, Pukyong National University was generally stronger in the field of individual research programs of the National Research Foundation of Korea. Pukyong National University has been selected for a total of 29 programs in the ‘Individual Basic Research in Science & Engineering’, recording a high selection rate (85.3%). It ranks fifth among national and public universities after Seoul National University and Pusan National University.

Pukyong National University announced on the achievement of Pukyong National University's academic promotion business, which encouraged active participation in research, as the cause of the trending upward in an accelerating degree in the number of programs for national R&D projects this year.

Pukyong National University is operating various research support programs, such as 'free publication charges for excellent thesis' and 'free English services for excellent thesis' for researchers to actively participate in research. Above all, the university is operating the ‘Academic Support Program for New Professors’ to increase the motivation of new researchers for research and to promote a pleasant research environment.

Pukyong National University attracts excellent researchers through the 'Post-Doc. Support Program' and promotes research performance improvement in connection with new faculty. To stimulate researchers' active application for research projects, the univeristy operates the 'Support Program for Project Application Reserves' and intensively supports university-specialized research fields through the 'Support Program for Challenge Research Group'.

It is highly evaluated that the effect of differentiated administrative support such as the ‘R&D Smart Service’, which enables real-time communication with researchers using the messenger application introduced by the university to provide researcher-centered administrative services.

Pukyong National University President Jang Young-Soo said, "Using these achievements as a stepping stone, we will make efforts to prepare a system that enables Pukyong National University to become a research-oriented university through cooperation among the members." <Pukyong Today>