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The 5th KTSF Awards Ceremony : Contribute to Scientific and Talents Development

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The 5th KTSF Awards Ceremony : Contribute to Scientific and Talents Development

The 5th Korea Toray Science Foundation Award Ceremony was held at the FKI Conference Center on October 25.


About 160 people attended the award ceremony, including the winners and their families, foundation officials, academic and industrial figures, and college students.


Professor Kim Dong-ho at Yonsei University and Professor Baek Jong-beom at UNIST were awarded for the Science and Technology Award and received 100 million won in prize. 


The annual fund 50 million will be given to Jeong Won-jin, a chemistry professor at GIST, Cho Seung-hwan, a chemistry professor at POSTECH, Park Moon-jung, a chemistry professor at POSTECH, and Yoo Seung-ho, a chemical and biotechnology professor at Korea University, for three years.


Following the award ceremony, a special lecture by Morinobu Endo, a honorary professor at Shinshu University in Japan, was held under the theme of 'Material innovation through creative cooperation between Korea and Japan.'


Lee Young-kwan, the chairman of the foundation, stressed the importance of science and technology for sustainable development of mankind and said, "We will continue to make efforts for the development of science and technology."


Meanwhile, Korea Toray Science Promotion Foundation(KTSF) receives applications for research projects for Science and Technology awards and examines based on the excellence of life achievements and the creativity of tasks.


Scientific Technique Awards was given to 10 people until this year and has been supporting 20 teams for their research funds.