The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) is South Korea 's highest academy of science and serves as an integrated think-tank for the country's science and technology. It contributes to national development by promoting science and technology through active participation of its member scientists and engineers who have demonstrated professional excellence domestically and internationally in their respective fields.
7-515: The Young Scientist Award is a Korean award for young scientists under the age of 40 with research and development achievements in the natural sciences and engineering fields. Four recipients are selected on an annual basis. While the award is organized by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology , it is given on behalf of the president of Korea, and comes with prize money of initially KRW 30 million, and later KRW 50 million. Candidates for
14-427: Is machinery , metals , ceramics , aviation , shipbuilding , industrial engineering , and electronic materials ; category 3 is chemical engineering , food , polymers , textiles , biotechnology , and industrial chemistry ; and category 4 is energy , architecture , civil engineering , environment , resources , and urban engineering . Many of the winners were affiliated with SKY , KAIST , or POSTECH at
21-665: Is an internationally recognized academy of science. KAST has 34 Nobel Laureates amongst its foreign members including Steven Chu , who is a co-winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997 and head of the U.S. Department of Energy during the Barack Obama administration, Robert B. Laughlin , head of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Jerome I. Friedman , who earned the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics. KAST and DuPont Korea cooperate in awarding
28-491: The DuPont Science Award. The award recognizes South Korean scientists' contribution to scientific studies and advancement in the country and serves to encourage further excellence. Since 1997, KAST also presents the annual Young Scientist Award to four individuals in research fields. Many of the winners are employed at SKY , KAIST , or POSTECH at the time of the award and later frequently work for KAIST or
35-548: The award must be Korean or working within Korea at a university or research institute. The award is presented to natural science researchers in even-numbered years and engineering in odd-numbered years. Awards are given in four categories. Within natural science these categories are mathematics , physics , chemistry , and life science , accordingly. Within engineering, category 1 is electricity , electronics , computers , and information and communications technology ; category 2
42-682: The time of the award and later frequently work for KAIST or the Institute for Basic Science . Korean Academy of Science and Technology KAST will contribute to the globalization of science and technology by playing the role of the principal contact point for international cooperation and information exchanges, through bilateral and/or multilateral academic exchange programs with foreign academies, public semi-scientific lectures and "Science Hall of Fame" program, cooperation with international scientific and technological organizations, and friendly relations and exchanges with overseas scholars. KAST
49-514: Was founded in 1994 to play a strong role in helping South Korea climb the technology ladder. KAST has also served to encourage cooperation between scientists in South and North Korea in the science and technology sector. The non-profit institute has also strengthened global cooperation by operating the secretariat for the 17-member Association of Academies of Science in Asia (AASA) since 2000. KAST
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