Formation November 21, 2011 Main organ IBS Research Centers Budget 260 million USD (2015) Headquarters Daejeon, South Korea | Purpose Basic science research Website www.ibs.re.kr Founded 21 November 2011 President Doochul Kim | |
Type Governmental organisation Motto Making Discoveries for Humanity & Society Staff 551 (including 435 research staff members) | ||
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The Institute for Basic Science (IBS; Hangul: 기초과학연구원) is a Korean government-funded research institute that conducts basic science research and relevant pure basic research. IBS was established in November 2011 by the Lee Myung-bak administration as a research institute, later be a core of the International Science and Business Belt (ISBB) upon relocation in winter 2017. It is located in Daejeon, Korea. Comprising 28 research centers across the nation and a headquarters in Daejeon, IBS has approximately 551 permanent employees, including 435 scientists and close to 710 graduate or doctoral course students. In 2014 the Korean government announced an investment of more than 2 trillion KRW to build a heavy ion accelerator facility in Daejeon by 2021. A heavy ion accelerator is a device that provides Rare Isotope Beams. The facility, if completed on time, is expected to be the world's first device using both the Isotope Separator On Line (ISOL) and In-Flight (IF) methods.
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Organizational Structure
IBS consists primarily of a headquarters (HQ) and secondary units in the form of research centers. IBS plans to establish a total of 50 research centers by 2021, employing 3,000 people.
IBS research centers are divided into three categories: HQ, Campus and Extramural. HQ Centers’ research groups are affiliated solely with IBS. Campus Centers are based in the nation’s science and technology universities (KAIST, DGIST, UNIST, GIST and POSTECH). And Extramural Centers are based in universities other than science and technology universities (Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea University, Yonsei University, and Ewha Womans University).
As of April 2017 there are 28 centers operating in various fields of science including 6 in chemistry, 8 in life science, 3 in interdisciplinary science, 9 in physics, 1 in earth science, and 1 in mathematics. The centers are located at IBS HQ in Daejeon and relevant universities in Seoul, Suwon, Daegu, Ulsan, Pohang, Busan, and Gwangju.
There are two affiliated organizations: the National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS), and the Rare Isotope Science Project (RISP).
The annual budget for each center ranges from 2 to 10 million USD. Once launched, centers run with no fixed time frame to conclude their research.
IBS Presidents
Educational Programs
IBS School, UST
IBS School is a graduate program jointly founded by IBS and the University of Science and Technology (UST) in Korea. The school opened in September 2015 to foster young scientists in basic science by utilizing HQ Centers' facilities.
IBS Young Scientist Fellowship (YSF)
IBS has been running this program since 2013 to provide opportunities for early career researchers (postdocs with less than 5 years' experience or those under the age of 40 with a Ph.D.) to gain experience of research by carrying out independent research within IBS centers.