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ENFORCEMENT DECREE FOR THE SPECIAL ACT ON SUPPORT OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MANPOWER FOR STRENGTHENING NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS

Enforcement Decree for the Special Act on Support of Science and Engineering Manpower for Strengthening National Science and Technology Competitiveness [Enforcement date: June 26, 2009] [Amended by Presidential Decree No. 21551, Jun. 25, 2009, Amendment of other laws]

Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (Regulatory Reform Officer) 02-2100-6155~6158

Article 1 (Purpose)

The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe the delegated matters under the Enforcement Decree for the Special Act on Support of Science and Engineering Manpower for Strengthening National Science and Technology Competitiveness and matters necessary for its implementation. Article 2 (Scope of Science and Engineering Manpower, etc.) (1)"The person prescribed by Presidential Decree under Article 2, Paragraph (1) of the Special Act on Support of Science and Engineering Manpower for Strengthening National Science and Technology Competitiveness, (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), means any person falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. Persons who obtained a science and engineering degree at a university under Article 2, Paragraph (2), (hereinafter referred to as "university");

2. Industrial engineers under the National Technical Qualifications Act or any person who obtained the equivalent qualifications; and

3. Persons falling under Paragraphs (1) or (2) and any person who is deemed to have an equivalent degree or qualification.

(2) The term "company-affiliated research institute falling under the standards prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 2, Paragraph (3), Item C of the Act means a company-affiliated research institute which is suitable to the standards prescribed by Article 15, Paragraphs (1) or (3) of the Enforcement Decree for the Technology Development Promotion Act. Article 3 (Establishment of a Master Plan, etc.)

(1) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology shall prepare a guide to establish a master plan, (hereinafter referred to as the "master plan"), for the fosterage and support of science and engineering manpower under Article 4, Paragraph (1) of the Act and report it to the head of the related central administrative organization and the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, any other Metropolitan City Mayor and governor, (hereinafter referred to as "Mayor/Do governor"), by the end of February of the previous year of the master plan commencement year.

(2) The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor shall establish the plan for fosterage and support of science and engineering manpower in the concerned area according to the guide under Paragraph (1) and submit to the minister of Education, Science, and Technology.

(3) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology shall integrate and adjust the submitted plan under Paragraph (2) and confirm the master plan under Article 4, Paragraph (2) and inform the head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor. (4) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology may request the necessary data of the head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor, research institutes, universities, and corporations which participate in national research and development, etc. (5)"The other important matters for the fosterage and support of science and engineering manpower prescribed by Presidential Decree" under Article 4, Paragraph 3, Subparagraph 7 of the Act means the matters of the following subparagraphs:

1. Matters concerning the supply and demand prospects of science and engineering manpower;

2. Matters concerning research activity support of new superior science and engineering manpower;

3. Matters concerning the overseas study and training of superior science and engineering manpower and custody of overseas superior science and engineering manpower.

Article 4 (Establishment of the Annual Implementation Plan, etc.) (1) The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor shall establish an annual implementation plan, (hereinafter referred to as the "implementation plan"), in the concerned area under Article 5, Paragraph (1) of the Act, submit the implementation plan for the next year by October 15th every

year and the performance results of the preceding year by February 15th every year.

(2) Deleted

(3) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology shall inform the deliberation results of the implementation plan for next year by December 31st every year and

the deliberation results for performance results of the preceding year by April 30th every year to the head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor under Article 5, Paragraph 3. (4) The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor shall reflect the informed deliberation results for the implementation and performance results under Paragraph 3 to the implementation plan for next year. Article 5 (Construction of an Integrated Information System for Science and Engineering Manpower, etc.)

(1) The matters which the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology shall fulfill to construct and manage an integrated information system for science and engineering manpower under Article 6, Paragraph (1) are as below:

1. Collection of information concerning science and engineering manpower and the construction and management of a database;

2. A development/construction and management integrated information distribution system for science and engineering manpower;

3. Connections/cooperation with organizations which have information about science and engineering manpower;

4. Standardization of a classification system for the database construction of science and engineering manpower and system dissemination;

5. Other necessary matters for the construction of an integrated information system. (2) The object and scope of the integrated information system shall be as below:

1. Personnel statistics for each sex, major, and occupation of science and engineering manpower;

2. Personnel statistics for each grade, master, and doctorate course, major fields, and desired occupation areas of the students at science and engineering universities;

3. The demand information for science and engineering manpower of each industry-university-research institute;

4. Results of research on actual conditions pursuant to Article 6, Paragraph (1);

5. Information for supply and demand prospection of science and engineering manpower using the data under Subparagraphs 1 or 4 and other required information;

6. Other matters that the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology deems necessary for the construction of an integrated information system. (3) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology shall utilize the research data and statistics of other administrative organizations or institutes for construction of the integrated information system. (4) "The professional institutes and organizations prescribed by Presidential Decree" pursuant to Article 6, Paragraph 3 of the Act means the institutes and organizations that the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology appoints and notifies, (including on internet publications. Hereinafter the same shall apply), among the institutes and organizations of the following subparagraphs:

1. Research institutes under the provisions of Article 2 in the Support of Specific Research Institutes Act, (hereinafter referred to as a "specific research institute");

2. Government-invested research institutes established under the Act on the Establishment, Operation, and Fosterage of Government-Invested Research Institutions or Act on the Establishment, Operation, and Fosterage of Government-Invested Research Institutions of Science and Technology;

3. The Human Resources Development Service of Korea under the Human Resources Development Service of Korea Act;

4. Incorporations and organizations under Article 49, Paragraph 3 of the Enforcement Decree for the Framework Act on Science and Technology. Article 6 (Time and Method of Research on Actual Conditions, etc.) (1) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology fulfills research on the actual conditions under Article 7, Paragraph (1) of the Act, (hereinafter referred to as "research on the actual conditions" in this Article), with respect to the institutes of the following subparagraphs every 3 years, where deemed necessary, outline the occasion, and reflect the results in the master plan and its implementation plan:

1. University and research institutes;

2. Corporations falling under the scope prescribed by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology in consideration of the type of business and the number of employees;

3. Other institutes and organizations that the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology deems it necessary to examine in terms of the actual conditions for the effective fosterage and support of science and engineering manpower. (2) The research on the actual conditions shall be fulfilled with respect to employment conditions, salary levels, job fields, welfare/education and training, and technology/research results, etc. with the methods of site survey/post research and statistics/document research, etc.

(3) "Persons who obtained a doctorate degree in the science and engineering area and major science and engineering manpower prescribed by Presidential Decree" under Article 7, Paragraph 3 means any person of the following subparagraphs:

1. Persons who obtained a doctorate degree in the science and engineering area;

2. Persons who obtained professional engineer qualifications under the National Technical Qualifications Act;

3. Persons who have the experience of participating as a research manager of a national research and development business; and

4. Persons selected as core science and engineering manpower under Article 22. (4) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology shall organize specific volumes of sample groups in consideration of sex/age/occupation and institute, etc. and grasp continuously careers, etc. with respect to the group.

(5) The science and engineering manpower balance index under Article 7, Paragraph 3 of the Act shall reflect the state of inflow/outflow for each year/country/degree and the state of each domestic institute/major/sex, etc. of the science and engineering manpower which belongs to the sample group under Paragraph 4, but matters necessary for the detailed contents of science and engineering manpower balance index shall be as prescribed by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology.

(6) "The professional institutes prescribed by Presidential Decree" under Article 7, Paragraph 4 of the Act means institutes and organizations prescribed by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology among the institutes and organizations of the following subparagraphs in Article 5, Paragraph 4:

Article 7 (Provision of Related Information Such As Prospective Major Areas of Science and Engineering)

(1) The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor shall prepare the information for

curriculum/course/characteristics/prospection of science and engineering major fields, etc. every year and notify after consulting with the head of the related administrative organization or provide to the students or graduates of elementary/secondary education courses through the related administrative organization/educational institutes and the press, etc. (2) The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor may entrust the affairs for the provision of related information, etc. under Paragraph (1) to the institutes of the following subparagraphs under Article 8, Paragraph 3 of the Act:

1. The Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity established under Article 30, Paragraph 4 of the Framework Act on Science and Technology, (hereinafter referred to as the "Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity"):

2. The Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training, the Korean Educational Development Institute, and the Science and Technology Policy Institute under Article 8, Paragraph (1) of the Act on the Establishment, Operation and Fosterage of Government-Invested Research Institutions;

3. The Human Resources Development Service of Korea under the Human Resources Development Service of Korea Act;

4. Local Government-Invested Research Institutes, (hereinafter referred to as "local research institutes"), established under the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Local Government-Invested Research Institutes. Article 8 (Expansion of Scholarship Opportunities for Superior Students) (1) Where the head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor selects superior students under Article 9 of the Act, the subjects of selection are as below:

1. Students who have been recommended by the principal of the related university with a superior school record;

2. Students who published a thesis in an internationally known scientific journal, (for joint theses, it shall be limited to the main writer);

3. Students who have been awarded a prize from a related society for the publication of a superior thesis;

4. Students who have been awarded a prize with a superior thesis or an invention/proposal, etc. at a domestic/international science technology thesis contest or a science technology engineering fair; and

5. Other persons deemed as falling under the equivalent standards within Subparagraphs 1 or 4.

(2) The amount payable for research subsidies under Article 9, Paragraph 2 of the Act shall be more than the registration fee of students paid within the scope of the budget.

(3) The repayment interest rate of the living expenses loan support under Article 9, Paragraph (2) of the Act shall be less than the lowest interest rate among the bank loan interest rates which are applied by the banks with nationwide business coverage among the banking institutes established under the Bank Act.

(4) The necessary detailed matters for the payment of research subsidies and living expenses loan support other than the matters prescribed by Paragraphs (1) to 3 shall be prescribed by the head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor.

Article 9 (Program Support for Strengthening the Connection of Industry-University-Research Institutes)

(1) The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor may support all or a part of the expenses for the corporations/research institutes which fulfill the matters of the subparagraphs of Article 10, Paragraph 2 of the Act.

(2) "Important matters prescribed by Presidential Decree" under Article 2, Paragraph 3 of the Act means the matters of the following subparagraphs:

1. Matters concerning manpower interchange with science and engineering universities;

2. Matters concerning cooperative research and development with science and engineering universities;

3. Entrustment of reeducation or retraining for competent employees to science and engineering universities; and

4. Matters concerning the promotion of interchange and cooperation with science and engineering universities, such as the cooperative use of research and development facilities/devices and interchanges of research and development information, etc. Article 10 (Support for Research Universities)

(1) When the head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor intends to support a research university under Article 11, Paragraph (1) of the Act, (hereinafter referred to as "the research university"), they shall prepare a business plan, including selection standards/supporting areas and supporting contents, etc. and implement it after consultation with the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology. (2) When deciding the selection standards of Paragraph (1), matters to be considered are as below:

1. Proportion of teachers dedicated to research in the supported science and engineering fields;

2. Number and proportion of any person who obtained master's/doctorate degrees in the supported science and engineering fields;

3. Proportion of research expenses in the supported science and engineering fields;

4. Proportion of teachers to student in the supported science and engineering fields;

5. Evaluation for research achievements of teachers and utilization system in the supported science and engineering fields;

6. Medium and long term integrated development plan, including specialization results and plans for the research and education system in the supported science and engineering fields;

7. Research results in the supported science and engineering fields;

8. Operation results of human resources such as researchers in affiliated research, assistant teachers, and professional research assistant personnel who assist with research affairs, etc;

9. Degree of implementation of a centralized research expenses management system, (referring to the system whereby the president of a university or any person who is entrusted by the president manage and operate all research expenses); and

10. Other matters which the head of the related central administrative organization deems necessary.

(3) The head of the related central administrative organization may establish a selection committee composed of public officials in the relevant authorities and private specialists to select the research universities. (4) In case the university which is selected as a research university participates in a national research and development project, the head of the related central administrative organization who implements the research and development project may decide separately the appropriation standards of personnel expenses and overhead costs of professors and researchers of the competent university who participates in the project and announce said matters, notwithstanding the provision of Article 10, Paragraph 3 of the Management, etc. of Regulations on National Research and Development Projects. Article 11 (Reeducation/Retraining of Science and Engineering Manpower) (1) The implementation institution of reeducation or retraining under Article 12 of the Act, (hereinafter referred to as "reeducation and retraining"), pursuant to this Article shall be institutes that the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology appoints and announces among the institutes of the following subparagraphs:

1. Specific research institutes or government-invested research institutes;

2. Universities, industrial universities, and junior colleges under Article 2, Paragraphs (1), 2 and Article 4 of the Higher Education Act; and

3. Industries deemed to be able to implement reeducation and retraining by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology in consideration of the type of business, scale, education, and training facilities and training staff, etc. (2) Institutes which intend to implement reeducation and retraining under Paragraph (1) may operate reeducation and retraining courses, including the matters of any of the subparagraphs of Article 12, Paragraph (2) of the Act, but it shall establish the reeducation and retraining plan in advance through understanding all personnel for reeducation and retraining and demand research and submit it to the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology. (3) The implementation institute of reeducation and retraining under Paragraph (1) shall organize and operate the selection committee to select any personnel for reeducation and retraining.

(4) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, where the implementation of an institute of reeducation and retraining under Paragraph (1) accordingly results in the implementation of reeducation and retraining business, may support all or any part of the expenses. Article 12 (Submission of Improvement Measures and Results of Public Official Appointments)

The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor shall include the improvement measures and the promotion results for the expansion of public official appointments in science and engineering manpower under Article 13 of the Act to the implementation plan and promotion results. Article 13 (Establishment and Support of a Department Dedicated to Science and Technology, etc.)

(1) The department dedicated to science and technology under Article 14, Paragraph (1) means a department unit or higher dedicated to affairs related to science and technology.

(2) Where local government establishes a department dedicated to science and technology under Paragraph (1) and arranges more than thirty percent of the fixed members with science and engineering manpower in the department, the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology shall support preferentially the projects implemented by the State, such as manpower exchange and utilization business, and projects for local science and technology innovation by consulting with the head of the related central administrative organization. Article 14 (Promotion of a Research and Development Business Connected with Employment, etc.)

(1) The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor may implement research and development business activities connected to employment for science and engineering manpower unemployed for more than 6 months as a person who obtained a science and engineering master's or doctorate degree within 5 years under Article 15 of the Act. (2) The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor may make science and engineering manpower undertake training by appointing specific research institutes, government-invested research institutes, and local research institutes as training institutes, and support all or any part of the expenses for the training.

Article 15 (Support for Employment of Unemployed Science and Engineering Manpower)

When the head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor intends to support small and medium enterprises or venture businesses under Article 16, Paragraph (1) of the Act, they shall announce the business plan including the matters of the following subparagraphs:

1. Purpose of the business;

2. Supported subject and contents;

3. Application qualifications and conditions;

4. Evaluation method and schedule;

5. Other necessary detailed matters such as the duties of the company participating. Article 16 (Support for Small and Medium Enterprises) (1) "The support prescribed by Presidential Decree" under Article 16, Paragraph 2 of the Act means the support of the following subparagraphs:

1. In case of employment of more staff dedicated to research than in the preceding year under Article 15, Paragraph (1), Subparagraph 1 of the Enforcement Decree of the Technology Development Promotion Act, support of subsidies for extra staff dedicated to research;

2. In case of employment of unemployed graduates from science and engineering universities as probationary researchers, support for the subsidy of personnel expenses thereof;

3. Support for technical education and training expenses of domestic and international training institutes for staff dedicated to research. (2) The support scale and period, etc. for the subsidies, personnel expenses, and education and training expenses under Paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology within the scope of the budget in consideration of employment conditions and pay levels, etc.

Article 17 (Standards, etc. of Research and Development Service Operators) (1) The standards that a research and development service operator who intends to participate in national research and development projects, etc. or report to receive various support from the government under the former part of Article 18, Paragraph 2 of the Act shall be as per the following subparagraphs:

1. In the case of research and development operators which manage businesses prescribed by Article 2, Subparagraph 4, Item A of the Act, they shall secure more than 10 persons of science and engineering manpower or more than 2 persons of research planning appraisers at all times and prepare independent research facilities, provided, however, that in the case of operators falling under profit-making corporations under Article 7, Paragraph (1), Subparagraph 9 of the Technology Development Promotion Act, they shall be deemed as meeting the standards under Article 18, Paragraph 2 of the Act;

2. In the case of research and development operators which manage businesses prescribed by Article 2, Subparagraph 4, Item B of the Act, they shall secure more than two persons of science and engineering manpower or more than one person of research planning appraisers at all times;

(2) The research and development operators under Paragraph (1) shall submit an application with attachments of the documents of the following subparagraphs to the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology:

1. Documents supporting evidence for satisfying the conditions under the main body of Paragraph (1), Subparagraph 1 or 2;

2. Business overview of the competent research and development service business;

3. Status of organization and staff;

4. Specifications of research facilities; and

5. Copy of certificate of business proprietor registration. (3) "The matters prescribed by Presidential Decree" under the latter part of Article 18, Paragraph 2 of the Act mean the matters under the main body of Paragraph (1), Subparagraph 1 and Subparagraph 2 of the same paragraph. (4) The matters that the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology may support under Article 18, Paragraph (3) of the Act shall be as per the following:

1. Technical information, professional research personnel, research facilities, and research devices possessed by state and public research institutes, universities, and government-invested research institutes;

2. Creation of a foundation for the research and development service business;

3. Expansion of participation opportunities for national research and development projects;

4. Training and utilization of professional manpower;

5. Other matters that the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology deems necessary for training and support for a research and development service business. (5) The form of the statement under Paragraph 2 shall be decided and announced by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology. [The whole provision was amended on May. 25, 2007] Article 18 (National Qualifications for Research and Development Service Businesses) (1) The national qualifications under Article 19, Paragraph (1) of the Act shall be for research planning appraisers.

(2) The detailed matters for the affairs of research planning appraisers under Paragraph (1) shall be prescribed and announced by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology. Article 19 (Qualifications for Research Planning Appraisers) Persons who intend to become a research planning appraiser under Article 18 shall pass the qualifying examination under Article 20 and undertake a practical probationary period as prescribed by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology.

Article 20 (Qualifying Examination of Research Planning Appraisers) (1) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology may implement the qualifying examination for research planning appraisers in consideration of the demand, etc. for research planning appraisers. (2) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology may exempt any part of the qualifying examination for research planning appraisers under Paragraph (1) for any person falling under any of the following subparagraphs:

1. Persons who completed the research planning appraisers training course under Article 21;

2. Persons who fall under any of the following items, (the careers of items B and C means careers after obtaining a degree or qualifications in the concerned field); (a) Professional engineers and master engineers under the National Technical Qualifications Act;

(b) Persons who have practical careers with more than 7 years of engineering or more than 11 years of industrial engineering experience under the National Technical Qualifications Act;

(c) Persons who have practical careers of more than 5 years with a doctorate degree, more than 7 years with a master's degree, and more than 10 years with bachelor's degree in the research planning appraisal related fields; (d) Persons who have a master's or doctorate degree in a research planning appraiser related field and a career as a professor of more than 3 years in research planning appraisal or as a fulltime lecturer or above at a university under Article 2, Subparagraphs 1 or 3 and 5 of the Higher Education Act, or as an assistant professor or above under Article 2, Subparagraphs 4 and 6 of the same Act; and (e) Other persons who are deemed to have equivalent qualifications pursuant to Items A to D.

(3) The subjects for examination, partial exemption of qualifying examination under Paragraphs (1) and 2, and other necessary matters required for the qualifying examination shall be prescribed by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology.

Article 21 (Training Course for Research Planning Appraisers) (1) When the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology deems it necessary for the training of research planning appraisers in consideration of demand, etc., he/she may appoint universities, government-invested research institutes, or related organizations and have them operate a research planning appraiser training course.

(2) The necessary matters required for the operation of the research planning appraiser training course under Paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology. Article 22 (Selection and Support of Core Science and Engineering Manpower, etc.) (1) In order to select core science and engineering manpower under Article 20, Paragraph (1) of the Act, (hereinafter referred to as "core science and engineering manpower"), a core science and engineering manpower selection committee under the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, (hereinafter referred to as the "selection committee" in this Article), shall be established and it shall be organized by no more than 15 persons of related professionals who are requested by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology. (2) When the selection committee selects core science and engineering manpower, the research and technology development results and its degree of contribution to the nation shall be considered.

(3) Persons subject to be selected under Paragraph 2 are as below:

1. Persons awarded prizes recognized worldwide such as the Nobel Prize in science fields and field medals in math fields;

2. Persons awarded an Order of Science and Technology Merit or a President's commendation in the science and technology field under the Government Commendation Regulations;

3. Persons who contributed remarkably to the development of the economy and society through new technology development and improvement;

4. Persons who have prominent academic achievements such as a person who published a thesis or was quoted in a globally prominent scientific journal;

5. Persons who contributed remarkably to expanding the base of science and technology through science and technology related writing activities or lectures;

6. Other persons deemed to be falling under a person of merit classification in accordance with Items 1 to 5 by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology.

(4) The research subsidy under Article 20, Paragraph (1) of the Act shall be provided to each grade according to the standards of evaluation for the results of research and technology development and the degree of individual contribution to the state. (5) The living expenses subsidy under Article 20, Paragraph (1) of the Act shall be provided to any person who does not receive the research subsidy, and if he/she is provided the research subsidy, it shall be ceased. (6) Other necessary matters such as the organization and operation of the selection committee, the candidate recommendation process for science and engineering manpower, evaluation and payment standards for each grade, payment processes, and payment periods shall be prescribed by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology.

Article 23 (Financial Resources for the Support of Core Science and Engineering Manpower)

The financial resources to provide for research subsidies or living expenses subsidies for core science and engineering manpower under Article 20 of the Act are as outlined below:

1. Contribution from the government or others;

2. The engineering fee which is paid to professional institutes under Article 19, Paragraph 2, Subparagraph 1 of the Regulations on the Management, etc. of National Research and Development Projects;

3. The Science and Technology Promotion Fund under Article 22, Paragraph (1) of the Framework Act on Science and Technology;

4. Other financial resources prescribed by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology with recognition of the necessity for the encouragement of research activities and support for the stabilization of livelihoods of core science and engineering manpower.

Article 24 (Support for the Science and Engineering Manpower Demand and Supply Program)

(1) The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor, in the case of implementing the programs under any of the subparagraphs of Article 21, Paragraph (1) of the Act or selecting the university which intends to implement, shall announce the purpose of application, selection standards, application contents, and application method, etc. (2) The university which intends to receive support under the announcement of Paragraph (1) shall submit the program implementation plan, including the matters of the following subparagraphs, to the head of the related central administrative organization or Mayor/Do governor:

1. Necessity;

2. Object;

3. Promotion strategy, method, and system;

4. Detailed contents and expenses of the program;

5. The point of the evaluation and standards of the program;

6. Expectations; and

7. Other matters that the head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor deem necessary to select the supported university. (3) The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor may support all or any part of the expenses to implement the program under Article 21, Paragraph (1).

Article 25 (Establishment and Operation of the Science and Engineering Manpower Resource Center)

(1) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology may directly establish and operate the science and engineering manpower resource center or demand that the institutes or organizations of the following subparagraphs establish and operate said center under Article 22, Paragraph (1):

1. Specific research institutes or government-invested research institutes;

2. Universities and industrial universities under Article 2, Paragraphs (1) and 2 of the Higher Education Act; and

3. Corporations and organizations under Article 49, Paragraph 3 of the Enforcement Decree for Framework Act on Science and Technology. (2) The affairs of the science and engineering manpower resource center are as below:

1. Collection, analysis, provision, and consulting of employment information for each occupation in the science and engineering fields;

2. Provision of real-time job offers and job-hunting information for unemployed science and engineering manpower and companies offering employment;

3. Career management for employment promotion; and

4. Research and study for related policy development. (3) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology may support all or any part of the expenses required for the establishment and operation of the science and engineering manpower resource center under Paragraphs (1) and 2 within the scope of the budget.

Article 26 (Support for Science Technology Related Broadcasting Programs) (1) The Broadcasting and Communications Commission may reflect the related contents to the master plan of broadcasting under Article 27, Subparagraph 1 of the Broadcasting Act to encourage broadcasting business operators to actively organize broadcasting programs for the science and technology fields under Article 23, Paragraph (1) of the Act and implement it.

(2) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology may execute the science and technology specialized broadcasting under Article 23, Paragraph (2) of the Act. In this case, the Broadcasting and Communications Commission may support any part of the expenses for finding and producing science and technology broadcasting programs with the Broadcasting Development Fund under Article 36 of the Broadcasting Act. Article 27 (Support for Science and Technology Related Organizations) (1) The supported organizations under Article 24, Paragraph (1) shall be appointed by the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology with respect to the organizations which execute the businesses of the following subparagraphs:

1. Businesses which praise and preserve the honor of science and engineering manpower;

2. Businesses that boost morale and improve rights and interests of the science and engineering manpower;

3. Businesses for finding, training, and utilizing superior science and engineering manpower;

4. Businesses for promoting the international interchange of science and engineering manpower; and

5. Other businesses that the Minister of Education, Science, and Technology deems necessary to find and utilize superior science and engineering manpower and praise the remarkable achievements in the science and technology fields. (2) The Minister of Education, Science, and Technology may support all or any part of the expenses required to promote the business of the appointed organization under Paragraph (1).

Article 28 (Entrustment of Affairs)

(1) When the head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor intend to entrust the affairs under Article 6, Paragraph (3), Article 7, Paragraph 4, Article 8, Paragraph (3), and Article 25 of the Act, they shall announce the matters of the following subparagraphs:

1. Contents and scope of entrusted business;

2. Period of entrusted business;

3. Entrusted business fee and payment method;

4. Unit business belonging to the entrusted business;

5. Report of the execution results of the entrusted business; and

6. Other accompanied matters pertaining to the entrustment. (2) The head of the institutes or organizations which intend to receive the entrusted affairs under Paragraph (1) shall submit the entrusted business promotion plan, including the matters of the following subparagraphs, to the head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor. The same shall also apply when changing the entrusted business promotion plan after the entrustment:

1. Detail contents of the entrusted business and each unit business;

2. Promotion process and schedule for each unit business;

3. Unit business expenses and management method; and

4. Other accompanied matters with the unit businesses. (3) When the head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor deems it necessary for the more effective promotion of the trusted affairs, they may request the supplement of change of the entrusted business promotion plan under Paragraph 2 to the head of the entrusted institute or organization, and the head of the requested institute or organization shall be obliged to accept said request unless there are legitimate reasons not to do so. (4) The head of the related central administrative organization and Mayor/Do governor shall entrust the affairs for the payment of research subsidies or living expenses loan support under Article 9, Paragraph (1) of the Act, the affairs for the payment of research subsidies or living expenses subsidies under Article 20, Paragraph (1), the affairs for the execution of science and technology specialized broadcasting businesses under Article 23, Paragraph (2), and the affairs for the execution of the qualifying examination of the research planning appraiser to the appointed institute or organization among the institutes or organizations of the following subparagraphs:

1. Specific research institute;

2. Government-invested research institute;

3. Local research institute;

4. Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity;

5. National Research Fund under the National Research Fund Act; and

6. Corporation and organization under Article 49, Paragraph (3) of the Enforcement Decree for the Framework Act on Science and Technology. Addenda (Enforcement Decree for the National Research Fund Act)

Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This act shall enter into effect on Jun. 26, 2009. Article 2 (Omitted)

Article 3 (Amendment of Other Acts)

(1) and (2) are omitted

(3) A part of the Enforcement Decree for the Special Act on the Support of Science and Engineering Manpower for Strengthening National Science and Technology Competitiveness is amended as below:

Article 28, Paragraph 4, Subparagraph 5 shall be as below:

5. National Research Fund under the National Research Fund Act From (4) to (8) are omitted

Article 4 (Omitted)


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