NRF Centers of Research Excellence (선도연구센터)
Provides Large center grants for university research consortia, supporting long-term sustainable commercialization and growth.
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NRF Centers of Research Excellence is the large center-grant track in the National Research Foundation of Korea's Basic Research in Science and Engineering directorate. It sits above the small-lab routes and supports multi-PI university centers across SRC, ERC, MRC, CRC, RLRC, IRC, and NRL2.0. The FY2026 first tranche was posted under MSIT Notice No. 2025-1005, which places the program in NRF's re…
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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.