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Established | 1976 |
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Research type | Public research institute |
Budget | 161,709 million KRW (150 million USD) (2018) [1] |
President | Young kuk Lee, Ph.D. [2] |
Location | Daejeon, Ulsan and Yeosu, Republic of Korea |
Website | Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) |
Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) is the national chemical research institute for the Republic of Korea. It has performed research & development and public infrastructure services in chemistry and related convergence technologies. KRICT was established in 1976 and is a National Research Council of Science & Technology member. [3] It is located at 141, Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon.
KRICT was established in September 1976. In January 1999 its affiliation changed to the Ministry of Science and Technology under the Office of the Prime Minister. In March 2000 it was an establishment of the Korea Chemical Bank, and in January 2001 the organization name was hanged to KRICT. The institute's affiliation changed again to the National Research Council of Science & Technology under the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Currently Ministry of Science and ICT) In June 2014. Last affiliation changed to the National Research Council of Science & Technology under the Ministry of Science and ICTIn July 2017.
Further expansions of this institute include: Korea Institute of Toxicology as an annex of KRICT (In January 2002); KRICT-CNU, Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Development (In May 2011); New Chemical Commercialization Research Center in Ulsan (Currently Research Center for Advanced Specialty Chemicals) In March 2012; Biochemistry Commercialization Center in Ulsan (Currently Center for Bio-based Chemistry) In March 2016; Carbon Neutral Demo-Plant Center in Yeosu in December 2023
- UST-KRICT School: Cultivating global chemical convergence researchers.
- Korea Chemical Bank: Establishment of infrastructure through collection and management of new drug material compounds
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