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Boosting South Korea’s basic research

By redirecting funding to small teams, the country is betting on the creativity of its scientists.
  1. Mark Zastrow

    1. Mark Zastrow is a science writer based in Seoul.

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When it comes to funding research, South Korea is in rarefied air. As a percentage of its gross domestic product, its spending on research and development is second only to Israel’s.

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Nature 581, S50-S52 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01464-9

This article is part of Nature Index 2020 South Korea, an editorially independent supplement. Advertisers have no influence over the content.

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