KAIST and the Seoul National University are recruiting undergraduate students to participate in building the future innovative ecosystem for Korea’s agriculture and food sector using various technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Undergraduate students who are progressive and are willing to participate with professors from agriculture, engineering, business and economics to study agricultural ecosystems and innovation and develop business models  for demonstrative projects are gladly invited to apply.

The program is plan to form 5~6 teams composed of 2~4 members.

■ Host: KAIST Business and Technology Management, Seoul National University College of Agriculture Sciences

■ Sponsor: Ministry of Agriculture; Korea Agency of Education, Promotion and Information Service in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

■ Participants: Undergraduate students of KAIST, undergraduate students of Seoul National University College of Agriculture Science

■ Schedule

- Register: 2017. 9. 29.(Fri.) 0:00

- Announcement of acceptance: 2017. 10. 14.(Thur.) individually notified (early acceptance possible)

- Team meeting & orientation: 2017. 10. 15.(Fri.) (Further notice of place and time)

- URP : 2017.10.15.~2017. 11.30.

- Result announcement & awards: 2017. 12.

■ Benefits for participants

- URP research funds:  3,000,000 KRW per team (research expense included)

- Competitive participation of outstanding ideas

- Joint research with both Universities

- Champion team are rewarded cash prize and director’s award from Ministry of Agriculture

■ Registration (send the following information via email. Email title must be “KAIST-SNU URP”)

- Personal information: name, gender, student number, department, contact information(cellphone number)

- Simple cover letter (5~6 lines)

- Area of interest regarding agriculture and food(3~4 lines)

- KAIST student application email address: kyleeka@kaist.ac.kr

- SNU student application email address: jhyou2399@snu.ac.kr

■ Example of research area and performance: teams will develop new business model ideas for the following agriculture and food industry

1) Agriculture and food ICT convergence & IoT

2) Agriculture and food sector robotics and artificial intelligence

4) Precision agriculture based on big data

3) Agriculture and food safety & production workforce

4) Agriculture and food business based on mobile/smart

5) Crop/livestock disease prevention

6) Substitute meat and insect food based on BT

7) Food resources and sustainable agricultural production

8) Plant factory and urban agriculture

9) Future foods

10) Rural amenities and landscape design, rural vitalization, etc