Abstract
The importance of maritime sector in Korea has been increasingly recognized in recent days. As the country enters the $\ulcorner$new ocean era$\lrcorner$ the oceans are often regarded as holding the keys to solve the problems of modem industry associated with changing environment as well as changing societies and national politics. This paper attempts to address the national maritime R＆D policies and their relative importances. In the methodology, Saaty's analytic hierarchy process model is used to evaluate and rank the selected maritime R＆D projects which have a wide range of characteristics and policy implications. The criteria used for policy evaluation relates specifically to the Korea's evaluation needs and culture, and those criteria are weighted according to their relative importance as perceived by the maritime R＆D specialists.
