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Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research: An Analysis of Grant Proposal Acceptance Rates in South Korea

학제 간 융합연구 활성화 방안 연구

  • 조성겸 (충남대학교 언론정보학과) ;
  • 이광희 (한국연구재단 문화융복합단)
  • Received : 2018.04.23
  • Accepted : 2018.05.16
  • Published : 2018.05.28

Abstract

Interdisciplinary, or convergence, research has been a priority for the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) and many scholars in Korea have proposed interdisciplinary projects. Of the 4,930 proposals for the submitted in 2017, 2,575 (52.2%) of these proposals could be considered interdisciplinary projects. However, interdisciplinary projects had an acceptance rate of 35.0%, compared to an acceptance rate of 42.1% for single-discipline proposals. According to the study, despite the large share of research projects that appear to be interdisciplinary research, the characteristics of interdisciplinary studies was not reflected properly in the evaluation. I would suggest that it is required to prepare the criteria for classification of interdisciplinary studies in the classification system of research fields so that the characteristics of interdisciplinary research projects may be duly considered.

최근 융합연구의 중요성이 부각되고, 정부차원의 재정지원이 확대되고 있다. 실제 많은 연구자들이 융합 과제를 신청하는 것으로 조사되었다. 2017년에 신청한 4,930건의 인문사회 기초연구사업 연구과제를 학제간 연계성을 조사 분석한 결과 52.2%에 이르는 2,575건이 연구분야 대분류 기준으로 1개 이상의 다른 연구 분야와 연계된 것으로 나타나 융합연구로 분류될 수 있었다. 이렇게 분류된 융합연구 과제의 최종 지원 및 선정률이 단일분야(42.1%)보다 7.1% 낮은 35%로 분석되었다. 이 조사결과에 기초할 때 인문사회 기초 연구에 학제 간 연계성을 띄는 연구과제의 비중이 많음에도 불구하고, 심사평가에서 융합연구의 특성이 적절하게 반영되지 못하고 있는 것으로 보인다. 향후, 학제 간 융합연구의 활성화를 위해 연구지원 분류체계에 융합연구의 분류기준을 마련하고, 연구과제 심사평가 시 학제 간 융합연구 과제의 특성이 고려될 수 있도록 평가방안을 정비할 필요가 있다.

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