With the new headquarters that opened in 2018, several Centers relocated to share the new research space. Located in Daejeon, South Korea in the International Science & Business Belt, these Centers are houses in three connected research buildings with an animal testing facility and the Aleph supercomputer. Also on the HQ campus is an administrative building, Science Cultural Center, and the IBS and UST dormitories.
Center for Cognition and Sociality
Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems
Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe
Center for Underground Physics
Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies
Located in the headquarters complex with HQ Centers, Pioneer Research Centers (PRC) were launched in December 2018. These smaller collective Centers are led not by a director, but by a group of up to five chief investigators.
PRC for Biomolecular and Cellular Structure - Protein Communication Group
PRC for Mathematical and Computational Sciences - Data Science Group
PRC for Mathematical and Computational Sciences - Discrete Mathematics Group
PRC for Mathematical and Computational Sciences - Biomedical Mathematics Group
PRC for Mathematical and Computational Sciences - Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group
PRC for Climate and Earth Science - Planetary Atmospheres Group
Campus Centers are established within science and technology universities and government-funded research institutes. Locations include the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), and Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH).
Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research (KAIST, Daejeon)
Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations (KAIST, Daejeon)
Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions (KAIST, Daejeon)
Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions (KAIST, Daejeon)
Center for Vascular Research (KAIST, Daejeon)
Center for Advanced Reaction Dynamics (KAIST, Daejeon)
Center for Relativistic Laser Science (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju)
Center for Artificial Low Dimensional Electronic Systems (POSTECH, Pohang)
Center for Geometry and Physics (POSTECH, Pohang)
Center for Van der Waals Quantum Solids (POSTECH, Pohang)
Center for Genomic Integrity (UNIST, Ulsan)
Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (UNIST, Ulsan)
Center for Soft and Living Matter (UNIST, Ulsan)
These are Centers located in other renowned universities. Seoul locations include Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University, collectively they are colloquially known as SKY, and Ewha Womans University; located in Suwon is Sungkyunkwan University; and in Busan is Pusan National University. Extramural Centers are external organizations funded by IBS through agreements with the universities. Only the directors and associate directors are hired by IBS, all other research and administrative staff are employed by the university.
Center for RNA Research (Seoul National University, Seoul)
Center for Correlated Electron Systems (Seoul National University, Seoul)
Center for Nanoparticle Research (Seoul National University, Seoul)
Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics (Korea University, Seoul)
Center for Nanomedicine (Yonsei University, Seoul)
Center for Quantum Nanoscience (Ewha Womans University, Seoul - Wikipedia)
Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon)
Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon)
Center for Climate Physics (Pusan National University, Busan)
The Korea Virus Research Institute (KVRI) was formed in 2021 as a government response to COVID-19. An institute within an institute, it has a managing director of the institute and an additional director of each Center. New space is being prepared at IBS HQ.
Center for Study of Emerging and Re-emerging Viruses
The Rare Isotope Science Project (RISP) was officially formed in 2011 with the goal of making the Rare isotope Accelerator complex for ON-line experiment, or RAON. Named after a shortened form of 라온하제, a Korean term meaning “joyful tomorrow”, RAON is a heavy ion particle accelerator which aims to become the first with both Isotope Separation On-Line (ISOL) and In-flight Fragmentation (IF). Oonstruction is ongoing in northeast Daejeon neighboring Sejong City and will take at least ten years and 1.4 trillion won.
Affiliated with IBS, but not following the Center format, is one mathematical research group. The National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS) was founded in 2005 under the Korea Basic Science Institute. NIMS is located in Daejeon and was shifted from the Korea Basic Science Institute to IBS in 2012.
IBS Centers and their locations are placed throughout the country to strategically work with excellent universities and research groups. The map below gives a general idea as to where IBS Centers are located.
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