Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Center for Gifted Education in Science(Director : Professor Song Gyu‑jeong) competed on January 12, 2021 (Wednesday) in the 2021 National Research Outcomes Presentation Contest for the Mentored Research Program of University‑Affiliated Centers for Gifted Education in Science, hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and organized by the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity. Students from the JBNU Center for Gifted Education in Science were honored with the Minister's Award from the Ministry of Science and ICT (1 team) and the President's Award from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (1 team)..

The contest involved students from 27 Centers for Gifted Education in Science nationwide, with 162 teams and approximately 700 participants, making it a large‑scale presentation event.

The Minister's Award was in the Secondary Earth Science category of the mentored research program(Advisor: Professor Park Chan‑kyung, Division of Science Education, College of Education) for the research titled "Measurement of Venus' Orbital Radius and Orbital Period by Photographic Observations." Earth Science class students Kang Min‑jeong, Kwon Ho‑seong, Kim Si‑ram, Lee Min‑jun, and Choi Won‑hyeong participated in the research, and the President's Award from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) was in the Secondary Physics category of the mentored research program(Advisor: Professor Choi Jae‑min, Division of Science Education, College of Education) for the research titled "Investigation of Temperature Changes in Colored Paper According to Light Source Type," in which Physics class student Kim Ra‑hyun participated.

Despite the difficulties posed by COVID‑19, the JBNU Center for Gifted Education in Science devoted approximately eight months to research under the mentored program, and as a result has achieved outstanding outcomes each year at the national presentation contest for the mentored research program.

The JBNU Center for Gifted Education in Science is operated with funding from the Science and Technology Promotion Fund and the Lottery Fund of the Ministry of Science and ICT.