NTIS, which is KISTI's representative and innovative service system for national R&D project was given an honarary UN Public Service Award for its excellent and outstanding performance in the field of government knowledge management. The UN Public Service Award has been given to outstanding public policy and regulations since 2003 and has its top authority in the area.
NTIS was given the awarded for its contribution in strengthening communication and cooperation between the government and public institutions and in setting up knowledge management policy that could provide government, university, research institute and even general citizens with easy and joint application of national R&D information.