nanalLabs BlogSearch for "research note template" (연구노트 양식) and you get hwp and docx files uploaded by university industry-liaison offices, personal blogs, and electronic-notebook vendors. They look similar, but they're not the same kind of thing — some are the legally defined form, others are ad-hoc templates an institution put together for convenience. Worth telling apart before you pick one.
Three kinds of "template" — sort them first
| Kind | Source | When it's the baseline |
|---|---|---|
| Official annex form | Attached to the directive | Government-funded R&D projects |
| Institutional reference forms | University / industry-liaison manuals | If your institution published one, it wins |
| Vendor & blog templates | ELN vendors, personal blogs | Reference only — borrow the field structure |
The same search result carries very different weight depending on which row it belongs to.
The legally defined form is separate
Korea's National R&D Project Research Note Directive (「국가연구개발사업 연구노트 지침」) comes with an attached annex form. If you're on a government-funded R&D project, that's your baseline — see the directive's annex form (Korean only). Directives get amended and requirements can vary by agency and program, so confirm the version you actually need to submit against the source text and your institution's industry-liaison office notice.
Free templates you can download
e-note.or.kr's template list, part of Korea's government R&D infrastructure, offers free field-specific templates. Several universities — Seoul National, KAIST, and others — publish their own manuals and forms too; checking your own institution's site first usually gets you closer to what you'll actually be asked to submit. If your institution doesn't have one, the two sources above are the best-sourced starting points.
Paper and electronic forms have different requirements
A paper notebook prevents tampering through physical structure — binding, page numbers, signature lines — and the template file bakes that structure in. An electronic notebook cares less about screen layout and more about whether the entry timestamp is recorded automatically, and whether a later edit leaves a visible trace — covered in more detail in what electronic research notes are actually required to do. Picking the right template file isn't the end of the job; proving the timestamp and integrity of what you filled in afterward is a separate question.
A quick checklist
- On a government-funded project: use your institution's posted form first;
fall back to the directive's annex form if there isn't one.
- At a private company: focus less on the form itself and more on whether
the fields (project name, date, signature line) are covered — adapting your own manual is fine.
- Going electronic: decide **how you'll prove the entry's timestamp and
integrity** before you settle on a file format — it saves trouble later.