Faculty Level Scholarships
The Dean’s Graduate Fellowship (”Fellowship”) is awarded to PhD candidates who show exceptional promise or accomplishment in research. A number of PhD candidates are selected each semester by Faculty of Science for the award.
The Fellowship is open to applicants of all nationalities.
For terms and conditions, please refer here.
The EDB-IPP is a collaboration between NUS and the EDB to build up a pool of postgraduate manpower with critical R&D skills for roles in industry through providing postgraduate training in a corporate R&D environment.
The EDB-IPP is a full-time doctoral programme which leads to an award of Doctor of Philosophy after 4 years of study and research. The research will be carried out intensively in partnership with the company. The company must be locally-based with sufficient R&D facilities. The student must be a full-time salaried employee of the company who is pursuing this programme on a full-time basis.
Criteria for Companies
· Locally-based and financially stable
· An established corporate R&D lab in Singapore with a sizeable team of PhD researchers
· Suitable PhD-level company R&D lab in Singapore with a sizeable team of PhD researchers
· Suitable PhD-level company R&D leaders to be supervisors for the IPP trainee(s)
· A good track record of research activities/ projects
· Commitment to support trainee(s) towards attaining PhD in 4 years
· Visibility of hiring the trainee(s) as full-time employee(s) after the completion of the IPP project or ensuring that skills gained by trainee(s) are transferable to other companies/ similar industries
Eligibility of Student
· Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident
· Relevant Bachelor/ Master degree
· Meets the faculty’s admission and academic requirements
· Employee of the participating company
Support from EDB
· IPP trainee’s tuition fees for 4 years and IPP trainee’s monthly basic salary
· Research grant from EDB for a maximum of 4 years
· The company should submit the research proposal to EDB for its approval. Once approved, company will enter two agreements:
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- A direct agreement with EDB for EDB funding
- A separate agreement with NUS
The Silverstrand Scholarship for Nature-Based Solutions (“Scholarship”) is awarded to outstanding Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students working on nature-based climate solutions (NCS), including but not limited to the science and data models needed to support the design and structure of innovative solutions to finance NCS.
The Scholarship is open to applicants from Asia.
Please contact the Centre for Nature-based Solutions if you are keen to apply for the Scholarship.
For terms and conditions, please refer here.
The Lady Yuen Peng McNeice Graduate Fellowship is awarded to outstanding students who are keen to pursue research in the Southeast Asian Biodiversity. This award is open to Singapore Citizens, Singapore Permanent Residents and graduates of an Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) university.
The student must be enrolled as a full-time student in the Faculty of Science and engaged in cross-disciplinary research in Southeast Asian Biodiversity and supervised by a faculty member from the Department of Biological Sciences. Please contact the Department of Biological Sciences directly if you are keen to apply for the Fellowship.
For the terms and conditions, please refer here.
The Tan Ean Kiam Graduate Fellowship is awarded to outstanding students who demonstrated exceptional promise with an appropriate balance of intellectuality and character.
The scholarship is open to Singaporeans and Singapore PR graduate students in any of the seven departments in the Faculty.
Please refer here for the terms and conditions.
For more details, please refer to http://temasek-labs.nus.edu.sg/ndgp/
