The Singapore International Graduate Award

Deadline: 1 June 2014
Open to: international graduates
Scholarship: monthly stipend, tuition fees, settling in allowance, air fare

Description

The Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) is a collaboration between the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS). PhD training will be carried out in English at your chosen lab at A*STAR Research Institutes, NTU or NUS. Students will be supervised by distinguished and world-renowned researchers in these labs. Upon successful completion, students will be conferred a PhD degree by either NTU or NUS.

Research areas under the PhD Programme fall broadly under two categories:

  • Biomedical Sciences; and
  • Engineering and Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Eligibility

  • Open to all international students;
  • Graduates with a passion for research and excellent academic results;
  • Good skills in written and spoken English;
  • Good reports from academic referees.

Scholarship

  • Attractive monthly stipend over 4 years of PhD studies, which can support you comfortably. The stipend amount is SGD 24,000 (EUR 13,650) annually, to be increased to SGD 30,000 (EUR 17,000) after passing Qualifying Examination;
  • Full support for tuition fees for 4 years of PhD studies;
  • One-time SGD 1,000 Settling-in Allowance;
  • One-time Airfare Grant of SGD 1,500.

Application

The application deadline for January 2015 intake is 1 June 2014.

Apply online HERE.
More information on the official website HERE.

2 thoughts on “The Singapore International Graduate Award

  1. I am currently a staff of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Animal Research Institute, Ghana. I hold a B. Sc. Biochemistry degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. I am interested in your Ph.D. programmes. I hope my application will be acepted.
    Thank 2you.

  2. I am currently a staff of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Animal Research Institute, Ghana. I hold a B. Sc. Biochemistry degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. I am interested in your Ph.D. programmes. I hope my application will be acepted.
    Thank you.

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