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National Science Scholarship (PhD) in Singapore, 2020

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Scholarship Summary

Scholarship Description

Agency for Science, Technology and Research is providing the National Science funding for the academic session 2020-21. Singaporeans citizens can apply for these endowments.

This scholarship aims to groom students, who are aspiring to be clinician-scientists, to be Singapore’s next generation of leaders in translational medicine.

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Scholarship Benefits

Successful applicants will be given the following support for up to five years:

  • Full tuition fees
  • Monthly sustenance allowance, inclusive of CPF contribution (where applicable)
  • Monthly overseas living allowance
  • Annual return airfare
  • Other allowances including
  • Conference allowance
  • Thesis allowance
  • Book allowance
  • Computer allowance
  • Warm clothing and settling-in allowance

Scholarship Eligibility

  • Be Singaporeans and other nationals intending to take up Singapore citizenship
  • Have a strong interest in a research career
  • Have outstanding undergraduate results (preferably 1st Class Honours Degree or equivalent) in relevant disciplines
  • Have applied or been applying for a PhD programme at a top global university

Others

Candidates are encouraged to sit for the SAT tests to broaden their choices of institutions for their undergraduate education. Although A*STAR does not mandate a minimum SAT score as a qualifying condition for the undergraduate financial aid awarded for studies, applicants are encouraged to submit their SAT scores, if available, to be included in the overall assessment of their applications.

Application deadline: 1 March each year