NGS Scholarship
(NGSS)
The NGS Scholarship is awarded to
talented students with an aptitude for innovative, high calibre PhD research.
Terms
- Monthly stipend, up to 4 years of the PhD studies, OR up
to date of graduation, whichever is earlier, of - S$3,500 for Singapore
Citizens, plus
Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions at a rate pegged to the
prevailing employer’s contribution rate set by CPF - S$3,200 for Singapore
Permanent Residents - S$3,000 for International students
- Full tuition fee subsidy for 4 years.
- Other allowances include
- computer allowance
- book allowance
- conference allowance.
- Student must commit to PhD from the outset, cannot exit
with MSc.
Eligibility
- Opens worldwide.
- Graduates with a passion for cross-disciplinary research
in science, engineering, computing, and related aspects of medicine. - Graduates with at least 2nd Upper Honours, or equivalent
qualifications. - GRE is
compulsory for all except for applicants from NUS or NTU. Note that GATE
is NOT acceptable. - TOEFL is compulsory (ONLY applicable for applicants
whose native tongue or medium of undergraduate instruction is not in
English).
Conditions
- Students are not eligible for the President’s Graduate
Fellowship (PGF). - Award is renewable, subject to satisfactory academic
performance of CAP ≥ 3.8 at the end of every semester. - Applicants doing a Masters programme at the point of application
- must have officially completed the
Masters programme, and - must have been conferred the Masters
degree
before matriculating in NGS for PhD at NGS.
Applicants who have submitted their Masters thesis only, but who
Applicants who have submitted their Masters thesis only, but who
- have not officially graduated from
the Masters programme, and - have not been conferred the Masters
degree
must therefore
defer their admission (from matriculation to registration) into NGS, until the
Masters degree has been officially awarded.
defer their admission (from matriculation to registration) into NGS, until the
Masters degree has been officially awarded.
- Applicants
- required to serve any bond after
graduation from existing (be it Bachelor / Master’s) programme, and
who intend to commence their NGS’ PhD immediately after official
graduation
and/or
- serving any bond at the point of
application to NGS’ PhD
should declare
such information in the Questionnaire section of the application form.
such information in the Questionnaire section of the application form.
Successful applicants should automatically, in their own initiative, apply for
deferment of serving of the bond. The official memo documenting the
approval of deferment of bond service should be submitted to NGS at least one
month before matriculation into NGS’ PhD.
Supervisors
NGS members in NUS and Duke-NUS in integrated research programmes.
Application
Click here to apply online*. All supporting documents, together
with a printed copy of the application form are to be submitted by post to:
NUS Graduate
School for Integrative Sciences &
Engineering (NGS)
Centre For Life Sciences (CeLS)
28 Medical Drive, #05-01
Singapore
117456
* ONLY Online Applications are
accepted. For instructions and application procedures, please click here.
For further queries about the NGS Scholarship, please contact Ms Anu at
+65-6516 1480. Her email address is ngsack@nus.edu.sg .
Closing Date
for Application
Intake
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Closing Date
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August 2017
( AY2017/18 Semester 1) |
Application
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