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A*STAR Graduate Scholarships (AGS)

AGS - a collaboration between A*STAR's Graduate Academy (AGA) and NUS' Graduate School (NGS) - offers a "4+2" scholarship. AGS comprises a four-year PhD study tenable at NUS and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship (PDF) in one of the top overseas universities or research laboratories in the scholar's chosen field. The PhD degree is awarded by NUS. Areas covered include Biomedical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering.

IMRE AGS Supervisors

Listed below are IMRE's AGS supervisors and co-supervisors. To view their profiles, please click on the respective supervisor names.

AGS supervisors
Dr Akkipeddi RAMAM Dr Alan SELLINGER Prof Alfred HUAN
Dr CHANDRASEKHAR N Dr CHEN Zhikuan Dr CHI Dongzhi 
Dr Chris BOOTHROYD Dr CHIA Ching Kean Prof CHUA Soo Jin
Dr DONG Jian Rong Dr FOO Yong Lim Dr Gregory GOH
Dr HAN Ming Yong Dr HE Chaobin Dr Isabel RODRIGUEZ
Dr LI Jun Dr Lim Khiang Wee Dr LOW Hong Yee
Dr O'SHEA Sean Dr PAN Jisheng Dr Pramoda K PALLATHADKA
Dr Sudhiranjan TRIPATHY Dr TENG Jinghua Dr WANG Shi Jie
Dr YAO Kui Dr YAKOVLEV Nikolai Dr ZHU Furong
 

Eligibility

  • Singaporeans, Singapore PRs and nationals of ASEAN countries
  • Graduates with 1st Class Honours or Graduates with 2nd Upper Honours and Good ‘A’ Level results
  • Open to graduates from NUS, NTU or top overseas universities
  • Candidates must not concurrently hold any other scholarships or fellowships
  • Applicants should typically be below 30 years old

Award Details

Successful candidates will be given support for up to four years of academic pursuit, leading to a Ph.D. Award is renewable on an annual basis, subject to good progress.

Successful candidate will receive:

  • Monthly allowance of S$3,000 per month during the Ph.D
  • Full Tuition
  • Other Allowances including
    • Computer allowance
    • Thesis Allowance
    • Book Allowance
    • Conference Allowance
  • Full support for overseas attachment (where applicable)

Service Commitment

Upon completion of the PDF, candidates will return to contribute to A*STAR’s Research Institutes (RIs) for a service commitment period of up to 3 years.

Application Procedure

Interested candidates can download a copy of the AGS application form here.

More details on AGS can be found at the following website, http://scholarships.a-star.edu.sg

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