The NGS Scholarship is awarded to talented students with an aptitude for innovative, high calibre PhD research.

Terms

* Monthly stipend of S$3,200 up to 4 years of the PhD studies, or up to date of graduation, whichever is earlier.
* Payment of full tuition fees up to 4 years of PhD or up to date of graduation, whichever is earlier.
* Other allowances include
1. computer allowance
2. book allowance
3. conference allowance.
* Student must commit to PhD from the outset, cannot exit with MSc.
* No bond

Eligibility

* Opens worldwide.
* Graduates with a passion for research.
* Graduates with at least 2nd Upper Honours, or equivalent qualifications.
* GRE is compulsory for students applying from overseas. Only strongly recommended for graduates from local institutions, e.g. NUS or NTU.
* TOEFL is compulsory (ONLY applicable for applicants whose native tongue or medium of undergraduate instruction is not in English).

Condition

* 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.

Supervisors

NGS members in NUS and Duke-NUS in integrated research programmes.

Closing Date 15 September 2010