The AGS is a collaboration between A*STAR Graduate Academy (A*GA) and NTU. It offers a "4+2" scholarship - comprising a four-year Ph.D. study tenable at NTU, 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 Ph.D. degree is awarded by NTU. Areas include Biomedical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering. There are also opportunities for overseas attachment of up to 12 months during the Ph.D. studies.
Who is eligible?
Singaporeans, Singapore PR’s, citizens of ASEAN countries and other international students seeking admission as full-time Ph.D. research candidates in NTU.
Successful applicants have to take up Singapore Citizenship.
Eligibility criteria
- Graduates with 1st Class Honours or graduates with 2nd Upper Honours and Good 'A' Level result or polytechnic diploma with merit
- Open to graduates from NTU, NUS or top overseas universities.
- Candidates must not concurrently hold any other scholarships or fellowships
- All candidates are encouraged to apply with their GRE scores. Applications without GRE test scores will still be considered but successful applicants will have to satisfy the GRE requirement before embarking on their PhD studies. The average scores of successful awardees for the combined Verbal and Quantitative components for the batches of 2005 and 2006 were 1370 with a standard deviation of 100 with at least 4.5 for the Analytical Writing Components.
Award details**
- Support for up to four years of academic pursuit, leading to a Ph.D.
- Monthly allowance, full tuition, and other allowances (including computer allowance, thesis allowance, book allowance, conference allowance; where applicable; support for overseas attachment).
- Successful candidates can take up a two-year post-doctoral fellowship (PDF) in one of the top overseas universities or research laboratories in the scholar's chosen field.
**Rates/allowances are subject to adjustments by A*STAR from time to time.
Bond
Upon completion of the post doctoral fellowship, candidates will return to contribute to A*STAR Research Institutes (RIs) for a service commitment period of up to 3 years
Period of application
August semester: Application will open in January
January semester: Application will open in July
Application procedure
- This AGS scholarship application must be accompanied by a separate set of application materials to NTU for higher degree admission. Thus, the following 2 sets of application forms must be completed.
- Supporting Documents. Please ensure that the 2 sets of applications are attached with the following documents:
- The completed forms and accompanying materials must be sent by post to the following address (please mark "AGS Application" on the top left hand corner of the envelope):
Graduate Studies Office
Nanyang Technological University
42 Nanyang Avenue
Student Services Centre, Level 3
Singapore 639815
Further enquiries
Please contact Ms Tay Bee Lay (email: TAY_Bee_Leng@a-star.edu.sg) and Ms Victoria Poon (email: victoria_POON@a-star.edu.sg) of A*STAR. Further information is available at A*STAR's website.
Research supervisors
A*STAR RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Science & Engineering Research Council
Biomedical Research Council
- Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology (IMCB)
Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)
Bioinformatics Institute (BII)
Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI)
Please refer to the websites of A*STAR research institutes for information about their supervisors and research areas.