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Purpose
This scholarship offers support for PhD training in various Science, Engineering and Biomedical Science disciplines. In return, scholars will return to make their mark on the R&D landscape in Singapore. 

• Singaporeans, Singapore Permanent Residents and ASEAN Nationals. Successful candidates who are not Singapore Citizens are expected to take up Singapore Citizenship.
• Candidates must have a first degree in relevant disciplines, and have obtained First Class Honours, *GPA of 3.8 and above from US universities or a CAP of 4.5 and above from local universities.
• Awardees are expected to attain good GRE scores. The average scores of successful awardees for the combined Verbal and Quantitative components for the last 2 batches (2007 and 2008) were 1450 with a standard deviation of 50. All successful awards would also have to obtain a score of at least 4.5 for the Analytical Writing components. Applications without GRE test scores will still be considered but successful candidates will have to satisfy the GRE requirement prior to them embarking on their PhD studies. 
• Candidates should have gained or be in the process of gaining admission into a relevant PhD programme at a top overseas university/laboratory. 
• Preference will be given to those with a strong interest in a research career.
• Successful candidates are required to undergo a one-year research attachment at an A*STAR research institute, prior to their PhD studies. Exceptions may be granted but will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. 

Successful candidates will be given support for up to 5 years of PhD studies.

Successful candidates will receive:

• Full tuition fees
• Monthly sustenance allowance
• Monthly overseas allowance
• Annual book
• Annual return airfare
• Conference allowance
• Computer allowance
• Warm clothing
• Settling-in allowance
• Thesis allowance

⁺All rates/allowances vary according to country and university, and are subjected to adjustments by A*STAR from time to time.

Upon completion, candidates will return to contribute to A*STAR research institutes in Singapore for 4 years. 

Please click here to apply.  The application form, together with supporting documents, are also to be submitted by post to:

A*STAR Graduate Academy
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
20 Biopolis Way, #07-01 Centros
Singapore 138668

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

A*STAR accepts and processes NSS(PhD) applications throughout the year.  However, priority will be given to applications that reach us by 1st April for admission to the overseas university in Fall the following year. 

A*GA Scholarship Officers:
Ng Sock Wee
Rinawati Rahmat
Jamie Tan