A*STAR Investigatorships (Science & Engineering)

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Prestigious Research Awards for young scientists and engineers

The A*STAR Investigatorships aim to support and promote the independent early career development of potential leaders in scientific and engineering research.

Eligibility: Applicants should ideally have obtained their PhD within 24 months (and at most not more than 48 months) of the application date, and have demonstrated strong ability and creativity in research.

Tenability: The award supports independent research for a duration of 3 years renewable for a further 3 years. Tenable at one of A*STAR's prestigious science and engineering research institutes, A*STAR Investigators may select a mentor from A*STAR but will conduct and publish their research independently.

Funding: A*STAR Investigators will receive attractive remuneration, support for set-up costs, research funding, research staff and have access to state-of-the-art scientific equipment and facilities. Each A*STAR Investigator's laboratory would have research allocation of up to US$500K p.a.

Research Focus:

  • Cognitive Systems, including robotics
  • Meta-materials
  • Terahertz
  • Clean energy technologies (including fuel cells, organic PVs, bioenergy)
  • Services Science (focusing on computational approaches and computer systems to improve service efficiency and catalyse service innovation)

Closing Date: 31 May 2008

A*STAR Investigatorship Selection Panel:

  1. Professor Charles Zukoski, Chairman, SERC, A*STAR and Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  2. Lord Ronald Oxburgh, member of the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Science & Technology and former Chairman, Shell
  3. Dr Bernard Meyerson, Chief Technologist, Technology Group, IBM(US)
  4. Professor Andrew Ortony, Department of Psychology, Education, and Computer Science, Northwestern Universit
  5. Professor Richard Syms, Microsystems Technology, EEE Department, Imperial College

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to Singapore for interviews and a review based on a scientific presentation at an open symposium, to be held on 19 August 2008.

A*STAR Investigatorships
Agency for Science, Technology & Research,
20 Biopolis Way, #08-01, Centros,
Singapore 138668, Singapore
Email: A-STAR_SERC_Investigatorships@a-star.edu.sg
www.a-star.edu.sg/astar_investigators