The NRF Research Fellowship Scheme and the Competitive Research Programme Funding Scheme are initiatives by the National Research Foundation (NRF) to transform Singapore into a knowledge-intensive economy by building up capabilities, enhancing competencies in existing technologies, and seeking out promising new research areas.
NRF Research Fellowship Scheme
The NRF Research Fellowship Scheme is a globally competitive programme to attract, recruit and root young scientists and researchers to conduct independent research in Singapore. Each award provides a grant of up to US$1.5 million over three years.
Competitive Research Programme Funding Scheme
The Competitive Research Programme (CRP) Funding Scheme funds a broad base of research ideas through a competitive bottom-up approach. This will help to identify new potential strategic research areas in which Singapore can invest to develop core capabilities for new industries of the future. Each award is for a maximum of S$10 million per programme, over three to five years.
(For more information on the National Research Foundation, please visit http://www.nrf.gov.sg/nrf/default.aspx )
Applications for 2009 have closed on 6 September 2009
For more information or enquiries, please email to cos-info@ntu.edu.sg .