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As a leading research-intensive university in Asia, NUS focuses on strategic, high-calibre and high-impact research. Our robust research culture and unremitting support for our talented faculty provide the ideal environment for our researchers to achieve significant scientific and medical breakthroughs and discover meaningful insights into socio-economic patterns and behaviours.

Underscoring our unwavering commitment to research, our research output continued to grow strongly. In 2011, NUS researchers published a total of 6,4221 papers in international journals. In Financial Year (FY) 2011, some 5302 new projects were launched and 1,0562 were completed. Over the same period, NUS signed 2583 research collaborative agreements with other universities, industry, research institutions, government agencies and statutory boards – a 21 per cent increase over FY2010.

We constantly source for the necessary and appropriate funding that will enable our researchers to strive for excellence in their respective spheres of expertise. In FY2011, NUS researchers received nearly S$436 million4 in research funds from various granting agencies.
 
1 Calendar Year 2011 (1 Jan 2011 – 31 Dec 2011) Data extracted from SCOPUS online database on 31 July 2012 and represents document types Article, Conference paper and Review.
2 Financial Year 2011 (1 Apr 2011 – 31 Mar 2012). Figures derived from SAP PS as at 20 June 2012.
3 Financial Year 2011 (1 Apr 2011 – 31 Mar 2012). Figures updated as at 26 June 2012.
4 Figures updated as at 31 July 2012.