The National University of Singapore performs high-quality research over a broad range of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary areas, and is developing peaks of excellence in several of them. The purpose of the Office of the Deputy President (Research and Technology) (ODPRT) is to facilitate and develop research at NUS, and establish world-leading research programmes. It oversees the 21 NUS university-level research institutes and centres. Other activities include:

• Setting policies for research, including agreements with government agencies, industry, private corporations, and foundations

• Overseeing the allocation of strategic research funds

• Working to expand research funding for the University, including sustaining fruitful relationships with both government funding agencies and industry

• Maintaining research integrity, including enforcing the research integrity code and overseeing the NUS Institutional Review Board (IRB) and NUS Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC)

• Encouraging research interactions with leading organisations in Singapore and overseas, through such mechanisms as IARU, the India Research Initiative and GEM⁴

The ODPRT works closely with the Office of the Provost and the NUS Industry Liaison Office (ILO). It also maintains a Researchers Opinion Website for direct feedback from Faculty to the DPRT on research matters. Because graduate education by research is inextricably linked with the research mission, ODPRT also oversees the NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS). The ODPRT is headed by Professor Barry Halliwell.