Name of Scholarship |
Description |
Tenable Faculties/Schools |
Commonwealth Scholarship |
For new, incoming outstanding graduate students from Commonwealth countries. |
All Faculties/Schools |
NUS Research Scholarship (NUS RS) |
For outstanding graduate students for research leading to a higher degree at the University. |
All Faculties/Schools |
President’s Graduate Fellowship (PGF) |
For PhD candidates who show exceptional promise or accomplishment in research. |
All Faculties/Schools |
Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship |
For outstanding Singaporeans who aspire to be leaders in their respective fields and in the community to pursue graduate studies at the University. |
All Faculties/Schools |
Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA)
- collaboration between A*STAR, NUS, NTU and SUTD.
|
For excellent graduate students around the world who wish to pursue PhD studies in science and engineering here. |
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Engineering
- School of Computing
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Tuition Fee Allowance (TFA) |
For outstanding graduate students for research leading to a higher degree at the University. |
All Faculties/Schools |
Research students who are receiving scholarships may also be eligible to apply for top-up schemes, where applicable.
- Top-Ups from Industries
- Monthly top-ups to students may be provided by industry partners/sponsors in specific areas of research. The top-up amount may range from $500 to $1000 per month.
- Supervisors should seek the approval of the Head of Department and the Vice Dean of the Faculty/school for such top-ups.
- Students will be informed of the approval via their respective Faculty/School administrators.
- Research Project (RP) Augmentation Scheme
- Principal investigators (PI) whose research projects are financed entirely by external funds or if the external portion comprises 50% or more of the total funding for the research project may top-up the research scholar’s stipend under the RP Augmentation Scheme.
- The award amount is $500 per month.
- The period of the award lasts till the completion of the project or until the student’s research scholarship expires, whichever is earlier.
- A copy of the PI’s application should be submitted to the Registrar’s Office. The original application form should submitted to the Office of Finance for processing.
There are many other faculty-level scholarships that are offered to graduate research students. For more information on these faculty-level scholarships, please refer to the respective Graduate Divisions of each Faculty/School/Institute.