{"id":5273,"date":"2015-07-17T05:55:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T05:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/?p=5273"},"modified":"2015-07-17T05:55:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T05:55:12","slug":"nurturing-scientific-talent-for-singapores-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/nurturing-scientific-talent-for-singapores-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurturing scientific talent for Singapore&#8217;s development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Singapore&#8217;s Agency for Science, Technology and Research has held the Scholarship Awards Ceremony.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5277\" src=\"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg\" alt=\"ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015\" width=\"263\" height=\"168\" title=\"\"><\/a>Singapore<\/strong>\u2014The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) welcomed a new cohort of scholars and fellows that will add to Singapore\u2019s vibrant pool of scientific talent, at the Scholarship Awards Ceremony held today. Mr Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Education, presented this year\u2019s scholarships as the Guest-of-Honour.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To date, A*STAR has nurtured more than 1,400 Singaporean PhD talents through its suite of scholarships and fellowships since 2001. Of these, 470 scholars and fellows have completed their PhD studies or postdoctoral training and are contributing to Singapore\u2019s R&amp;D ecosystem in diverse ways. For information on A*STAR\u2019s scholarships and fellowships, refer to Annex A.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The scholarships provide opportunities for deserving young individuals to pursue their passion in science and to master the necessary skills and training for a career in research and development (R&amp;D). The aim is to develop a pipeline of scientific talent that can strengthen Singapore\u2019s competitive edge for innovative technologies and further develop its reputation as a vibrant hub for R&amp;D. For information on some of these talents, view Annex B.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Besides advancing scientific discovery and technological innovation in A*STAR institutes, returning scholars contribute in diverse ways across the research, innovation and enterprise value chain. Some of these scholars lend their expertise to private R&amp;D laboratories, including those of local enterprises, through collaborations and secondments. Several of these scholars have also been recognised for their achievements through various international awards and fellowships.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr Lim Chuan Poh, Chairman of A*STAR, said, \u201cOur scholars are well-poised to become future leaders in Singapore\u2019s research and innovation landscape as they continually develop their scientific expertise and carry out world-class R&amp;D that is of value to industry and society.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore&#8217;s Agency for Science, Technology and Research has held the Scholarship Awards Ceremony. Singapore\u2014The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) welcomed a new cohort of scholars and fellows that will add to Singapore\u2019s vibrant pool of scientific talent, at the Scholarship Awards Ceremony held today. Mr Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Education, presented this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015-150x130.jpg",150,130,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"ultp_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"ultp_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"ultp_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"ultp_layout_square":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"newspaper-x-single-post":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"newspaper-x-recent-post-big":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"newspaper-x-recent-post-list-image":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",95,59,false],"web-stories-poster-portrait":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",210,130,false],"web-stories-publisher-logo":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",96,59,false],"web-stories-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ASTAR_Logo_Website_April_2015.jpg",150,93,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Amrita Tuladhar"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/category\/culture\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Culture<\/a>","tag_info":"Culture","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}