The terms of reference of the SAB are:

To highlight critical issues and emerging global trends in basic and investigator-led research where Singapore could fill a gap or meet a need;
To identify, with the NRF, new areas of research where Singapore can reap the benefits of cutting edge science and build the foundation for enterprise and industry growth;
To review and give advice on the proposals and plans prepared by the NRF;
To assist and advise the NRF on the management of R&D, including the allocation of funding and the assessment of research outcomes; and
To recommend to the NRF R&D areas that Singapore can focus on to develop new growth areas.

SAB Members

SAB members are appointed by the Chairman of the NRF Board. The SAB is co-chaired by Dr Curtis Carlson, CEO of SRI International and Prof Ulrich Suter, Emeritus Professor of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. It is a multidisciplinary international board with expertise in broad areas of technology. The current term of the SAB is from 1 April 2009 - 31 March 2011.

List of SAB Members

Dr Curtis R Carlson Co-Chairman of SAB President and CEO, SRI International	Prof Ulrich Suter Co-Chairman of SAB Emeritus Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	Prof Robert A Brown President, Boston University

Dr Rita R Colwell Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health	Prof Sir Roy Anderson Chair of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London	Prof Aaron Ciechanover Distinguished Research Professor, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2004)

Prof James D Foley Stephen Fleming Chair in Telecommunications and Interim Dean, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology	Prof Sir Richard Friend Cavendish Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge	Prof Shankar S. Sastry Dean, College of Engineering, UC Berkeley

Prof Robert H Grubbs Professor of Chemistry, Caltech and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2005)	Prof Louis-Francois Pau Professor, Rotterdam School of Management (mobile & internet network)	Dr Anthony Tether Distinguished Fellow, Council on Competitiveness (COMPETE)

Michael Idelchik Vice- President of Advanced Technologies, GE Global Research