10 Feb |
The third corporate laboratory under the NRF’s Corp Lab@University scheme was announced as a partnership between the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and ImaginAb Inc. Called the Imaging Biomarker Development Lab, it aims to develop new in vivo molecular imaging agents to study cancer biology and immune function. |
22 Apr |
The second batch of venture capital funds under the Early Stage Venture Fund scheme was selected. NRF invested in six venture funds – Jungle Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures, SBI Ven Capital, Walden International, New Asia Investments and Monk’s Hill Ventures. |
23 Apr |
The Nuclear Safety Research and Education Programme was announced. It comprises the Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative focusing on research and developing capabilities in nuclear safety, science and engineering and the Nuclear Education and Training Fund to support education and training in these areas. |
30 May |
NRF signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) to fund France-Singapore collaborative research projects in materials, nano technologies and nano systems. |
15 Jul |
Officials from NRF and the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization signed an MOU for Singapore to become a member country of the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP). This allows Singapore’s researchers to compete for funding support under HFSP funding programmes. Support includes applying for research grants, postdoctoral fellowships and career development awards. |
30 Jul |
The National Climate Change Secretariat and the NRF unveiled five national energy technology roadmaps to guide government agencies in formulating technology master plans and funding initiatives to secure Singapore’s energy future and address climate change challenges. The roadmaps are in the areas of solar photovoltaic, carbon capture and storage/utilisation, green data centre, building energy efficiency and industry energy efficiency. |
15 Oct |
NRF awarded seven research projects under the inaugural National Cybersecurity R&D Grant call. These are in the areas of mobile security, cyber physical systems security, hardware and software security, digital forensics, and securing data in the cloud. |
16 Oct |
The fourth corporate laboratory under the NRF’s Corp Lab@Univerity scheme, the Urban Computing and Engineering Centre of Excellence, was announced. Fujitsu Limited, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research and the Singapore Management University signed a five-year partnership to focus on dynamic mobility management as well as maritime and port optimisation. |
25 Oct
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NRF and the UK Department of Business, Innovation and Skills jointly announced the UK-Singapore Innovation & Research Partnership to foster collaboration between the science and innovation communities of both countries.
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28 Oct
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NRF announced six programmes were awarded under the inaugural Biological Design Tools and Applications Funding scheme. These are in the areas of high value-added chemicals, biologics and biomimetic systems. The scheme aims to developing Singapore into a biological-design hub for the design and engineering of biological systems.
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3 Nov |
Seven established researchers received the inaugural NRF Investigatorship to pursue ground-breaking and high-risk research. Two research centres were set up under the Medium-Sized Centre funding scheme to consolidate research activities across universities. The two centres are the Centre for Advanced 2D Materials hosted by NUS and the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing hosted by NTU. |