Key Companies

There are four key players in the research scene: the National Research Foundation, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University. Under each are several ambitious public research institutes that offer stimulating research positions under world-renowned mentors.

National Research Foundation

• Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)

Research Centres of Excellence

• Cancer Science Institute of Singapore
• Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Centre for Quantum Technology
• Mechanobiology RCE

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

• Biomedical Research Council (BMRC)
  • Research Institutes
    • Bioinformatics Institute (BII)
    • Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI)
    • Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)
    • Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN)
    • Institute of Medical Biology (IMB)
    • Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB)
    • Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS)
  • Research Consortia and Centres
    • Experimental Therapeutics Centre (ETC)
    • Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC)
    • Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN)
    • Singapore Stem Cell Consortium (SSCC)
• Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC)
  • Data Storage Institute (DSII)
  • Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)
  • Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences (ICES)
  • Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC)
  • Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE)
  • Institute of Microelectronics (IME)
  • National Meteorology Centre (NMC)
  • Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech)

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

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