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Dear staff,

For your information, please. The email below will be sent to undergraduates separately.

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Dear Students,

Local Incentive Top-up Scheme for Singaporean Ph.D. Research Scholars

With effect from August 2007, incoming Singaporean candidates will receive an additional top-up of $500 per month (or $6000 per year), payable from the time they register for their PhD candidature until the end of their research scholarship.

With this top-up scheme, a Singaporean Ph.D. candidate will receive a total scholarship comprising the following:

· Before passing Qualifying Exam = $2000 plus research fee subsidies

·After passing Qualifying Exam = $2,500 plus research fee subsidies


Please contact scidrgs@nus.edu.sg for more information.


X Tan

Science Dean's Office


For your info,
for research scholarship holder at the moment:

· Before passing Qualifying Exam = $1,500 plus research fee subsidies

·After passing Qualifying Exam = $2,000 plus research fee subsidies

当初就是看不惯马来西亚的土著优惠政策才到新加坡就读，想不到国大也开始实施这种政策了, sigh..

phD研究生的奖学金不是没有义务白拿的。除了做课题之外，还有担任助教的义务。如果义务相同而报酬相差1/3，实在是有问题。

即使当局有心鼓励本地学生做phD研究，并施以优惠，至少也应当在奖学金之外另立个名目，不要出台这种明显带有歧视色彩的政策。

不知道工程系这边会不会也跟上...

我看到那些夹在申请材料里的小条子了，没有任何相关文件，只有一个小条子。。。我看他们也是怕惹麻烦的。