UCL CAREERS sERVICE
Singapore: Online Resources
(Last updated July 2010)
General Information
Country Profile
· BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1143240.stm
· CIA Factbook www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sn.html
· Economist www.economist.com/countries/Singapore/
· Foreign & Commonwealth Office www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/country-profile/asia-oceania/singapore/
· Goinglobal http://www.goinglobal.com/en/guide-detail/?guide_id=21
Government and working in Singapore
· Contact Singapore http://www.contactsingapore.sg/
· Singapore Government www.gov.sg/pol_man.htm
· Ministry of Education: Higher Education www.moe.gov.sg/about/org-structure/hed/
· Singapore Expats www.singaporeexpats.com/guides-for-expats/career-in-singapore.htm
Job search resources
Academic jobs are advertised on individual university websites or the A*STAR website: www.a-star.edu.sg which lists career opportunities in the following research institutes/organisations:
· Institute of Materials Research and Engineering
· Bioinformatics Institute
· Institute of Medical Biology
· Biomedical Sciences Institutes
· Institute of Microelectronics
· Bioprocessing Technology Institute
· Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
· Data Storage Institute
· National Metrology Centre
· Experimental Therapeutics Centre
· Neuroscience Research Partnership
· Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd
· Science and Engineering Institutes
· Genome Institute of Singapore
· Singapore Bioimaging Consortium
· Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology
· Singapore Immunology Network
· Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences
· Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences
· Institute of High Performance Computing
· Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology
· Institute for Infocomm Research
· Singapore Stem Cell Consortium
Online job sites
Best Jobs Singapore www.bestjobs.com.sg/bt-job-SC005-1-Education_University_jobs.htm
BioMed-Singapore http://www.edb.gov.sg
It provides all the information required to find a job in science, including listings of employers
CareerJET http://www.careerjet.sg/
GlobalEdge http://globaledge.msu.edu/academy/globaledge-job-bank/
Jobs.com.sg http://www.jobs.com.sg/
Singapore Recruit Net http://singapore.recruit.net/search-faculty+-jobs
C.A.T.S Classified http://www.st701.com/
For more information on global job resources see Global Resources document.
Funding and Grants Information
The following organisations offer researchers early and mid-career grants and fellowships. Citizenship restrictions apply – please read eligibility link on sites.
Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR) www.a-star.edu.sg/
A*STAR is Singapore’s lead government agency fostering scientific research and talent for a vibrant knowledge-based economy. A*STAR works in the development in Biomedical Sciences, and Physical Sciences & Engineering, and oversees 20 research institutes.
For information on Research in Singapore visit the National Research Foundation www.nrf.gov.sg/nrf/default.aspx or for Research Industry brochure http://view.vcab.com/?vcabid=geaSeapnpSgjhhr
Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitors Programme
http://www.lkydvp.sg/
Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship
http://www.scholarshipnet.info/postdoc/singapore-lee-kuan-yew-postdoctoral-fellowship/
National Research Foundation
· Fellowship www.nrf.gov.sg/nrf/otherProgrammes.aspx?id=142
· Competitive Research Programme Funding Scheme www.nrf.gov.sg/nrf/otherProgrammes.aspx?id=168
National University of Singapore
· (Senior) Research Fellowships
· One-Year Visiting (Senior) Research Fellowships
· Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/article_view.asp?id=261
National University Health System: Singapore Millennium Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
http://www.nuhs.edu.sg/research/funding/funding-opportunities/fellowship/singapore-millennium-foundation-postdoctoral-fellowship.html
Other sources of funding
For more information on global funding resources see Global Resources document.
University Ranking websites
For more information on global rankings see Global Resources document.