Singapore aims to attract local and international young scientific talent.
Singapore's S$3.7-billion (US$2.8-billion) government investment in biomedical research, announced this month, will include funding and scholarships for early-career biomedical scientists. The allocation is part of a S$16.1-billion initiative to boost research and innovation by 2015. Specifics will be announced early next year, says Adela Foo, a spokeswoman for the Agency for Science, Technology and Research. But she says that the funds will include an S$800-million allocation for the creation of programmes to attract local and international young scientific talent. Foo says that the total funding amount will be shared by research institutions, including the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, and is expected to create faculty posts.
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Biomedical investment. Nature 467, 997 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7318-997b
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