Fellowships
SMU Doctoral Fellowships
SMU offers two types of doctoral fellowships, based on nominations by the respective SMU Academic Research PhD Programmes.
SMU Presidential Doctoral Fellowships
The SMU Presidential Doctoral Fellowship is provided to exceptionally qualified students who are offered candidatures into SMU's PhD programmes. The Fellowship also recognises existing PhD students who are outstanding in their studies.
The Fellowship is a one-year award. At the end of the award term, the Fellowship recipient may be offered another Fellowship award or a Full Scholarship. The award provides a higher monthly stipend than a Full Scholarship, as shown in the table below.
SMU Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships
(Formerly known as Multidisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships)
This award is intended for existing PhD students who have shown exemplary pursuit of research that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries. Interdisciplinary research may include research output from two or more disciplines across Schools, or across two or more research areas or disciplines within the same School. Recipients of this award should show that they are able to integrate knowledge and methods from the two or more research areas or disciplines to advance fundamental understanding or to find solutions which are beyond the scope of a single disciplinary knowledge.
The Fellowship is also a one-year award. At the end of the award term, the Fellowship recipient may be offered another Fellowship award or a Full Scholarship. The award provides a higher monthly stipend than a Full Scholarship, as shown in the table below.
Both awards provide each recipient with a S$4,000 research trip (to be utilised within 2 years from the start of the award duration), over and above the higher monthly stipend.
| Citizenship | Monthly Stipend (S$) |
|---|---|
| Singapore Citizen1 | 4,300 |
| Singapore Permanent Resident | 3,900 |
| International Student | 3,400 |
1Singapore citizens will be provided with 17% CPF contribution.
SMU Presidential Doctoral Fellowships in Computing
The SMU Presidential Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) in Computing is provided to exceptionally qualified students who are offered candidatures into SMU's Computer & Information Systems (CIS) programmes. The Fellowship also recognises existing PhD students who are outstanding in their studies.
The Fellowship is a one-year award that is renewed annually, for up to four years. The award provides a higher monthly stipend than a Full Scholarship, as shown in the table below.
| Citizenship | Monthly Stipend2 (S$) |
|---|---|
| Singapore Citizen1 | 5,000 |
| Singapore Permanent Resident | 4,000 |
| International Student | 3,750 |
1 With effect from 1 August 2015, Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions shall be provided at a rate pegged to the prevailing employer’s contribution rate set by CPF, on top of the monthly stipend received.
2 The released PDF monthly stipend rates are only applicable to intakes starting from 1 Aug 2018.
SMU School of Computing & Information Systems (SCIS) PhD Fellowship
The SMU SCIS PhD Fellowship is awarded to exceptionally qualified local talents (including Singaporeans and Singapore Permanent Residents) who are interested to pursue research in Computer Science and have a strong passion for teaching.
Recipients will undertake a PhD in Computer Science at SCIS and gain a robust exposure to teaching throughout their course of research study. Recipients will be able to enjoy a fully-funded scholarship (which includes registration and subsidised tuition fees, higher stipends, and a monthly salary amongst other benefits).
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