Industrial PhD Programme (IPP)

Current Openings

Economic Development Board Industrial Postgraduate Programme (EDB IPP)

The IPP is an initiative by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) to establish a pool of doctorate/graduate research manpower in Singapore with industry-relevant skill-sets through training in a corporate R&D environment and local universities.

Candidates Under IPP

  • Admitted IPP candidates must be full-time employees of the company while pursuing full-time research programmes at NUS.
  • The candidate is expected to spend at least 50% of the research project activity within the company’s facility.
  • The candidate will undertake an approved jointly-identified research project, and be supervised by an IDS full-time faculty member and a company staff with appropriate research qualifications.
  • The award is governed by the following conditions:
  1. The candidate must be a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident.
  2. The candidate must not be receiving concurrent funding support.
  3. The candidate trainee must not be serving a bond under any EDB grant schemes or any bursaries or scholarships regardless of the awarding body during the period.
  4. The candidate must meet the prevailing admission criteria for research programmes to corresponding faculty or school.
  5. There is no bond requirement. Candidate should be either a new hire or existing employee of the company.
  6. Sponsorship terms by EDB & company includes full tuition fees for research programme, monthly salary and employer’s CPF contribution (remuneration is determined by company).

Companies

Companies interested to participate in this programme will need to jointly scope research projects with IDS, and submit the research proposal to EDB for consideration.

The requirements of the company:

  • Singapore-based entity.
  • Possess the capacity and ability to scope and conduct an industrial postgraduate project with the academic partner, such as
    • Assign suitable PhD-level company R&D leaders to be supervisors.
    • Have an established corporate R&D lab in Singapore with a sizeable team of PhD researchers and a good track record of research activities.
    • Demonstrate commitment to support trainee(s) towards attaining a postgraduate degree within stipulated candidatures.
    • Have visibility of the R&D role in which trainee will be employed upon completion of the IPP project.

Company’s contributions:

  • Supervision and hosting of IPP candidates at research facility.
  • Co-share research grant to academic faculties for cost incurred at faculties.
  • Funds all other costs related to IPP Project and IPP trainee-incurred expenses (eg. insurance, equipment, travel, conferences, publications, etc).