For PhD Candidates

President's Graduate Fellowship - NUS Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
The President's Graduate Fellowship (PGF) is awarded to candidates who show exceptional promise or accomplishment in research. A number of PhD research students are selected each semester by the University for the award.

Harvard-Yenching Institute (HYI)-NUS Joint Scholarship Programme - NUS Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
The Harvard-Yenching Institute (HYI) and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (NUS) invite applications for the HYI-NUS Joint Scholarship Programme. Successful applicants will be registered as PhD students at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS. The first 38 months will be spent at NUS (financed by NUS) while the remaining 10 months will be spent at Harvard University (financed by HYI).

Dean’s PhD Fellowship
This prestigious Fellowship provides the best incoming FASS PhD candidates with an additional year of funding (approximately SGD63,000). Up to three Fellowships will be awarded to the most promising candidates for the August intake. The Fellowship is to defray living expenses and tuition fees in the final year of the recipient’s studies, after the NUS scholarship expires.

For Masters and PhD Candidates

NUS Research Scholarships - NUS Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
The University offers Research Scholarships to outstanding PhD and Master's (Singapore Citizens/Permanent Residents only) candidates to pursue a full-time graduate research degree at NUS. The total number of scholarships  available may vary each academic year. However PhD and research Masters students joining the Department of Geography have an excellent track record of gaining these scholarships.