NTU Singapore receives S$16.4 million for its Wallenberg-NTU Fellowship to nurture early-career scientists

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is making a 50 million Swedish kronor (S$7.6 million) endowed gift to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) to establish a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship.

With matching by the Singapore government, the total endowment raised for the programme is S$11.4 million (U$8.3 million).

An additional S$5 million has been set aside by the Wallenberg in support of the Postdoctoral Fellows, thus bringing the total donation to S$16.4 million (US$12 million).

The gift will go towards supporting the Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship, which will enable some of the world’s most promising postdoctoral candidates to carry out their research at NTU. They will spend one year in Sweden affiliated with the Wallenberg Artificial Intelligence (AI), Autonomous Systems and Software Programme.

NTU President, Professor Subra Suresh said, “The Wallenberg name is synonymous with research excellence and innovation, and these new fellowships will carry on that legacy. They will attract to NTU highly trained and experienced researchers who will promote and encourage vital partnerships between academia and industry with potential benefits for Singapore and the rest of the world. The university and the community will benefit in perpetuity from the Wallenbergs' immense generosity.”