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Singapore's biomedical shake-up: Scientists 'must play in top league'

A*Star chief says funding changes due to shifts in strategy amid worry over jobs, institutes' fate

Mr Lim Chuan Poh said scientists in Singapore now play in a different league, and they will have to keep up, or brace themselves for change. PHOTO: ST FILE
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According to A*Star, funding to the sector as a whole has gone up 8 per cent to $4 billion for 2016 to 2020, compared with the previous five-year period, although 40 per cent will be for competitive funding, up from 20 per cent before.

But the agency was silent on the extent of the latest round of cuts.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 04, 2018, with the headline Singapore's biomedical shake-up: Scientists 'must play in top league'. Subscribe