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Monash reaches for A*STAR

24 June 2009

Charles Zukoski and Richard Larkins.
Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) chairman and A*STAR delegation leader Professor Charles Zukoski with Monash Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins.

A new partnership between Monash and research agency A*STAR will provide PhD students with the opportunity to spend half of their candidature researching in Singapore.

The science and technology students will be co-supervised by both Monash and A*STAR and be able to spend time at one of A*STAR's 17 research institutions.

In turn PhD students from A*STAR will be able to spend half their candidature researching at Monash.

A*STAR or Agency for Science and Technology Research is Singapore's leading research agency. The organisation's research lies in the biomedical, science and engineering spheres.

As both a research funding body and facilitator A*STAR attracts approximately SGD $1 billion each year from the Singaporean government.

Monash Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins said research collaborations were an essential part of the University's success.

"Signing this Memorandum of Understanding with an internationally-esteemed and successful research agency such as A*STAR is directly in line with the University's strategic direction of making the world our campus; rather than sitting back and waiting for the world to come to us," Professor Larkins said.

As part of the MOU signing event, 14 delegates from A*STAR joined with senior Monash researchers and research training administrators to discuss potential research collaborations.

"It's extremely exciting that we are able to bring researchers together on day one of this agreement to get our collaboration started," Professor Larkins said.

"This meeting has definitely set an extremely positive tone for our ongoing partnership."

For more information contact the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor International on +61 3 9905 2145 or email allan.mahler@adm.monash.edu.au.