DUOSingapore Exchange Fellowship Award

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DUO-Singapore Exchange Fellowship Award
Annex D

• Progress Report
• 14 November 2003

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DUO-Singapore Exchange Fellowship Award

• Officially established on 1 November 2001
• US 1 million, to be disbursed over 5 years, set
  aside to fund education exchanges
• DUO-Singapore website (www.mfa.gov.sg/duo) set
  up to publicise and disseminate information
• Brochures and posters circulated through
  International Relations Offices of the 3
  Singapore universities

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DUO-Singapore Exchange Fellowship Award

• DUO-Singapore focus on both undergraduate and
  postgraduate students
• Exchange of academic staff also considered
• A National Selection Committee administers
  selection process and disburses the financial
  award to successful candidates
• The Committee comprises officials from Ministry
  of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education and
  representatives from the 3 Singapore universities

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DUO-Singapore Exchange Fellowship Award

• A DUO-Singapore award is for a pair of students
  (i.e. one from Asia and one from Europe)
• The Singapore universities liase with their
  European partner universities to nominate
  suitable exchange candidates.
• The universities shortlist eligible candidates
  for the award and submit their recommendations to
  National Selection Committee for consideration.

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DUO-Singapore Exchange Fellowship Award

• Candidates paired according to their area of
  interest and availability of places in the
  respective universities
• First batch of 18 pairs of students successfully
  implemented in Academic Year 2002/2003
• Each student received 6,000 Euros

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DUO-Singapore Exchange Fellowship Award

• The award of 6,000 Euros was considered too
  generous by the Singapore universities
• Reduced to 1,000 Euros per month for a maximum
  of 4,000 Euros (one semester lasts 4 months)
• Reducing to 4,000 Euros allows Singapore to
  award 9 more pairs a year, benefiting more
  students
• Increase in awards to 27 pairs this year is
  timely as the DUO Programme has proven to be very
  popular

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DUO-Singapore Exchange Fellowship Award

• Selection for Academic Year 2003/2004
• More than 300 applications were received for the
  Academic Year 2003/2004, a 50 increase in the
  number of applications from the previous

Applications for DUO-Singapore
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DUO-Singapore Exchange Fellowship Award

• On 16 May 2003, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign
  Affairs endorsed the universities' recommendation
  of the 27 pairs of award winners at a National
  Selection Committee Meeting
• Universities from 9 European countries were
  represented among the 27 pairs of students.

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DUO-Singapore Exchange Fellowship Award

• The distribution of award winners among
  European countries over the last two years

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DUO-Singapore Exchange Fellowship Award

• In the last two years, award winners from
  Singapore included three Malaysians and a
  Vietnamese
• DUO-Singapore open to ASEM ASEAN students
  studying in Singapore

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DUO-Singapore Exchange Fellowship Award

• Programme has three more years to run, with
  fifth and final batch to be selected only in May
  2006
• DUO-Singapore has been very successful so far