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SINGAPORE – The Knut Foundation and Alice Wallenberg, Sweden's largest private funder, donates $ 16.4 million to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) for a postdoctoral fellowship Artificial intelligence and autonomous systems.
This is the biggest gift of endowment from a foreign entity to NTU and will allow the world's most promising postdoctoral candidates to do research at the university under the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Wallenberg-NTU, NTU reported Tuesday (July 3rd). NTU President Subra Suresh said: "Wallenberg's name is synonymous with excellence and innovation in research, and these new scholarships will continue to attract highly qualified and experienced researchers who will encourage and encourage vital partnerships between universities and industry with potential benefits for Singapore and the rest of the world. "
Candidates will spend a year in Sweden Wallenberg AI, Program Autonomous Systems and Software, which is the largest research program in the country. Up to five Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowships will be awarded annually for five years.
million. Marcus Wallenberg, Vice President of the Knut Foundation and Alice Wallenberg, said: "The Wallenberg-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowships will make a valuable contribution. Opportunities for early career researchers to develop their specialized expertise and expand their global networks that will translate their ideas into real influence and impact in Singapore, Sweden and elsewhere. "
The new fellowship is part of the NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship (PPF) announced by Professor Suresh during his inauguration as NTU President in February The PPF received around 540 applications from around the world for the 12 The NTU.
The Wallenberg gift comes one month after the $ 2 million donation from Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, president of Axilor Ventures and co-founder of the Indian computer giant, Infosys, for set up the Gopalakrishnan-NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship, which was unveiled during the inaugural visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the University
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