The SE Asia Regional S&T Office of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office is based in the British High Commission, Singapore. The aims of the office include encouraging research collaboration between UK researchers and researchers in South East Asia and raising awareness of S&T strengths to facilitate such collaborations.

The office has arranged scientific workshops in many areas such as immunology, neuroscience, aquaculture and microelectronics to bring researchers together to explore potential collaborations.  We also fund travel grants (Collaboration Development Awards) for researchers from South East Asia to visit the UK to develop collaborations further with the aim of proposals being drafted to submit to research funding bodies.

As a result numerous applications are being drafted to potential funders, including under FP7. In addition we hosted, along with the Singaporean Agency for Science Technology and Research, a conference in 2006 on Building Scientific Capacity with South East Asian Partners. Representatives from all ASEAN countries attended and agreed a number of recommendations which included the expansion of the successful scientific workshop/Collaboration Development Award concept to other countries in South East Asia apart from Singapore. As a result workshops have been or are being planned in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

www.britishhighcommission.gov.uk/singapore

Contact 

Mr. Sam Myers
First Secretary Science & Innovation
Phone: +65/6424-4343
Fax: +65/6424-4356
E-Mail: sam.myers@fco.gov.uk

Address

Tanglin Road 100

Singapore 247919