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The Straits Times
|January 07, 2026
FROM A1 increasingly complex and require expertise from multiple fields.
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For example, climate change requires a combination of environmental science, engineering, data science and policy analysis.
"At the NRF, we are committed to fostering such interdisciplinary collaboration, knowing that the solutions to our greatest challenges will come from these intersections of scientific and other fields of knowledge."
This comes as Singapore is set to implement the Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2030 plan, the country’s next five-year strategy to strengthen its research capabilities.
Announced in December 2025, RIE2030 will have a budget of $37 billion, amounting to around 1 per cent of the nation’s gross domestic product.
This story is from the January 07, 2026 edition of The Straits Times.
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