Singapore National Research Foundation
SINGAPORE NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
The National Research Foundation (NRF) was set up on 1 January 2006 as a department under the Prime Minister's Office. It was set up to perform the following:
a. To provide secretariat support to the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC), chaired by the Prime Minister;
b. To coordinate the research of different agencies within the larger national framework in order to provide a coherent strategic overview and direction;
c. To develop policies and plans to implement the five strategic thrusts for the national R&D agenda; and
d. To implement national research, innovation and enterprise strategies approved by the RIEC, and to allocate funding to programmes that meet NRF's strategic objectives.
