Each year, the Department initiates several new research projects which are either internally funded by Ministry of Education or externally funded by government organizations and industries. These external funding organizations are often collaborators in the projects and they include Ministry of Defense; Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR); National Research Institutes/Centers; Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte Ltd; etc.

For 2010 and 2011, we received a total of $30.3 million and $25.6 million new funding, respectively.