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• NRP Timeline
• Your Contact Details
• PDPA & Parental Consent and

GIRO Forms

• NTU’s Offer: NRP or H3 Science

Research?

• My NRP Supervisor
• NTU Office Hours
• Documents to Hand to my

Supervisor

• Contacting my Supervisor
• Drawing up a Gantt Chart
• Who Should I Turn to for Help?
• Withdrawal from the NRP
• How will NTU Communicate with Me?
• Confirmation to Offer Project as H3

Science Research

• Offering Project as H3 Science Research
• NRP Enrichment vs. H3 Science

Research

• Monthly Progress Update & Attendance

Log Sheets

• Research Log
• Assessment Components
• Reimbursement Claims (Consumables)
• Transport Claims

ITEMS COVERED

NRP Symposium & Training Seminar

4 April 2018

NRP Research

April – December 2018

Confirmation of H3 Science Research

(only applicable to students who have been offered H3 Science Research)

July 2018

Submission of Progress Report

11 September 2018

Submission of Research Paper & Research Log

8 January 2019

Submission of Poster

18 February 2019

H3 Science Research Oral Presentation Assessment

(only applicable to H3 Science Research students)

4 March 2019

NRP Symposium & Oral Presentation Assessment

3 April 2019

Release of results for NRP Enrichment

July 2019

NRP TIMELINE

• The fact that you are present today would mean that you would have

already completed the online acceptance.

• Updating of contact details:
• NTU will email you after 4 April to ask that you verify your contact
• details. You MUST respond to this email whether or not there are

changes to your contact details.

• It is your responsibility to ensure that your particulars and contact

details are correct, accurate and updated at all times.

• Update TO immediately by emailing TalentOutreach@ntu.edu.sg.

You should clearly identify yourself by providing us with your name, school and NRIC / FIN, along with the contact information that needs to be amended.

YOUR CONTACT DETAILS

• All student participants are required to submit the following forms

before starting work on your NRP project:

• Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) Consent Form;
• Parental Consent Form;
• GIRO Form.
• These forms can be downloaded from the Talent Outreach website:

www.ntu.edu.sg/TalentOutreach

• > Nanyang Research Programme (NRP)
• > Resources for Students
• > Forms / Log Sheets

1PDPA & 2PARENTAL CONSENT

FORMs and 3GIRO FORM

DEADLINE: 12 April 2018 (Thursday)

To be submitted to your NRP Teacher Coordinator

NTU’s OFFER: NRP ENRICHMENT

• r H3 SCIENCE RESEARCH?

(applicable to NRP applicants only)

• NTU would have made you an offer for NRP Enrichment or H3 Science

Research - you will only be asked to confirm your decision to offer your project as H3 Science Research if we had made you an offer for H3 Science Research at the start

• Offers are based on:
• Project type;
• School recommendation;
• Supervisor approval.

NRP vs. NRPjr

NRP​ NRPjr ​Target Audience ​JC 1 / IP Year 5​ ​IP Years 3 & 4​ ​Duration ​12 months (April to April)​ ​12 months (April to April) Students may however start work in March

• nce the necessary consent forms have been

signed and submitted and if the Supervisor and Teacher Mentor are agreeable ​Group Size ​Individual Pair work ​Same-school pair work ​Supervisor ​NTU / NIE Faculty ​ ​NTU / NIE Faculty ​ ​Teacher Mentor ​Optional ​ ​Must be appointed by school​ ​Assessment Components

• ​Process (Research Disposition)
• Product (Research Paper)
• Presentation (Poster Presentation)
• Process (Research Disposition)
• Product (Research Paper)
• Presentation (Poster Presentation)

​Documents to be Submitted

• Monthly Progress Report
• Mid-Project Progress Report
• Research Paper
• Research Log
• Poster
• Monthly Progress Report
• Mid-Project Progress Report
• Research Paper
• Research Log
• Poster

​Project ​Categories

• Engineering
• Sciences
• Business, Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
• Engineering ​
• Sciences

​Contact Hours ​170 hours​

• NRP Symposium & Training Seminar (10hrs)
• Research (140hrs)
• Writing of Research Paper & preparing for

Poster Presentation (20hrs) ​150 hours

• NRP Symposium & Training Seminar (10hrs)
• Research (120hrs)
• Writing of Research Paper & preparing for

Poster Presentation (20hrs)

CONTACT HOURS:

NRP vs. H3 SCIENCE RESEARCH

(applicable to NRP applicants only)

CONTACT HOURS:

NRPjr

Training Seminar

10 hours

Research Paper & Poster Presentation

20 hours

Research/ Experiments

120 hours

(3.3hrs/wk x 36wks = 120hrs)

NRPjr Total: 150 hours

• Follow this link on your email offer to get your Supervisor’s email

address.

MY NRP SUPERVISOR

(applicable to NRP applicants only)

• How can I obtain more information about my NRP Supervisor?

Mr.

MY NRP SUPERVISOR

• Do remember that not all Supervisors are local / native to Singapore –

many of our Professors are foreigners with some are new to Singapore.

• What does this mean?
• They may not understand our educational landscape;
• They may not know what our school terms and hours are like;
• They may not understand the demands and challenges school can

pose;

• You will have to communicate clearly and not take things

for granted or assume that your Supervisor necessarily knows / understands the challenges / demands you might be facing in school.

MY NRP SUPERVISOR

• Mondays to Thursdays: 8.30am to 5.45pm

Fridays: 8.30am to 5.15pm Saturdays / Sundays & Public Holidays: Closed

• DO NOT assume that your Supervisor will always be at his / her desk or

in the office – he / she may be away at class, meetings or in the lab doing research.

• Always make prior arrangements with your Supervisor before heading

to NTU to meet with him / her.

NTU OFFICE HOURS

• MOE School Calendar
• The NTU Academic Calendar differs quite significantly from the MOE

School Calendar.

• Your vacation periods DO NOT MATCH those of your Supervisor’s.
• DO NOT assume that your Supervisor will be in Singapore during the

NTU Semestral vacation periods.

Period MOE School Vacation NTU Vacation May/June 26 May to 24 Jun 2018 14 May to 3 Aug 2018 September 1 Sept to 9 Sept 2018 1 Oct to 5 Oct 2018

November/December

17 Nov to 31 Dec 2018 10 Dec 2018 to 11 Jan 2019

DOCUMENTS TO HAND MY SUPERVISOR

• School Timetable & CCA Days
• You should give a copy of your School Timetable to your Supervisor.
• You should also alert your Supervisor of your expected CCA days or

any other days in the week you may have other commitments to attend to and therefore will not be able to head down to NTU to work on your NRP project.

• Travel Time to NTU
• You may also want to alert your Supervisor of the time it would take

for you to travel from your home / school to NTU.

• Distance must NEVER be an excuse for your

unwillingness to head to NTU – you should have factored NTU’s location into your decision when you decided to accept

• ur offer.

DOCUMENTS TO HAND MY SUPERVISOR

• School’s Event Calendar
• You should inform your Supervisor of the dates / periods you will

not be able to work on your project because of: ¤ Block / Common tests ¤ Promotional examinations ¤ Competitions ¤ Project work / oral presentation

• Holiday / Home Leave Periods
• It is also your responsibility to communicate clearly to your

Supervisor the periods you expect to go on holiday, and also the dates of your home leave and the duration you expect to be away.

DOCUMENTS TO HAND MY SUPERVISOR

• Contact Details
• Give your Supervisor your

¤ Home number ¤ Mobile number ¤ Preferred email address

• Get from your Supervisor his/her

¤ Office address ¤ Office telephone number ¤ Mobile number (don’t insist, some Profs are not comfortable sharing this number with students) ¤ Email address

DOCUMENTS TO HAND MY SUPERVISOR

• Remember to tell your Supervisor the best time for him / her to contact
• you. Similarly, you should also find out from your Supervisor the best

time for you to contact him / her as well as his / her preferred mode of communication.

• Some Supervisors may ask one of their Graduate / PhD students or a

Research Officer in their laboratory to mentor you – do check with your

• Supervisor. Find out who your immediate mentor will be and make sure

that you have the contact details of this person.

• ALWAYS copy your NRP Teacher Co-ordinator in all

emails that you send to your Supervisor.

CONTACTING MY SUPERVISOR

• Draw up a Gantt chart to plan the timeline for working on your project

as well as your project deliverables.

• A Gantt chart is one of the most useful ways of showing activities / tasks

/ events displayed against time.

• The vertical axis lists the activities / tasks you need to complete; the

horizontal axis shows the time / duration needed for each activity.

• Each activity is represented by a bar; the position and length of the

bar reflects the start date, duration and end date of the activity.

• This allows you to see at a glance:

¤ What the various activities are; ¤ When each activity begins and ends; ¤ How long each activity is scheduled to last; ¤ Where activities overlap with other activities, and by how much; ¤ The start and end date of the whole project.

DRAWING UP A GANTT CHART

Project-related NRP Supervisor Appointed Mentor NRP Teacher Co-ordinator Programme-related Talent Outreach Section / NTU NRP Teacher Co-ordinator Communication issues Talent Outreach Section / NTU NRP Teacher Co-ordinator

• Your NRP Teacher Co-ordinator should always be your first line of
• contact. He / She should also always be copied in all

your emails to your Supervisor / Mentor / Talent Outreach.

WHO SHOULD I TURN TO FOR HELP?

• All students who wish to withdraw from the NRP are to fill in the official

Withdrawal Form:

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/TalentOutreach/NRP/Documents/NRP%20Withdrawal%20Form% 20%28Word%20fillable%29.docx

• You are responsible for informing your Supervisor of your intention to

withdraw as well as the reason(s) for withdrawal.

• Withdrawal Forms are to be submitted through your school’s NRP

Teacher Co-ordinator.

WITHDRAWAL FROM THE NRP

• Talent Outreach, NTU will liaise with you primarily via email. We will

also send information through your NRP Teacher Co-ordinator. The onus is however on you to check your email regularly.

• All programme-related information and announcements will also be

uploaded to the Talent Outreach website. Do check our website regularly for updates:

www.ntu.edu.sg/TalentOutreach

HOW WILL NTU GET IN TOUCH WITH ME?

• Only projects from Engineering and Sciences Categories may be offered

as H3 Science Research, and will be subject to 1the endorsement and recommendation from your school and 2the approval of the NRP Supervisor.

CONFIRMATION TO OFFER PROJECT AS H3 SCIENCE RESEARCH

(applicable to NRP applicants only)

ENGINEERING

• Aerospace Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science &

Computer Engineering

• Electrical & Electronic

Engineering

• Materials Science &

Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

SCIENCES

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Environmental Earth

Science

• Mathematics
• Physics
• Sports Science

BUSINESS, HUMANITIES, ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Art, Design & Media
• Arts & Social Sciences
• Business
• Communication &

Information Education

• Students who opt to offer your project as H3 Science Research will not

receive a grade and a certificate at the end of the run for NRP.

• You will be awarded an ‘A’ Level grade by the SEAB. This grade will only

be made known during the release of the ‘A’ Level results the year after the completion of your ‘A’ Level examinations.

OFFERING YOUR PROJECT AS H3 SCIENCE RESEARCH

(applicable to NRP applicants only)

NRP ENRICHMENT vs. H3 SCIENCE RESEARCH

(applicable to NRP applicants only)

Training Seminar

NRP

Research Paper

Gold Silver Bronze

Research Grant / Transport Claims

Poster Presentation

Training Seminar

Fee Payment

H3

Science Research

Research Paper

Distinction Merit Pass Ungraded Research Grant / Transport Claims

Oral Presentation

• You are to record all the meetings you have with your Supervisor /

Mentor in the course of working on your NRP project in your Monthly Progress Updating Sheet.

• You are required to get your NRP Supervisor / Mentor to sign against

your Attendance Log Sheet each time you meet up to work on your project.

• The original Monthly Progress Updating Sheet along with the

Attendance Log Sheet are to be submitted to your NRP Teacher Co-

• rdinator at the end of each month.

MONTHLY PROGRESS UPDATE & ATTENDANCE LOG SHEETS

• You will be required to keep a Research Log.
• Your Research Log should contain your notes, a comprehensive list of

sources, and all other information relevant to your project.

• You should also keep notes on comments and suggestions given by your

NRP Supervisor, ideas and questions you may have, as well as any analysis of data that you may have done, along with notes on discrepancies / anomalies identified.

• Keep your log on your own loose A4 sheets – you will eventually have to

scan all hard-copy notes / drawings / mind-maps etc. for submission along with your Research Paper. DO NOT expect your Supervisor to provide you with a Research Log.

RESEARCH LOG

ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS

• NRP ENRICHMENT

3P

s

Process

(Research Disposition)

Product

(Research Paper) Presentation (Oral Presentation)

• Supervisor (20%)
• Supervisor (30%)
• Independent

Assessor (30%)

• 2 Independent

Assessors (20%)

ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS

• H3 SCIENCE RESEARCH

Process

(Research Disposition)

Product

(Research Paper) Presentation (Oral Presentation)

• Supervisor (10%)
• Supervisor (10%)
• Independent

Assessor (60%)

• 2 Independent

Assessors (20%)

3P

s

3P

s

ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS

• NRPjr

3P

s

Process

(Research Disposition)

Product

(Research Paper) Presentation (Oral Presentation)

• Supervisor (20%)
• Supervisor (30%)
• Independent

Assessor (30%)

• Supervisor (10%)
• 1 Independent

Assessor (10%)

• All reimbursement claims for costs on consumables incurred as a result
• f your NRP Project will have to be claimed through your NRP

Supervisor.

• Claims must be supported by an official receipt or invoice bearing the

company’s / shop’s name and a clear description of the item purchased. Not all items are claimable. Details will be released to your NRP Supervisor.

• Original receipts or invoices must be submitted to your NRP Supervisor

within 2 weeks of the purchase date.

REIMBURSEMENT CLAIMS

• A one-off claim can be made for the cost of taxi fares incurred as a result
• f your having to travel to NTU to work on your NRP Project. You may
• nly claim for reimbursement for the cost of taxi fair to NTU at a

maximum of $25 per trip, to a total maximum of $125 through the duration of the programme.

• The original copy of your Attendance Log must be submitted along with

your Transport Claim Form and all original receipts. As receipts are printed on thermal paper, make a copy of the receipt. BOTH the original and the copy of the receipt must be submitted. Do note that the dates

• n your Attendance Log must match the dates reflected on the Taxi

receipts.

TRANSPORT CLAIMS

DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT

A Checklist

• Contact details (home phone, mobile phone & email)
• Teacher Coordinator’s and Teacher Mentor’s contact details (contact no.,

& email)

• MOE School Calendar
• Holiday / Home leave periods
• Travel time to NTU
• School timetable (including CCA days and other school commitments +

best time for Sup to contact you)

• Block / Common test dates
• Mid- / End-of-year / Promotional exam dates
• Expected CCA competition dates
• Project work / oral presentation dates (for JC students)

DOCUMENTS TO HAND TO MY SUPERVISOR

DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT TO MY NRP TEACHER COORDINATOR

DATE DESCRIPTION 12 Apr 2018

• Parental Consent Form
• PDPA Form
• GIRO Form

Early-May 2018

• Gantt Chart with a working timeline for the project

(you should work on this in consultation with your Supervisor) Monthly (Apr to Dec)

• Monthly Progress Report
• Attendance Log Sheet

11 Sept 2018

• Mid-Project Progress Report

8 Jan 2019

• Research Paper
• Research Log

25 Jan 2019

• Transport Claim Form

18 Feb 2019

• Poster for NRP Symposium 2018

• All information on the NRP is available on the Talent Outreach website.
• Do check our website regularly for important announcements / updates.
• You should also check your email regularly. We will email you updates,

reminders and other programme-related information periodically.

• Direct all programme-related queries on the NRP to the Talent Outreach

section at TalentOutreach@ntu.edu.sg. Remember to always copy your NRP Teacher Co-ordinator in all your correspondence / emails with NTU and your Supervisor. www.ntu.edu.sg/TalentOutreach

Talent Outreach FB page: http://www.facebook.com/TalentOutreachNTU/ NRP Symposium FB page: http://www.facebook.com/NRPSymposium/