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ITEMS COVERED   NRP Timeline How will NTU Communicate with Me?   Your Contact Details Confirmation to Offer Project as H3 Science Research  PDPA & Parental Consent and  GIRO Forms Offering Project as H3 Science Research   NTU’s Offer: NRP or H3 Science NRP Enrichment vs. H3 Science Research? Research   My NRP Supervisor Monthly Progress Update & Attendance Log Sheets  NTU Office Hours  Research Log  Documents to Hand to my  Supervisor Assessment Components   Contacting my Supervisor Reimbursement Claims (Consumables)   Drawing up a Gantt Chart Transport Claims  Who Should I Turn to for Help?  Withdrawal from the NRP

NRP TIMELINE H3 Science Research Oral Presentation NRP Symposium & Submission of Poster Assessment Training Seminar 18 February 2019 (only applicable to H3 Science 4 April 2018 Research students) 4 March 2019 Submission of NRP Symposium & NRP Research Research Paper & Oral Presentation Research Log Assessment April – December 2018 8 January 2019 3 April 2019 Confirmation of Submission of Release of results for H3 Science Research (only applicable to students who Progress Report NRP Enrichment have been offered H3 Science 11 September 2018 July 2019 Research) July 2018

YOUR CONTACT DETAILS  The fact that you are present today would mean that you would have already completed the online acceptance.  Updating of contact details: o 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. o 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.

1 PDPA & 2 PARENTAL CONSENT FORMs and 3 GIRO FORM  All student participants are required to submit the following forms before starting work on your NRP project: o Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) Consent Form; o Parental Consent Form; o 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 DEADLINE: 12 April 2018 (Thursday) To be submitted to your NRP Teacher Coordinator

NTU’s OFFER: NRP ENRICHMENT or 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: o Project type; o School recommendation; o Supervisor approval.

NRP​ NRP jr ​Target Audience ​JC 1 / IP Year 5​ ​IP Years 3 & 4​ NRP vs. NRP jr ​Duration ​12 months (April to April)​ ​12 months (April to April) Students may however start work in March once the necessary consent forms have been signed and submitted and if the Supervisor and Teacher Mentor are agreeable ​Group Size ​Individual ​Same -school pair work Pair work ​Supervisor ​NTU / NIE Faculty ​ ​NTU / NIE Faculty ​ ​Teacher Mentor ​Optional ​ ​Must be appointed by school​ ​Assessment - ​Process (Research Disposition) - Process (Research Disposition) Components - Product (Research Paper) - Product (Research Paper) - Presentation (Poster Presentation) - Presentation (Poster Presentation) ​Documents to be - Monthly Progress Report - Monthly Progress Report Submitted - Mid-Project Progress Report - Mid-Project Progress Report - Research Paper - Research Paper - Research Log - Research Log - Poster - Poster ​Project ​Categories - Engineering - Engineering ​ - Sciences - Sciences - Business, Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences ​Contact Hours ​170 hours​ ​150 hours - NRP Symposium & Training Seminar (10hrs) - NRP Symposium & Training Seminar (10hrs) - Research (140hrs) - Research (120hrs) - Writing of Research Paper & preparing for - Writing of Research Paper & preparing for Poster Presentation (20hrs) Poster Presentation (20hrs)

CONTACT HOURS: NRP vs. H3 SCIENCE RESEARCH (applicable to NRP applicants only)

CONTACT HOURS: NRP jr Training Seminar 10 hours NRP jr Total: 150 hours Research/ Research Paper Experiments & Poster 120 hours Presentation (3.3hrs/wk x 36wks = 20 hours 120hrs)

MY NRP SUPERVISOR (applicable to NRP applicants only)  Follow this link on your email offer to get your Supervisor’s email address.

MY NRP SUPERVISOR  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? o They may not understand our educational landscape; o They may not know what our school terms and hours are like; o They may not understand the demands and challenges school can pose; o 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.

NTU OFFICE HOURS  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.

DOCUMENTS TO HAND MY SUPERVISOR  MOE School Calendar o The NTU Academic Calendar differs quite significantly from the MOE School Calendar. o Your vacation periods DO NOT MATCH those of your Supervisor’s. 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 17 Nov to 31 Dec 2018 10 Dec 2018 to 11 Jan 2019 November/December  DO NOT assume that your Supervisor will be in Singapore during the NTU Semestral vacation periods.

DOCUMENTS TO HAND MY SUPERVISOR  School Timetable & CCA Days o You should give a copy of your School Timetable to your Supervisor. o 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 o You may also want to alert your Supervisor of the time it would take for you to travel from your home / school to NTU. o 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 our offer.

DOCUMENTS TO HAND MY SUPERVISOR  School’s Event Calendar o 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 o 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 o Give your Supervisor your ¤ Home number ¤ Mobile number ¤ Preferred email address o 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

CONTACTING 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.

DRAWING UP A GANTT CHART  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. o The vertical axis lists the activities / tasks you need to complete; the horizontal axis shows the time / duration needed for each activity. o 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. o 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.