Agency for Science, Technology and Research

government agency in Singapore
Organization statutory_board_of_the_singapore_government Q1101188
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Summary

Agency for Science, Technology and Research is a statutory board of the Singapore Government[1]. It draws 1,110 Wikipedia views per month (statutory_board_of_the_singapore_government category, ranking #4 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research was a member of ORCID, Inc.[3].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research was a member of Science Council of Asia[4].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research is located in Singapore[5].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research is in the country of Singapore[6].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's instance of is recorded as statutory board of the Singapore Government[7].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's chief executive officer is recorded as Frederick Chew[8].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute of Medical Biology[9].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Bioinformatics Institute[10].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Genome Institute of Singapore[11].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute for Infocomm Research[12].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute of High Performance Computing[13].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute of Materials Research and Engineering[14].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology[15].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology[16].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Singapore Immunology Network[17].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Bioprocessing Technology Institute[18].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Biomedical Research Council[19].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Experimental Therapeutics Centre[20].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Science and Engineering Research Council[21].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Singapore Bioimaging Consortium[22].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences[23].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Singapore Stem Cell Consortium[24].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as A*STAR-NUS Clinical Imaging Research Centre[25].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Data Storage Institute[26].
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences[27].

Body

Founding

2002 marks the founding of Agency for Science, Technology and Research[28].

Leadership

Agency for Science, Technology and Research's chief executive officer is recorded as Frederick Chew[8].

Operations

Agency for Science, Technology and Research's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Trade and Industry[29]. Subsidiaries include Institute of Medical Biology[9], a facility[30], in Singapore[31], founded in 2007[32]; Bioinformatics Institute[10], a business[33], in Singapore[34], founded in 2001[35], headquartered in Singapore[36]; Genome Institute of Singapore[11], a research institute[37], in Singapore[38]; Institute for Infocomm Research[12], a research institute[39], in Singapore[40], founded in 2002[41], headquartered in Singapore[42]; Institute of High Performance Computing[13], a facility[43], in Singapore[44], founded in 1998[45]; and Institute of Materials Research and Engineering[14], a business[46], in Singapore[47], founded in 1997[48], headquartered in Singapore[49].

Why It Matters

Agency for Science, Technology and Research draws 1,110 Wikipedia views per month (statutory_board_of_the_singapore_government category, ranking #4 of 17).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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