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 DukeMed Alumni News
Fall 2007
In Brief:
Singapore Campus Receives $5 Million Gift for Scholarships
The Shaw Foundation of Singapore has given $5 million in scholarship support to the Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School.
The gift will be matched by Singapore 's Ministry of Education for a total of $10 million. Valued at $50,000, per year, the scholarships will be awarded to students based on merit, with consideration for those with demonstrated financial need. Up to four scholarships were designated for members of the inaugural class in fall 2007.
The Shaw Foundation was established in 1957 by the late Tan Sri Dr Runme Shaw and his brother, Sir Run Run Shaw. Since then it has distributed more than $350 million in support of education, welfare, medicine, the arts, heritage, and environmental causes.
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