Dear Sec 4 students

If you are a Singaporean and interested in undertaking a research project related to defence science, you are invited to apply for a research opportunity at DSO National Laboratories.

Research@YDSP (DSO) projects are nine-month project attachments which offer hands-on opportunities to work on defence-related projects, under the mentorship of top defence engineers, software developers, cybersecurity experts and research scientists from DSO.

The project details are listed in the microsite and as summarised below. The prerequisites for the projects are stated in the individual posting.

Project Title	Project Details
Improving LIDAR using Quantum Illumination	Link
Length-Preserving Encryption and its Applications to Full-Disk Encryption	Link
Modernized Analysis of Attacks Against Triple-Encryption	Link
Naval Platform Protection with the NEAT Algorithm	Link
Passive Magnetic Measurements, Signal Processing And Motion Compensation	Link
Wideband Monopole Antenna and Methods to Enhance its Performance	Link

Read the following carefully:

1. Applications must be Singapore Citizens & Sec 4 students.
2. All applicants are to directly apply for the project(s) that they are interested in via the posting(s) at the microsite.
3. If you wish to form your own teams, you may include your team members’ names in the application form. However, each student should submit their individual application. They will be assessed individually.
4. Each student can apply for no more than 2 projects.

You may visit this link to have a glimpse of what a day in the life of a DSO student researcher is like.

Deadline for application is 20 February 2026.

The Science Department would like to support you in your application by providing advice on your write-up before you submit. Please reply to me by 6 February 2026, Friday to indicate your interest to apply. I will then share with you a google doc link to draft your application.

Regards

Mr Shone

(***Copy of email sent out to all Sec 4 students on 18 January***)