Singapore, Feb. 26 -- The Ministry of Education (MOE) of Singapore has announced that the country will allocate 556 million SGD (over 440 million USD) over the next five years to support research in social sciences and humanities. This marks an increase of around 20% from the 457 million USD set aside in the last five years to support key initiatives launched by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Speaking at the launch of the 2026 Social Science and Humanities Ideas Festival, organiaed by SSRC at Singapore Management University (SMU) on February 26, Education Minister Desmond Lee said in times of great complexity and uncertainty, and amidst these changes, social science and humanities research can help Singapore to make sense of wh...