The SGP Prize is an annual award that recognizes trainee physicians whose scientific article made significant contributions to medical science or knowledge advancement. Established in 2008, it serves as an incentive for trainee physicians to continue developing their research skills and career paths while building lasting connections with senior scientists.
Single Game Parlays Prize – An Overview
Single-game parlays (SGPs) have become one of the most exciting developments in sports betting, enabling bettors to combine various outcomes of one game into a single bet. Sportsbooks have increasingly adopted and advertised SGPs to attract more fans, while some have even begun offering them as part of a promotional offer. While SGPs may provide thrills and excitement, they can also pose potential danger to at-risk individuals. Sportsbooks’ easy accessibility and constant promotions of these bets can encourage harmful gambling tendencies, including the tendency to chase losses or place increasingly risky wagers. This can result in severe financial and personal strain as well as negatively affecting important areas of life such as family relationships.
SGP supported several projects during the 2024 edition of the Equator Prize which showcased the power of indigenous and locally-led nature-based solutions, such as Kenya’s Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Programme that fosters sustainable livelihoods among Maasai pastoral communities while contributing to climate change action, as well as its Nairobi Urban Forest Restoration Project – two successful urban greening initiatives funded by SGP.
SGP will continue to support and promote initiatives to strengthen Singaporean society in years ahead. This year, SGP introduced a new category: Singapore History — to better showcase Singapore’s vibrant past and showcase her cultural offerings. Now known as the NUS Singapore History Prize, this multidisciplinary prize places special focus on researching its past.
SGP will expand both its scope and funding. This will allow more prizes to be given away and help more trainees advance their professional development. This additional funding will assist the Prize in its mission: deepening Singaporeans’ understanding of their country’s rich and dynamic history as well as expanding our global perspective. It will also enable the Prize to reach out to more people, particularly schools and communities with limited access to Singapore’s cultural institutions and events. Given the current geopolitical climate, which has seen an upsurge of hate speech and intolerance towards other cultures and races, this prize will continue to promote education about diversity and social cohesion – something the UNESCO Universal Declaration of Human Rights requires of us all regardless of race, religion, gender orientation sexual orientation disability age etc.