Research Lunch Club in Singapore
Singapore has built one of Asia's most concentrated research ecosystems — world-class universities, A*STAR, and the regional R&D hubs of global tech. Research Lunch Club matches you into a small group of Singapore researchers for lunch, once a month. No conference, no networking session — just three people who do the work, over a hawker lunch or something fancier, for the cost of a coffee a quarter.
📍 Real researchers, real lunch
Who's in the Singapore group
Our Singapore members include researchers from NUS, NTU and SMU, teams at Google, Meta and Grab, and the A*STAR research institutes. Engineers, biomedical scientists, UX researchers, data scientists — Singapore's table is as international as the city-state itself.
Researchers from across Singapore
A sense of where Singapore members spend their days — the universities, institutes and companies they come from.
Where Singapore members meet
Singapore groups meet across the island: Kent Ridge for NUS and the science parks, Jurong West for NTU, the CBD and Bras Basah for SMU and downtown teams, and one-north for A*STAR and the tech crowd. Your group picks a lunch spot — a hawker centre, a kopitiam, a café — wherever's on the MRT for everyone.
Third-wave coffee, Singapore-style
Lunch has a way of running into coffee. A few independent, third-wave spots Singapore researchers gravitate to — chains need not apply.
Nylon Coffee Roasters
Everton Park
Common Man Coffee Roasters
Robertson Quay
Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee
near NUS
🍝 Three researchers, one table
How Research Lunch Club works in Singapore
You get matched
Every month we pair you with two other researchers in Singapore — deliberately across disciplines and career stages, so the conversation goes somewhere new.
Your group picks a day & a spot
You sort the time and place together in the member app — a lunch that works for all three of you, somewhere easy in the city.
You meet for lunch
Show up, swap notes, and build the kind of relationship that outlasts a conference badge. Most Singapore groups keep in touch long after.
Your first lunch is on us
Snap a photo at the table and tag us on LinkedIn or Instagram — we'll cover your first lunch. Our way of saying welcome.
Pricing & the 90-day guarantee
The cost of a coffee
£5 a quarter, and you can cancel anytime. The lunch itself you pay for at the table.
A fresh match monthly
Two new Singapore researchers every month you're a member.
90-day guarantee
Not feeling the lunches in your first 90 days? We'll refund your membership.
First lunch on us
Tag us in a photo from your first lunch and we'll cover it.
☕ Lunch that ran into coffee
Singapore researcher FAQ
Usually around Kent Ridge, one-north, the CBD or Bras Basah — close to where members work and study. You sort the day and the spot in the member app.
Other Singapore-based researchers across fields and seniority — NUS, NTU and SMU academics alongside researchers at Google, Meta, Grab and the A*STAR institutes. Deliberately cross-disciplinary.
Each month we group Singapore members into threes, mixing disciplines and career stages and avoiding repeat pairings. A fresh group every month you're a member.
Yes — Singapore's tech and biomedical sectors mean many members are industry researchers, from UX to applied science. If research is your work, you belong here.
About the price of a coffee a quarter — £5, cancel anytime. Lunch is on you at the table; your first one is on us.
More on meeting other researchers
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The cost of a coffee a quarter. Cancel anytime. Your first lunch is on us.