The National Medical Research Council (NMRC), established in 1994, oversees the development and advancement of medical research in Singapore. It provides research funds to healthcare institutions, awards competitive research funds for individual projects and is responsible for the development of clinician-scientists through awards and fellowships.

The Clinician Scientist Award (Senior Investigator) Category is for a senior clinician scientist who has demonstrated sustained, high levels of productivity and leadership in this field, and are expected to mentor junior clinician scientists. The award includes up to $1.75M grant support, with up to 30% indirect costs and between 0.5 FTE to 0.7 FTE salary support for protected time in research over 5 years.

The Open Fund – Young Individual Research Grant (OF-YIRG) is a step for the new investigator to a first independent national level grant. The OF-YIRG is provided to support the conduct of research proposals in basic, translational and clinical research that are relevant to human health and potential, including research that looks at the causes, consequences, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. OF-YIRG is open to applications in all research areas. Applications are assessed based on scientific merit at the international level and relevance to Singapore.