Grants

Dear All, Greetings. We would like to announce National Cohorts Office (NCO) 2025 Request for Proposals. Funding quantum: Max S$750,000 for single cohort; $1.5M for 2 or more cohorts (30% indirect cost is not applicable) up to 18 months. NUHS Submission deadline: 17-Jun-25 (Tuesday) @ noon Brief grant call description: The National Cohorts Office (NCO) is a Singapore initiative enhancing biomedical research through competency building. Funded by the Ministry of Health, NCO advocates for population cohort studies, recognizing their value despite resource intensity. It promotes FAIR principles and data linkage to maximize cohort utility. RIE2025 funding has been allocated under the Human Health and Potential (HHP) […]

Dear All, Application for the NHIC Innovation to Startup (I2S) Grant Call 2025 is now open for submission of Letter of Intent (LOI). Funding quantum: Phase 1&2: Total of $600,000 inclusive of maximum 30% Indirect Research Cost; Phase 3:up to $1,200,000 to support spin-off company PI eligibility: Must hold primary appointment in a local public hospital, public health institution, national specialty centre or academic medical school and be salaried by the institution Additional Criteria:Team with strong intent to start-up a company Submission deadline: Please submit the LOI to the I2Start Grant Secretariat at grant@nhis.cris.sg by 04 July 2025 (Friday), 5pm.    

Dear All, The National Medical Research Council (NMRC) July 2025 Grant Call will be open from 1 July 2025 to 1 August 2025, submissions will be via IGMS / RGP. NUHS Research Office / IGMS Submission Deadline: 18 July 2025 For more info, please visit the official website  

Please be informed that the application for the NHIC I2D Grant 2025 (3rd call) is now open. Funding quantum: S$300,000 (inclusive of max. 30% indirect costs) NUS PI must have a primary appointment with NUS (YLLSOM), NUS (FoD), or NUS (SSHSPH). Only one PI is allowed per application. NUHS RO & iRIMS-SP deadline: 27 Aug 2025 (Wed), 5pm  

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has launched the MOE AcRF Tier 2: ARC 2/2026 (Whitepaper Application) Call. NUHS RO / iRIMS-SP submission deadline: 3 Sep 2025

NRF AI-for-Science Catalytic Grant Call is now open for application. Funding quantum: S$2 million (inclusive of 15% indirect costs) for 2-3-years. Research teams are expected to be multi-disciplinary, and should include: Two Co-Lead PIs, possessing relevant expertise in one or more scientific domain(s) and AI respectively. Team PIs and collaborators possessing relevant expertise in one or more scientific domain(s) and AI. iRIMS-SP / IGMS & NUHS RO Deadline: 3 Sept 25 (Wednesday) 3 pm (SGT)

Dear All, The Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Initiative (NATi) - Call for Proposals T01 and T02 has been launched. Kindly note that the deadline to submit your application to the NUHS Research Office is 22 September 2025, Monday, 12pm. More details on the grant call can be found at: Calls for Proposals (a-star.edu.sg)

Dear All, NUHS Research Office (RO) would like to announce the launch of the MOE Tier 1 / NUHS Seed Grant – General (Sep 2025) Call. Please note that the MOE Tier 1 (Sep 2025) Call is open to NUSMed tenure-track assistant professors only. Submission Deadline to NUHS RO and iRIMS-SP : 30 Sep 2025

Dear All, Greetings. We would like to announce the pre-launch of the 34th CRP Grant Call. CRP seeks to foster the formation of multi-disciplinary teams in Singapore to conduct cutting-edge research of relevance to Singapore. Funding Quantum: Varying sizes (inclusive indirect costs) Submission Deadline to RGP and iRIMS-SP : 24 Oct 2025

Dear All, Application for the Cross Faculty Grant 2025 is now open. Eligibility: Lead PI must be a full-time NUS faculty member Funding quantum: Up to $250K for STEM project (Up to 3 years) Each proposal must involve co-PIs from at least two different faculties/schools/colleges. Application deadline: 19 November 2025 (Wednesday) (via iRIMS-SP)

Dear All, Greetings. We are pleased to announce the launch of the  2026 MOE AcRF Tier 3 Grant Call (White Paper). PI Eligibility: Lead PIs and PIs must be full-time faculty at a Singapore autonomous university (AU). Researchers from A*STAR institutes, hospitals, and CREATE may qualify as PIs only if they hold a joint appointment and spend at least 50% of their time annually at an AU. Funding Quantun: S$5-50 Million (5-7 years) (depending on grant type) iRIMS-SP Submission Deadline: 5 Jan 2026 (Monday)

Dear All, The prestigious Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026 is now open for applications, and call details are shown below: This scheme is open to nationals of all countries; Total EOM cost will be supported by Dept. For all nominated applicants, Departments and Faculty/School should have the intention of recruiting them as Faculty staff after the LKY Fellowship ends. For more information on this fellowship, please refer to this link. Expression of Interest to N2CR: 12 Dec 2025 N2CR Deadline (CV & 1-page Research Proposal Submission): 22 Dec 2025 NUHS RO Deadline: 9 Jan 2026  Thank you.