i. The duration of funding support is 8 months , with the possibility of a 6 months extension (subject to review and approval). ii. The amount for the Duke-NUS MSF Grant is up to S$3,000 per Medical Student and ACP Mentor pair, through disbursement to the ACP Mentor's Host Institution within SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre. iii. The grant may be used to offset expenses directly related to the development of the project e.g. consumables, research lab tests & reagents etc. iv. The grant cannot be used to Hire and pay for permanent staff salary or remuneration of its quivalent Purchase of Capital Equipment. Please refer to MSF Grant Administration Guidelines for information on fundable and non-fundable items. v. The grant cannot be used to offset travel expenses that arise out of research requirements . Students may apply for SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute Medical Student Research Award (SDGHI MSRA) to see support for overseas travel costs, if any, for global health projects. Please contact SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI) for any travel-related queries.

Please refer to the following references when filling up MSF application forms. R1 General Guidelines R2 Categories of Research & Grant Administration Guidelines R3 List of Academic Clinical Programmes and Host Institutions Academic Clinical Programmes

Please click on the following links below for MSF application forms (FY2025). A. P1 Grant Application Form To be completed by Medical Student with endorsement from ACP Mentor and Co-Mentor (if applicable) Refer to documents R1 and R2 for details required to fill in this form B. P2A Medical Student Curriculum Vitae Form To be completed by Medical Student C. P2B ACP Mentor Curriculum Vitae Form To be completed by ACP Mentor

AM-ETHOS Duke-NUS Medical Student Fellowship (Duke-NUS MSF)

The AM-ETHOS Duke-NUS Medical Student Fellowship (Duke-NUS MSF) aims to support Duke-NUS Medical Students who are undertaking Phase 3 research/scholarly projects with a Mentor from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Clinical Programme (ACP). This will allow medical student awardees to have first-hand experience of the health system during their Phase 3 research/scholarly projects emplacement within the ACPs with their ACP mentors and for better line-of-sight by the ACPs.

The AM-ETHOS Duke-NUS MSF Grant supports research activities such as clinical, translational, other Research (e.g. Meta-analysis, medical education research, Epidemiology, Population Health, Basic Science and Global Health studies etc.) or other Scholarly activities (e.g. Health Innovation, Public Health Policy, Medical Education-Curriculum Proposal, etc.) of the Medical Student and ACP Mentor.

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i. The duration of funding support is 8 months, with the possibility of a 6 months extension (subject to review and approval).

ii. The amount for the Duke-NUS MSF Grant is up to S$3,000 per Medical Student and ACP Mentor pair, through disbursement to the ACP Mentor's Host Institution within SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre.

iii. The grant may be used to offset expenses directly related to the development of the project e.g. consumables, research lab tests & reagents etc.

iv. The grant cannot be used to

Hire and pay for permanent staff salary or remuneration of its quivalent
Purchase of Capital Equipment.

Please refer to MSF Grant Administration Guidelines for information on fundable and non-fundable items.

v. The grant cannot be used to offset travel expenses that arise out of research requirements. Students may apply for SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute Medical Student Research Award (SDGHI MSRA) to see support for overseas travel costs, if any, for global health projects. Please contact SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI) for any travel-related queries.

AM-ETHOS Duke-NUS MSF is open to Duke-NUS Medical Students who meets the following eligbility criteria:

i. Undertaking their Phase 3 Research/Scholarly projects in the current Academic Year with a mentor from SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Clinical Programme (ACP)

ii. The ACP mentor is in the list of Duke-NUS Approved Research Mentor.

Note for ACP Mentor: To be a Duke-NUS Approved Research Mentor, the faculty may apply directly with Duke-NUS Office of Medical Education, MD Programme Department.

Please refer to the following references when filling up MSF application forms.

Please click on the following links below for MSF application forms (FY2025).

A. P1 Grant Application Form

To be completed by Medical Student with endorsement from ACP Mentor and Co-Mentor (if applicable)
Refer to documents R1 and R2 for details required to fill in this form

B. P2A Medical Student Curriculum Vitae Form

To be completed by Medical Student

C. P2B ACP Mentor Curriculum Vitae Form

To be completed by ACP Mentor

1. My primary mentor is from a Duke-NUS Signature Research Programme (SRP). Can I apply for MSF?

Ans: The applicant should have an ACP mentor who is in the list of Duke-NUS Approved Research Mentor. The applicant should consider a Co-Mentor who is from the ACP.

For enquiries on AM-ETHOS Duke-NUS Medical Student Fellowship, please contact Joint Office of Academic Medicine - Academic Programmes Management Department (JOAM-APMD): academic-medicine@duke-nus.edu.sg