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ACP Programme Grant

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​The Academic Clinical Programme (ACP) Programme Grant is an academic medicine initiative designed to seed development and facilitate advancement of the ACPs’ academic medicine strategic goals.


The grant is awarded based on merit to promising projects or candidates in 4 broad areas:

  1. Education (EDU) Support
  2. Clinical & Systems Innovation (CSI) Support, including Main Grant and Innovation Seed Grant (ISG)
  3. Research Support, including Pitch-for-Fund (PFF) and Nurturing Clinician Researcher Scheme (NCRS)
  4. Global Health (GH) Support.


Some of its key principles are:

  1. Seed development of initiatives with academic merit and with potential of wide impact implementation across SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC).
  2. Promote collaborations with Joint Institutes, SingHealth Duke-NUS Disease Centres, Duke-NUS Signature Research Programmes, and/or relevant external entities.
  3. To encourage development of healthcare programmes or initiatives which are able to garner multi-source funding and promote financial sustainability in the long run.
  4. To promote transformative innovation in healthcare delivery, and to cultivate a spirit of entrepreneurship in line with academic medicine priorities.

Application for FY2026 Cycle 1 is now closed.

Please work with your ACP and submit your application through AMgrants System.

  • Click here for account creation guide and training videos.
  • Click here for user guide on application submission.
  • Click here for user guide on application submission (for NCRS only).


Education Support

Encourage development of health professions education programmes or initiatives which are sustainable and in line with the SingHealth Duke-NUS Education Masterplan. Health professions education focuses on the education of health professionals in order to achieve positive health outcomes for patients and populations.

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Clinical & Systems Innovation Support

Promote clinical and systems innovations to transform healthcare, in support of SingHealth Duke-NUS AMC priorities. From FY2022 onwards, it consists of the CSI Main Grant and Innovation Seed Grant (ISG).

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Research Support

To pilot and seed research programmes within ACPs and to nurture nurture young clinicians to become successful clinician-researchers of the SingHealth Duke-NUS AMC. It consists of the Pitch-for-Fund (PFF) and Nurturing Clinician Researcher Scheme (NCRS).

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Global Health Support

To promote interest in and provide opportunities for global health projects in the region related to research, policy, education, innovation and health system enhancement that support the objectives of advancing global health.

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Important dates to note ​Details
6 August 2025

​Start of grant call

Submit your application through the AMgrants System.

For any enquiries regarding the different support domains, please contact:

  • Education (EDU) Support - Lin Fenru (lin.fenru@duke-nus.edu.sg)
  • Clinical & Systems Innovation (CSI) Support - Main Grant - Jobeth Lim Kar Yee (jobethlim@duke-nus.edu.sg)
  • Clinical & Systems Innovation (CSI) Support - Innovation Seed Grant (ISG) - Ranjan Sekeran (ranjan.sekeran@partner.nus.edu.sg)
  • Research Support, including Pitch-for-Fund (PFF) and Nurturing Clinician Researcher Scheme (NCRS) - Lin Qiaojun (lin.qiao.jun@duke-nus.edu.sg)
  • Global Health (GH) Support - Yeng Ai Foong (aifoong@duke-nus.edu.sg)
30 September 2025 ​Close of grant call.
November, December 2025 and January 2026 Pitch/Interview Sessions
February/March 2026 Announcement of Grant Results.

For enquiries on ACP Programme Grants, please contact Joint Office of Academic Medicine - Academic Programmes Management Department (JOAM-APMD)academic-medicine@duke-nus.edu.sg

AMCompass Resources

JOAM-APMD develops and compiles a set of AMCompass Resources, which serve as a comprehensive resource to support our ACPs, as we journey in AM.

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