Frequently Asked Questions

There are 2 grant call cycles in a FY.

Cycle 1:
Grant call is open Aug-Sept and the grant start date is 1 Apr of the next year.

Cycle 2:
Grant call is open Mar-Apr and the grant start date is 1 Oct of the same year.

Please work with your ACP Administrators to submit your application in AMgrants System through the ACP. Submission must be ACP initiated (Proposal must be endorsed and supported by the Applicant’s Clinical Head of Department, ACP Key Appointment Holders and Head of SDDC, if applicable.

Some ACPs may have internal submission deadlines. You may contact your ACP Administrators for more information.

The funding will be disbursed to the Host Institution as indicated on the submitted proposal. Please confirm upfront on the Host Institution (where the grant will be disbursed to) prior to proposal submission.

Yes, please ensure that there are administrative and finance support if the grant is disbursed to the institution. Pleaese note that the expenditures will be incurred in accordance to the institution's guidelines.

Yes, that is possible. Please refer to the image below for the endorsements required.

 Please refer to the information sheet for details on evaluation criteria.

 Yes, proposals are not limited to a single theme. Combining themes is perfectly acceptable – e.g. using technology to run a faculty development programme across multiple institutions within our AMC.

Please refer to the information sheet for details on evaluation criteria.

This is possible, provided the project is funded by a non-Academic Medicine Fund (e.g. National Grant, Commercial Grant etc.). You are required to indicate initial results, how those compare with what was originally envisaged, and any learnings thus far. 

You may seek further funding support from the grant for scaling or further development purposes or if your project has received seed funding previously and the funding programme has ended. You are required to indicate initial results, how those compare with what was originally envisaged, and any learnings thus far. 

No. Overseas travel expenses will not be supported under the funding. 

 Yes, we are open to multiple different projects from each staff provided that he/she has adequate resources (including time and attention) to undertake multiple projects.

Ans: Please refer to the information sheet for details on evaluation criteria.

Applicants should not have received any seed stage grants from institutions or domains for the same project and purposes. Applicants who are eligible for the seed grants from their respective institutions may be directed to those opportunities.

You may seek further funding support from the grant for evaluating potential to scale or further development purposes or if your project has received seed funding previously and the funding programme has ended. You are required to indicate initial results, how those compare with what was originally envisaged, and any learnings thus far.

No. Overseas travel expenses will not be supported under the funding. 

Yes, we are open to multiple different projects from each staff provided that he/she has adequate resources (including time and attention) to undertake multiple projects.

Yes, you will still be required to present the updates at a grant pitching session on the idea since the last presentation and what would be done differently compared to before.

Specialty centre based ACP should tap on Centre Grant instead of Pitch-for-Fund.

Please refer to NCRS Information Sheet Appendix 1.

Please inform Joint Office of Academic Medicine at academic-medicine@duke-nus.edu.sg and the submitted NCRS application may have to be withdrawn.

Upon successfully attainment of the NCRS main deliverable (i.e. awarded NMRC or other national / external grants as indicated on page 6 of the NCRS Information Sheet), the degree of overlap between the research projects proposed for NCRS and the national / external grant and NCRS grant utilisation will be reviewed. Any double-dipping of funds is discouraged and JOAM will work with the awardee and ACP on the next steps on a case-by-case basis after he / she has garnered a national / external grant. No NCRS grant extension period will be considered upon receipt of any NMRC Award.

The possible actions include:

(a) Cessation of NCRS funding if there is high degree of overlap between research projects proposed for NCRS and the national / external grant; or

(b) Continuation of NCRS funding with reduction in quantum to prevent double-dipping;

and / or

(c) Withdrawal of institution-funded FTE support if already provided by NMRC

Please refer to the information sheet for details on key considerations and evaluation criteria.

Applicants are not permitted to submit the same proposal to multiple small grant programmes (JOAM ACP Programme Grants and SDGHI Pilot Grant) within the same grant call period.

However, proposals with different or new topics of interest submitted to different funding sources by the same applicant are allowed. This policy helps ensure fair and equitable distribution of funding and avoids potential issues related to duplicate funding.