1st Singapore-South Korea Academic-Industry (2+2) International Collaboration

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Objective

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore and The Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT), South Korea jointly announce the 1st Singapore-South Korea Academic-Industry (2+2) International Collaboration call for proposals.

The goal is to promote research and development bilateral collaboration between Singapore- and Korean-based public and private institutes and organizations through joint scientific projects. Specifically, this collaboration calls for the union of 4: one public sector research performer and one industry collaborator from both Singapore and South Korea.

Against the backdrop of globalization and the Singapore government's recent step-up to help companies stay competitive through innovation and technology adoption, this "2+2" cooperation framework could incentivize Singaporean and Korean research institutes and companies to undertake open innovation partnership and provide an additional avenue for them to internationalize.

A*STAR and KIAT would like to invite researchers based in Singapore and South Korea to submit proposals for joint research projects and priority will be given to applications submitted in the area of Medical/Bio Technology with the following focus areas:

• Digital Healthcare
• Customized Bio Medicine
• Smart Medical Device

The grant call is thematic in the area of Medical/Bio Technology. Proposals should be able to justify relevance to the set theme. Proposals outside the theme will not be deemed to have met the criteria of this grant call.

Applicants should develop ready-to-market solutions which have significant market potential for South Korea and Singapore.

Funding Details

Each project will be jointly funded in this grant call for up to a period of 2 years. Please find the funding details for each component – Singapore funding and Korea funding in the file '2019 ASTAR KIAT Grant Call Announcement' as attached.

Eligibility
Each proposal must involve one public sector research performer and one industry collaborator from both Singapore and South Korea.

Please find the eligibility criteria in the table below.

Submission/Application procedure

1. Applications must be submitted online by 28 August 2019 (Wed), 6pm applicant's local time.

• Singapore applicants should submit the joint applications in English via A*STAR's Integrated Grant Management System (iGrants) system (internet accessible link).
• Korean applicants should submit the joint applications in Korean and English via KIAT Project Advanced Smart System website (internet accessible link).

Note: The project proposal must be submitted to A*STAR by the Singapore applicant and to KIAT by the South Korean applicant respectively.

2. Each application must be endorsed by the Host Institution's Research Director (or equivalent) of the Singapore's and South Korea's PI prior to submission. This is to ensure that there is organisational support for the PIs to participate in the grant call.

Note: SingHealth PIs are to please refer to your respective Institutional Research Administrators for guidance on internal deadlines and submission procedures set by your institutions.

Contact person 

Singapore - A*STAR

• Dr Shalini D/O Suku Maran
  Email: Shalini_Suku_Maran@hq.a-star.edu.sg
  
   South Korea - KIAT
  
  
• Mr Honglae Cho
  Email: honglaecho@kiat.or.kr  

Additional Information

Please refer to the documents and website below for more information on the program.

• 2019 ASTAR KIAT Grant Call Announcement
• 2019 ASTAR Korea Grant Call Application Form
• https://www.a-star.edu.sg/Research/Funding-Opportunities/Singapore-South-Korea-Academic-Industry-2-2-International-Collaboration (internet accessible link)