CREATE Thematic Grant Call

Closes On

18 Oct 2022

Funding Source

External

PI Salary Support

ACP/SDDC Affiliation

No ACP/SDDC affiliation required

Funding Per Grant Amount

S$ 5,000,000

Qualification

Not Specified

Academic Appointment

Funding Period

3 years

Citizenship

Foreigner / S / PR

Call Opens

05 Sep 2022

SMC/SDC Registered

Objective

The Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) is working towards an evolved model of partnerships that encourages greater multi-lateral collaborations. The CREATE Thematic Grant Call on the "Intersection of Public Health and the Environment" aims to promote research collaborations beyond the CREATE network by encouraging CREATE Partners to submit joint applications with Principal Investigators from other overseas universities.

The first theme on the "Science of Sustainable Cities" focuses on research that will provide the tools, technologies, and perspectives to consider how cities can work better and evolve to be more sustainable, liveable and resilient. An important part of this theme is the intersection of public health and the environment.

Funding Details

The grant award is up to S$5 million per project (inclusive of all chargeable direct and indirect costs) for a duration of up to 3 years.

Eligbility Criteria

Each application must be jointly led by TWO Lead PIs with different primary institutional affiliations.

At least ONE from CREATE Partner institution or from an institution that is primarily affiliated with a CREATE Partner institution.
SingHealth PI can apply under the non-CREATE entity.

CREATE Partner institutions	- BEARS, CARES, E2S2, ILATSG, NUS, NTU, SEC, SHARE, SMART, TUMCREATE and CNRS@CREATE*.
Non-CREATE entity	- Other Singapore autonomous universities (e.g. SIT, SUTD) and public sector R&D agency (e.g. A*STAR) and Singapore institutions (such as SingHealth and her member institutions).

Please refer to page 3 of the 'Guidelines for Thematic Grant Call Application' for more details on CREATE Partner institutions.

Each application must nominate one Host Institution to take responsibility for the management of the project. Please note that the Host Institution would have to be CREATE Partner institution.

The maximum number of Whitepapers that will be accepted from each Host Institution is TWO.

Applications cannot be jointly led by two Lead PIs from Singapore autonomous universities and/or public sector R&D agencies (e.g. NUS & A*STAR or NTU & SUTD).

Applications that include multi-lateral collaborations are highly encouraged and all applications need to include PIs from the Singapore autonomous universities or public sector R&D agency.

Submission

Please note that submission can only be done through the Host Institution of the CREATE Partner institution. The CREATE Partner Institution must submit the completed whitepaper application on behalf of the project team to Dr Joanita Jasmen (NRF) at joanita_jasmen@nrf.gov.sg by 18 October 2022 (Tuesday), 11:59 pm.

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

Dr Joanita Jasmen

Email: joanita_jasmen@nrf.gov.sg

Additional Information

Please refer to the CREATE's website here or the following attachments for more information.

Attachment 1. CREATE Thematic Call Whitepaper Template.doc