Khoo Pilot Award (KPA)

Closes On

01 Apr 2026

Funding Source

Internal

PI Salary Support

ACP/SDDC Affiliation

ACP Affiliation

Funding Per Grant Amount

S$ 30,000

Qualification

MBBS / BDS / PhD / MD

Academic Appointment

Yes

Funding Period

1 year

Citizenship

Foreigner / S / PR

Call Opens

01 Jan 2023

SMC/SDC Registered

Objective

The Khoo Pilot Award (KPA) provides pilot award funding for clinical and translational research projects. It aims to obtain pilot data for research grants before submission to a variety of funding agencies. It is open to Duke-NUS academic appointment-holders (adjunct or regular rank) to facilitate their research career development and is focused on but not limited to, supporting the early career development of Clinician Scientists or Clinician Investigators. Essentially, the Khoo Pilot Award aims to strengthen peer-reviewed grant applications and to create a learning environment to promote the early career development of clinical and translational researchers by funding the generation of pilot data. This pilot data can then be used in an NMRC, MOH or other peer reviewed grant applications.

Funding Details

Up to S$30,000 per award can be funded for up to a maximum period of 12 months.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be a current or former Khoo Scholar in the Khoo Scholars Programme and hold a Duke-NUS academic appointment at time of funding. Applicants who have held a Khoo Award (e.g. a previous Khoo Mentored Research Award) must have completed the project funded by the Khoo Award before applying for the Khoo Pilot Award. Awardees will not be allowed to apply for the same award again.

Submission

Interested investigators should submit the title and 300 words abstract of the project as well as their CV to Angie Tan, email: angietan@duke-nus.edu.sg.
Suitable projects will be scheduled to present at a CCSD Research Development Seminar. Investigators will either be invited to submit the Khoo Pilot Award application form after the presentation or asked to present again.
All applications will be reviewed by at least one reviewer. Based on the review(s), the proposal will be approved, invited for resubmission, or rejected.

Contact Person

Ms Angie Tan

Email: angietan@duke-nus.edu.sg

Additional Information

Please refer to Duke-NUS's website here (internet accessible link).