Lee Foundation Grant (LFG) Call 2020

Closes On

16 Sep 2020

Funding Source

Internal

PI Salary Support

ACP/SDDC Affiliation

No ACP/SDDC affiliation required

Funding Per Grant Amount

S$ 80,000

Qualification

Not Specified

Academic Appointment

Funding Period

2 years

Citizenship

Foreigner / S / PR

Call Opens

17 Jul 2020

SMC/SDC Registered

Background

The Lee Foundation Grant (LFG) Award is generously supported by the Lee Foundation for deserving clinical, research and education projects that fulfil the following goals:

The funding goals of the grant include the expansion and upgrading of our transplant programmes and to increase our transplant services so that a greater number of patients can be treated in order to achieve better outcomes through research into transplantation science, up-skilling of talented manpower and continuous improvement in our processes.

Types of grants available:

Research Grant
- Pursuance and advancement of translational and clinical transplantation research to improve clinical outcomes.
Education Grant
- Ensure education programmes offered support the needs of transplantation research and innovation and centers of clinical and academic excellence.
Clinical Quality Improvement Grant
- Encourage independent projects that lead to measurable improvement in transplant care services

Funding Details

Research Grant
- Capped at S$80,000 per successful application over a period of 2 years.
Education Grant
- Capped at S$15,000 per successful application over a period of 2 years.
Clinical Quality Improvement Grant
- Capped at S$15,000 per successful application over a period of 2 years

Eligibility Criteria

All SingHealth researchers are welcome to apply.

Note: PI must have an official employment (permanent/contract) in a SingHealth institution throughout the effective grant period.

Submission

Each eligible applicant can only submit one application for this grant call as the PI.
Application must be endorsed by the applicant's HOD prior to the submission to SD Transplant Centre and must be submitted to this email: sd.transplant.centre@singhealth.com.sg.
The completed application form and all accompanying documents must be submitted via the following routes:
1. For research projects, PIs please submit through host institution's Research Office for their onward submission to SD Transplant Centre.
2. For education projects, PIs please submit through host institution's Learning Partner for their onward submission to SD Transplant Centre.
3. For clinical quality projects, PIs please submit directly to SD Transplant Centre.

Note:

PIs are to refer to the application guidelines and respective application forms.
SingHealth PIs are to please refer to your respective Institutional Research Administrators for guidance on internal deadlines and submission procedures set by your institutions.