NMRC Clinician Scientist / Clinician Investigator Salary Support Programme (CS/CISSP)

Objective

The Clinician Scientist / Clinician Investigator Salary Support Programme (CS/CISSP) aims to encourage clinicians to participate in healthcare research by providing salary support for their research time, contributing to the pipeline of clinician researchers. The salary support funding is currently channelled to the respective clinical departments in recognition of their support for the clinicians' participation in research, with the flexibility for the department in using the funds for research-related activities in the department.

Funding Details

The funding of CS/CI’s salary (including fringe benefits and allowances) will commensurate with the declared and approved FTE.The computation of the FTE funding will be based on the Clinical Grade and the respective Annual Salary Cap.

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant must be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident, a clinician (MD/MBBS/BDS) registered with the SMC/SDC and has a clinical appointment in a local public health institution.

• All research must be conducted in Singapore at a public research institute, hospital, medical centre or medical school.

• The applicant must be the clinician Principal Investigator (PI), co-PI or Co-I of the healthcare research projects which are competitively awarded and administered by NMRC and related to human subject recruitment.

• Applicants must spend 0.1-0.6 FTE in the clinical research project.

Submission

Applicants are required to submit the application online via IGMS (internet accessible link). The original signatures of the Applicant, Lead PI, HOD, & Institution Director are required.

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

Ms Nicole Naidu

Email: Nicole_Naidu@moh.gov.sg

Additional Information

• Please download the documents using the internet accessible link here (internet accessible link).

• For more information on CS/CISSP, please visit NMRC's website here (internet accessible link).