NMRC Clinician-Scientist Individual Research Grant (CS-IRG)

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Objective

The Clinician Scientist-Individual Research Grant (CS-IRG) is provided to support Clinician Scientists (CS) in carrying out internationally competitive medical research, including investigator-initiated clinical trials for the development of novel therapies, interventions and diagnostics that focus on healthcare needs. 

CS-IRG supports basic, clinical and translational research.

Areas of Research

The CS-IRG is open to application on all research themes. Applications are assessed based on scientific merit at the international level and relevance to Singapore. The following seven disease areas (including multi-morbidity) have been identified as national priorities for research:

1. Cancers and neoplasms
2. Cardiovascular
3. Eye
4. Infection
5. Mental health (disorders)
6. Metabolic and endocrine
7. Neurological

Funding Details

The award includes up to $2.028M (inclusive of up to 30% indirect costs) per project for 5 years. 

For more information about the funding details, please take a look at the website here (internet accessible link).

Eligibility Criteria

• Only one PI is allowed per application. The number of application by an individual (as PI) is capped at 1 grant application per grant type in a grant call.
• Applicant applying as Principal Investigator is required to fulfil the following criteria at the point of application:
  1. Hold a primary appointment in a public healthcare institution or autonomous university in Singapore and salaried by the institution.
  2. Be an independent PI with a demonstrated track record of research as evidenced by the award of nationally competitive funding (international funding to be considered on a case by case basis) or substantial publication record.
  3. Hold a minimum of 9 months employment (per calendar year) with local public institution(s).
  4. PIs must hold qualificationsⁱⁱ in one of the following categories:
     • Medical/Dental applicants should hold medical qualifications (e.g. MBBS, MD, BDS or equivalent).
     • Healthcare professionals with non-medical qualifications, such as nurses, pharmacists, optometrists and other allied health professions listed on this website here opens in a new tab in clinical practice and hold PhD (or equivalent) or a postgraduate qualification listed in Table 1 in the website here (non-exhaustive list) are eligible.
     • Other applicants (e.g. non-clinically qualified or non-practising healthcare professionals) may be considered on a case-by-case basis, if the proposed work is in human clinical research (i.e., research involving direct interaction with human subjects, excluding laboratory-only studies without clinical application), and they hold PhD (or equivalent).

Note: ⁱⁱRecipients of NMRC Talent Awards are exempt from this requirement.

Submission

All applications must be submitted and endorsed by the Host Institution's Director of Research (DOR) online via Research Grants Portal (RGP) (internet accessible link).

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 Jilessica Lee

Email: jilessica.lee@mohh.com.sg

Additional Information

• For more information on CS-IRG, please visit NMRC's website here.
• Please download the Application package.