SMART Ignition Grant

Objective

The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) is a major research enterprise in Singapore established by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in partnership with the National Research Foundation of Singapore (NRF) in 2007. It aims to serve as a major anchor point for MIT in Asia; a place for innovation and industrial engagement for MIT in Asia.

The SMART Innovation Centre under SMART helps to identify and nurture a broad range of emerging technologies including but not limited to biotechnology, biomedical devices, information technology, new materials, nanotechnology, and energy innovations and will act as a catalyst to create a fertile environment for faculty and student entrepreneurship to grow. It administers a Grant Programme (Innovation Grant & Ignition Grant) that enables faculty and students to pursue exciting new avenues of market-driven research and participate in programmes that will help accelerate their innovations toward commercialisation.

For projects deemed too early, where the go-to-market strategy is not clearly understood or the technology is at a very early stage, an Ignition Grant will be awarded instead.

Teams are encouraged to approach SingHealth Intellectual Property Office, SHIP (see contact email below) for support with their applications.

Funding Details

Funding support of up to S$50,000 per project for 1 year. This grant can be used to build up research for more data to be used to get the S$250,000 Innovation Grant.

Eligibility Criteria

Interested researchers from Institutes of Higher Learning in Singapore and Public Health Institutions (such as SingHealth cluster institutions) are welcome to apply.

Submission

Interested applicants must apply here (internet accessible link) to submit the application form and budget sheet online before 20th April 2020, 5pm.

Things to note:

1. Scientific reviews are a crucial part for the panel discussion.

2. Please suggest at least 3 independent scientific reviewers (preferably not all in your department) who would be likely to do a review on your project. Please ensure that the reviewers are willing to write the review as the project will be disqualified if no reviewers reply.

Contact Person in SMART

Ms Candy Yeo Wai Cheng (SMART HQ)

Email: candy@smart.mit.edu

Contact Person in SHIP

Email: SHIP@singhealth.com.sg  

Additional Information

•  19th Grant Call For Proposals Poster .pdf
• IG budget Template (for-SIN-applicants) as at 24Feb2020.doc
• Proposal Application Template as at 24Feb20.doc