SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine Special Request for Urgent COVID-19 Research Funding

Closes On

15 Apr 2020

Funding Source

Internal

PI Salary Support

ACP/SDDC Affiliation

No ACP/SDDC affiliation required

Funding Per Grant Amount

S$ 50,000

Qualification

Not Specified

Academic Appointment

Funding Period

1 year

Citizenship

Foreigner / S / PR

Call Opens

09 Apr 2020

SMC/SDC Registered

Objective

The SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine is calling for proposals for the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine Special Request for Urgent COVID-19 Research Funding. Proposals should have the ability for rapid activation using existing manpower and equipment (i.e. Re-purposing of current staff, existing therapeutics, etc.), to enable quick and valuable outcomes to be established. Such proposals will be accorded with higher priority.

Aims of the grant call:

Strengthen understanding of COVID-19 biologically and clinically
Develop robust outbreak control and/or management
Mitigate rapid spread of disease
Provide decision-making and planning at national levels
Contribute to the national and global response to the COVID-19 outbreak
Innovative projects to continue clinical care of non-COVID-19 patients (e.g., cancer, heart disease, eye) during the COVID-19 outbreak
Themes outside of the above pre-defined sectors - drawn from any area of science and engineering - may also be considered, if they contribute significantly to solutions for concerns arising from COVID-19

Funding Details

Funding per award is capped at S$50,000 over a period of 1 year.

Eligibility Criteria

All researchers primarily employed by SingHealth are welcome to apply.

Submission

Applicants are to send their completed applications using ‘COVID19 Urgent Request _Proposal_Budget_KPI Template’ through Host Institution’s research office to SingHealth Office of Research (OoR), attention: Ms Iris Soh at iris.soh.s.j@singhealth.com.sg and Ms Ang Shu Wei at ang.shu.wei@singhealth.com.sg by 15 April 2020.
Following documents to be submitted:

Proposal Application Form
List of team members, their roles and accompanying CVs (using standard NMRC one- page CV or Duke-NUS CV)
A signatory page (e-signatures are accepted)For more details, please refer the ‘Updated (Final) Guidelines_Urgent COVID-19 Research Funding’ PDF.

Proposals will be reviewed by our AMRI Senior Leadership.

Contact Person

Ms Iris Soh (iris.soh.s.j@singhealth.com.sg)
Ms Ang Shu Wei (ang.shu.wei@singhealth.com.sg)

Additional Information

Proposal Application Form 'COVID19 Urgent Request _Proposal_Budget_KPI Template'
Guidelines 'Updated (Final) Guidelines_Urgent COVID-19 Research Funding'
Signatory Page 'COVID19 Urgent Request __Signatory page'
CV Template 'COVID19 Urgent Request _CV template'
Annex 1 - SingHealth Duke-NUS AM Research Grant Funding Guidelines 09042020