Singapore National Biofilm Consortium (SNBC) Industry-IHL Collaboration Seed

Objective

Building on Singapore’s strong foundation in biofilm research, the Singapore National Biofilm Consortium (SNBC) is set up to promote research, partnership and commercialisation involving biofilm products and technologies. Led by the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), the SNBC will provide a seamless platform to connect researchers and companies for translating biofilm and microbiome research into innovative solutions that would meet industry’s needs.  

This SNBC Industry-IHL Collaboration Seed Grant aims to promote small-scale collaborative developmental and proof-of-concept projects between Institute of Higher Learning (IHL)/Research Institutes/Polytechnic and Industry Members within the SNBC.

This grant call is open to PIs from Institute of Higher Learning (IHL)/Research Institutes/Polytechnic who are members of SNBC. Starting this year, Singapore Health Services has been accepted to be a member of SNBC, hence all staff under SingHealth (including her cluster institutions) are considered members and are welcome to apply for this grant call.

The SNBC Industry-IHL Collaboration Seed Grant will be awarded through a competitive application process to support projects which are innovative, technically sound, and commercially viable.

Funding Details

The funding quantum is $60,000 in cash for each project. A minimum $50,000 contribution in-cash or in-kind is required from each industry partner.

Each granted project duration should be for six months (proposal should be written and planned for six months), extendable up to twelve months

Eligibility Criteria

1. Interested researchers from Research Institutes in Singapore (such as SingHealth cluster institutions) are welcome to apply for the grant as lead Principal Investigator (PI) of the project upon registering as an SNBC Academic Member. Since Singapore Health Services is a member of SNBC, all staff under SingHealth (including her cluster institutions) are welcome to apply for this grant call.

2. Each project must have an industry collaborator who is a ‘Full Industry Member’ of the Singapore National Biofilm Consortium. Please refer to the ‘SNBC Industry Members’ PDF file for a list of existing industry members. Companies that are not members but are interested to submit a joint application are welcome to join the consortium. For membership enquiries, please contact smitha.vs@ntu.edu.sg  or michel.birnbaum@ntu.edu.sg.

Submission

1. Applicants who are interested need to express interest in this grant call by informing Ms Smitha Velayil Sunildeep <smitha.vs@ntu.edu.sg> and Prof Michel Birnbaum <michel.birnbaum@ntu.edu.sg>  by 15th October 2020 (Thursday):

2. • On the scope of project and

   • Whether an industry collaborator has been found* (Please refer to the list in the ‘SNBC Industry Members’ PDF.)

3. *Applicants without an industry collaborator can still express their interest to Ms Smitha Velayil Sunildeep and Prof Michel Birnbaum. They can help to match make applicants with any of their existing industry members.

4. Applicants are to send the completed ‘SNBC Seed Fund Application Form 2020’  to SingHealth Intellectual Property (SHIP - as the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) for SingHealth cluster institutions) SHIP@singhealth.com.sg through Host Institution’s research office by 1st November 2020 (Sunday) for preliminary assessment. SHIP will then send the feedback to the applicants for revision (if any).

4. Each application must be endorsed by PI’s Head of Department.

5. Applicants are to forward the finalised ‘SNBC Seed Fund Application Form 2020’ to SHIP prior to the softcopy submission to smitha.vs@ntu.edu.sg or michel.birnbaum@ntu.edu.sg for preliminary inputs by 15th November 2020 (Sunday).

6. SNBC Grant Secretariat will then send the feedback to the applicants for revision (if any). Applicants are to send back the revised, finalized application form to smitha.vs@ntu.edu.sg or michel.birnbaum@ntu.edu.sg by 27th November 2020 (Friday).

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 in SHIP

Email: SHIP@singhealth.com.sg

Contact Person in A*STAR

1.       Dr Law Yingyu

Email: YYLaw@ntu.edu.sg

2.       Ms Smitha Velayil Sunildeep

Email: smitha.vs@ntu.edu.sg

3.       Prof Michel Birnbaum

Email: michel.birnbaum@ntu.edu.sg

Additional Information

 SNBC Industry Members.pdf

SNBC Seed Fund Application Form 2020.docx

SNBC_Industry-IHL Collaboration Seed Grant_Terms Guidelines_Sept2020.pdf