Objective

Duke University and Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) are pleased to announce a call for proposals for collaborative research pilot projects between faculty based in Durham with those based in Singapore.

The ultimate goal of this program is the development of international research teams that advance translational and clinical research, including research on medical technologies. Translational Research is defined as research with an aim towards human application.

This Request for Application (RFA) will support two types of applications, with 50% of the funding budget devoted to an open call for any application and 50% devoted to supporting specific initiatives, namely Population Health, Implementation Science, Digital Medicine, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, and Aging.　

Funding Details

1. Up to USD $100,000 will be available to the Duke PI.

2. Up to SGD $100,000 will be available to the Duke-NUS PI.

3. Awards are for one year, though a single no-cost extension of an additional year may be considered, if requested.

Eligibility Criteria

1. For this award, Duke-NUS faculty are defined as based primarily in Singapore and holding Duke-NUS regular rank appointments as Assistant Professor or above, including faculty in SingHealth who hold a Clinical or Adjunct appointment with Duke-NUS.

2. Duke faculty are defined as those who hold regular rank Duke appointment at the Assistant Professor level or above.

Submission

1. There is only one Letter of Intent submission needed. Each Letter of Intent involves 1 Duke PI and 1 Duke-NUS PI. The PI (faculty) based in Singapore should coordinate with the faculty based in Duke Durham to ensure a single submission.

2. Interested faculty members are to upload the LOI submission in a single PDF file:

1. a one-page letter of intent file describing the nature of the proposed project and

2. names of the Principal Investigators from Duke and Duke-NUS

3. NIH Biographical Sketches# of the Principal Investigators from Duke and Duke-NUS

^# Please note that Singapore-based PIs can use the attached CV template 'Biosketch (for Singapore-based PI)'  instead of the zipped file 'NIH Biosketch'.

3. Please refer to attached file 'Duke Duke NUS Research Collaboration Pilot Project RFA Call for funding in 2022_ Final' for more details.

4. Please upload the Letters of Intent online here. Please note that LOI applications that are not submitted in one document in PDF format will not be accepted.

Contact Person

Ms Mary Jo Harris

Email: maryjo.harris@duke.edu 

Ms Gwendoline Goh

Email: gwen.goh@duke-nus.edu.sg 

Additional Information

All the links below require internet access.

Descriptions of currently active research programs at Duke-NUS and within SingHealth are available at:

1. https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/research

2. https://www.singhealthdukenus.com.sg/

Information on research at Duke University is available at:

1. https://medschool.duke.edu/research
2. http://research.duke.edu/

For more information, please refer to attached:

 Duke Duke NUS Research Collaboration Pilot Project RFA Call for funding in 2022_ Final.pdf

Biosketch (for Singapore-based PI).doc

NIH Biosketch.zip