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Singaporean/ Permanent Resident / Foreigner
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 will advance basic, translational, and clinical research. This Request for Application (RFA) will support applications undertaking basic, translational, and clinical research on "Effects of Climate Change on Human Health".
Global warming and climate change are now recognized as key threats to human health in the 21st century, with increasing temperatures, urbanization, and environmental pollution affecting both industrialized nations (Singapore, USA) and LMIC (low- and middle-income) countries. Climate change has the potential to impact many acute and chronic conditions, including new outbreaks, pathologies of the respiratory, cardiovascular, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract, and mental and immunological well-being. The field requires new platforms and multi-disciplinary efforts to study and quantify the full effects of climate change on human biology, across molecular ((epi)genome, transcriptome, metabolome), cellular (model systems), and physiological scales (heat stress, nutrition). For healthcare and hospital systems, climate change is also imposing pressures on staff wellness, and challenges to reduce the carbon footprint of medical services perhaps through new technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is hoped that through this joint grant call, Duke and Duke-NUS teams will be catalyzed to think out of the box for novel team-based approaches to address these key global health challenges.
Funding Details
Up to USD $100,000 will be available to the Duke PI.
Up to SGD $100,000 will be available to the Duke-NUS PI.
Awards are for 2 years, though a single no-cost extension of an additional 6 months may be considered upon request.
Eligibility Criteria
For this award, Duke-NUS faculty are defined as based primarily in Singapore and holding Duke-NUS Tenure / Research / Educator / Practice Track appointments as Assistant Professor or above, including faculty in SingHealth who hold a Clinical or Adjunct appointment with Duke-NUS.
Duke faculty are defined as those who hold regular rank Duke appointment at the Assistant Professor level or above.
Submission
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.
a one-page letter of intent file describing the nature of the proposed project and
names of the Principal Investigators from Duke and Duke-NUS and
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 file 'NIH biosketch-blank-format-rev-10-2021'. Please note that each biosketch should not be more than 4 pages.
Please refer to file ‘RECA(Pilot) RFP 2024 FINAL 27Feb2024 v26Mar2024c’ for more details.
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:
https://www.singhealthdukenus.com.sg/
Information on research at Duke University is available at:
For more information, please refer to attached:
RECA(Pilot) RFP 2024 FINAL 27Feb2024 v26Mar2024c.pdf
Biosketch (for Singapore-based PI).docx
NIH biosketch-blank-format-rev-10-2021.docx
