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The Venerable Yen Pei-NKF Research Fund is available specifically for research in kidney diseases. An NKF Research Committee, helmed by Professor Woo Keng Thye, Emeritus Consultant and Advisor, Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, has been set up to adminster the Fund to ensure good stewardship and accoutability for the way the fund is spent in research.
The acceptable areas of research would be basic science and clinical research that are of renal or renal related projects. If the research has relevance to the NKF activities, the proposal/s would be considered as well.
You may also visit NKF's website for more details and application guidelines.
Funding Information
| Capped Amount |
Maximum Duration |
| $300,000 |
3 years |
Application Criteria
1. The PI must be a Singaporean or Permanent Resident.
2. Every research proposal must be affiliated with an institution.
3. PI should possess a minimum academic qualification of PhD and/or MBBS/BDS/MD.
4. The grant proposals are initiated twice a year in July and January (subject to changes by the NKF Research Committee).
5. The research support would consist of:
• Manpower
• Equipment
• Material & Supplies
• Miscellaneous
6. All researchers will have to abide by the guidelines and the application form must be duly submitted
7. Areas of research would be basic science and clinical research that are of renal or renal-related projects. If the research has relevance to the NKF activities, the proposal/s would be considered as well.
Schedule of Annual Call
There are two calls a year in January and July. (subjected to changes by the NKF Research Committee)
Application Procedure
Please submit the following documents to NUHS Research Office by Monday, 5 Mar 2012
Contact Us
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any enquires.
For any urgent grant matters, you may also contact Ruth at 67723709, or ruth_gao@nus.edu.sg .
