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Active Grant Calls

2025/08/28

Active Grant Calls are grant calls that are currently open for applications at NUHS.

Please refer to the information below, for the respective grant call-related details and grant call-related resources that are available for download.

NUHS Principal Investigators (PIs) interested in submitting an application for Active Grant Calls listed below can refer to the NUHS Research Office (RO) intranet page for more information#.

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MOH Grants
MOH Health Innovation Fund 2.0
Funding Quantum: No explicit funding cap (requested budget will be evaluated for cost-reasonableness and value-for-money)
- Note: Level of grant support varies for the different types of projects (between 15% to 100%)
Funding Period: Between 18 months to 36 months
Internal Submission Deadline: Open throughout the year, accepted on a rolling basis
Grant Call Launch Date: 01 Nov 2024
Grant Call Deadline: 31 Dec 2028

Mode of Submission:

  1. Submission of intent to apply to MHI Secretariat at least three months before targeted project commencement date
  2. Submission of final completed application form to NUHS RO after finalisation of application form with MOH Relationship Manager 

Download grant call information here (ZIP, 1 MB).

A*STAR Grants
Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Initiative (NATi) - Call for Proposals T01 and T02

Funding Quantum:

  1. T01: Up to S$300,000 (incl. of 30% IRC)
  2. T02: Up to S$5,000,000 (incl. of 30% IRC)

Funding Period: 

  1. T01: Up to 12 months
  2. T02: Up to 36 months
Internal Submission Deadline: 22 Sep 2025
Grant Call Launch Date: 03 Mar 2025
Grant Call Deadline: 30 Sep 2025

Mode of Submission:

  1. For T01 applications: Submission of endorsed proposal template, proposal budget template and the Research Compliances & Resources (RC&R) Form to NUHS RO
  2. For T02 applications: Submission of endorsed Letter of Intent and the Research Compliances & Resources (RC&R) Form to NUHS RO

Websites:

  1. T01: www.a-star.edu.sg/nati/calls-for-proposals/t-series/t01--outbreak-response
  2. T02: www.a-star.edu.sg/nati/calls-for-proposals/t-series/t02--research-collaboration

Download grant call information here (1.6 MB).

MOE Grants

MOE AcRF Tier 2: ARC 2/2026 (Whitepaper Application)

Funding Quantum: 

  1. EP2: S$500,000 to S$1,000,000 (excl. 30% IRC)
  2. EP3: S$500,000 to S$1,200,000 (excl. 30% IRC)
  3. EP4: S$100,000 to S$1,000,000 (excl. 30% IRC)

Funding Period: 

  1. EP2: Up to three years
  2. EP3: Up to three, four or five years
  3. EP4: Up to three years

Internal Submission Deadline: 03 Sep 2025
Grant Call Launch Date: 04 Aug 2025
Grant Call Deadline: 03 Sep 2025

Mode of Submission: Submission of Whitepaper application onto the iRIMS-Sponsored Projects (iRIMS-SP) portal and to NUHS RO

Download grant call information here (120 KB).

NRF Grants

NRF AI-for-Science (AI4S) Catalytic Grant Call

Funding Quantum: Up to S$2,000,000 (incl. of 15% IRC)
Funding Period: Up to two to three years
Internal Submission Deadline: 03 Sep 2025
Grant Call Launch Date: 20 Aug 2025
Grant Call Deadline: 14 Oct 2025

Mode of Submission:

  1. Concurrent submission of completed application package on IGMS and iRIMS-Sponsored Projects (iRIMS-SP) portal. Completed application package should contain the following documents: 
    • Attachment 1: AI4S Catalytic Call Application Form for Stage 1
    • Attachment 2: AI4S Catalytic Call Presentation Slides
    • Attachment 3: AI4S Catalytic Call Full Proposal
    • Annex for full proposal (if any)
    • CVs of team members
  2. Submission of full proposal with HOD's comments on strengths to NUHS RO

Download grant call information here (2.0 MB).

NRF 34th Competitive Research Programme (CRP) Call

Funding Quantum: Proposed budget should correspond to the scope of the work to be accomplished
Funding Period: Between a period of three to five years
Internal Submission Deadline: 24 Oct 2025
Grant Call Launch Date: 15 Sep 2025
Grant Call Deadline: 10 Nov 2025

Mode of Submission: Concurrent submission of completed application package on RGP and iRIMS-Sponsored Projects (iRIMS-SP) portal. Completed application package should contain the following documents: 

  1. Stage 1: Video
  2. Stage 1: Annex (Slides + Appendices)
  3. Stage 2: Full proposal
  4. CVs of team members

Download grant call information here (450 KB).

NUS Grants

Merlion 2026: Call for Projects

Funding Quantum: 

  1. Merlion Project: Up to €5,000 per annum per project (funded on the principle of co-funding on a 50-50 basis by NUS and the French embassy)
  2. Merlion Workshop: Up to €4,500 per workshop (funded on the principle of co-funding on a 50-50 basis by NUS and the French embassy)

Funding Period: 

  1. Merlion Project: Up to two years
  2. Merlion Workshop: Up to one year

Internal Submission Deadline: 03 Nov 2025
Grant Call Launch Date: 21 Jul 2025
Grant Call Deadline: 10 Nov 2025
Mode of Submission: Submission of proposal by NUS PI onto the iRIMS-Sponsored Projects (iRIMS-SP) portal and concurrent submission by French counterpart to the French Embassy via the Campus France website

Download grant call information here (420 KB).

JSPS-NUS Joint Research Projects and Joint Seminars - Call for FY2026 applications

Funding Quantum: 

  1. Research Projects: Up to S$38,000 per project, per fiscal year (for NUS PIs); to be co-shared by ODPRT & Dept in the ratio of 50% to 50% respectively
  2. Seminars: Up to S$38,000 (for NUS PIs); to be co-shared by ODPRT & Dept in the ratio of 50% to 50% respectively

Funding Period: 

  1. Research Projects: Up to two years
  2. Seminars: Up to one week

Internal Submission Deadline: 27 Aug 2025
Grant Call Launch Date: 19 Jun 2025
Grant Call Deadline: 27 Aug 2025
Mode of Submission: Submission of proposal onto the iRIMS-Sponsored Projects (iRIMS-SP) portal

Download grant call information here (3.8 MB).

National University of Singapore-Swiss National AI Institute First Call for Seed Collaboration in AI Research

Funding Quantum: Up to S$220,000 (for NUS PIs)
Funding Period: Between 12 to 24 months
Internal Submission Deadline: 22 Aug 2025
Grant Call Launch Date: 15 May 2025
Grant Call Deadline: 22 Aug 2025
Mode of Submission: Submission of joint application by NUS PIs onto the submission portal

Download grant call information here (190 KB).

# Kindly refer to the NUHS Intranet to retrieve the following information:

  1. Contact List of NUHS Research Office Grants Team

    Find the contact details of the officer-in-charge for the various grants
    (Location in the NUHS intranet - Research Matters > Research Grants > Contact Us > Contact List [downloadable PDF document])

  2. NUH Grant Endorsement Form (GEF) /NUS Research Compliances and Resource Forms

    (Location in the NUHS intranet - Research Matters > Research Grants > Grant Flow and Processes > Useful form templates for download > NUH GEF / NUS Research Compliances and Resources Form [downloadable Word document])


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