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Active Grant Calls

2026/06/22

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^#.

MOE Grants

2026 Social Science and Humanities Research Thematic Grant (SSHR-TG)

Funding Quantum:

Type A: S$100,000 to $1,500,000 (incl. of 30% IRC)
Type B: > S$1,500,000 to S$5,000,000 (incl. of 30% IRC)
Type C: > S$5,000,000 to S$10,000,000 (incl. of 30% IRC)

Funding Period:

Type A: Up to three years
Type B: Over three to five years
Type C: Over three to five years

Internal Submission Deadline: 3 Jul 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 2 Jun 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 25 Aug 2026

Mode of Submission: Submission of application package containing the following documents to NUHS RIO and concurrent submission of application on the iRIMS-SP portal:

SSHR-TG application form (latest version), with relevant supporting documents (in Word-converted PDF format);
Letters of Commitment (in PDF format);
CVs from PI, Co-PIs and Collaborators;
Letters of Support from Government of Singapore Agencies (not mandatory) & non-Government stakeholders (mandatory);
Copies of emailed agreements from suggested external reviewers;
Letters of agreement from nominated members of the External Advisory Board (for Type B applications with proposed budget close to S$5 mil & Type C applications only);
References cited in the abstract and details of research proposal (in PDF format)
Quotations; and
One-page note outlining PI's contingency / succession plan

Download grant call information here (1.6 MB).

NUS Grants

JSPS-NUS Joint Research Projects and Joint Seminars - Call for FY2027 Applications

Funding Quantum:

Joint Research Projects: Up to $38,000 per project
Joint Seminars: Up to $38,000

Funding Period:

Joint Research Projects: Up to two years
Joint Seminars: Up to one week

Internal Submission Deadline: 27 Aug 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 22 Jun 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 3 Sep 2026

Mode of Submission: Submission of completed application form (for Joint Research Project or Joint Seminar) and one-page CV for each member on the Singapore and Japan teams to NUHS RIO, and concurrent submission of application on the iRIMS-SP portal

Download grant call information here (130 KB).

Ad-hoc Grants

Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) Cancer Research Grant Call 2026

Funding Quantum: Up to S$100,000 (incl. 30% IRC)
Funding Period: Up to 24 months
Internal Submission Deadline: 27 Jul 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 27 Jul 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 7 Aug 2026

Mode of Submission:

For NUH PIs: Submission of completed application package to NUHS RIO for DOR's endorsement
For NUS PIs: Concurrent submission of completed application package to NUHS RIO for DOR's endorsement and onto the iRIMS-SP portal
- Following DOR's endorsement, applicants are required to upload the fully endorsed documents onto the SCS portal.

Download grant call information here (1.5 MB).

Workforce Development Applied Research Fund (WDARF) Grant Call 2026

Funding Quantum: No funding cap but research projects must be costed appropriately and reasonably according to the methodology proposed and overall size of the project (incl. 30% IRC)
Funding Period: Up to 24 months
Internal Submission Deadline: 2 Jul 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 8 Jun 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 15 Jul 2026

Mode of Submission: Concurrent submission of endorsed Expression of Interest (EOI) form (in both Word and PDF formats) to NUHS RIO and onto the iRIMS-SP portal

Download grant call information here (460 KB).

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

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])
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])