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Active Grant Calls

2026/06/09

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: 

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

Funding Period:

  1. Type A: Up to three years
  2. Type B: Over three to five years
  3. 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: 

  1. SSHR-TG application form (latest version), with relevant supporting documents (in Word-converted PDF format);
  2. Letters of Commitment (in PDF format);
  3. CVs from PI, Co-PIs and Collaborators; 
  4. Letters of Support from Government of Singapore Agencies (not mandatory) & non-Government stakeholders (mandatory);
  5. Copies of emailed agreements from suggested external reviewers;
  6. 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);
  7. References cited in the abstract and details of research proposal (in PDF format)
  8. Quotations; and
  9. One-page note outlining PI's contingency / succession plan

Download grant call information here (1.6 MB).

NUS Grants

National University of Singapore-UCL Research and Innovation Collaboration Fund 2026/27

Funding Quantum: Up to S$17,000 (no IRC) (for NUS PIs)
Funding Period: Up to one year
Internal Submission Deadline: 19 Jun 2026
Grant Call Launch Date:
 20 May 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 19 Jun 2026

Mode of Submission: Submission of completed, HOD-endorsed application form (with two-page CVs of both NUS & UCL PIs attached) in a single PDF document to the online portal

Download grant call information here (300 KB).


National University of Singapore-Duke University Joint Sustainability Research Initiatives Grants

Funding Quantum: Up to S$120,000 (no IRC) (for NUS PIs)
Funding Period: Up to 18 months
Internal Submission Deadline: 1 Jun 2026
Grant Call Launch Date:
10 Apr 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 1 Jun 2026

Mode of Submission: 

  1. Submission of application package (i.e. research proposal, implementation schedule, budget and justifications in a single PDF document) + endorsement form to NUHS RIO for VDR's endorsement
  2. Submission of joint proposal by the Duke University PI via the Kuali Build submission portal

Download grant call information here (300 KB).

    CDA Grants

    Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) Short-Term Fellowship FY2026 (Round 2)

    Funding Quantum: Up to S$10,000 to cover the following:

    1. Return economy airfare via the most direct route
    2. Daily allowance
    3. Airport transfer
    4. Travel insurance and/or visa fees
    5. Withholding tax (for incoming Fellowships only)

    Funding Period: Up to 14 days

    1. For incoming Fellowship: Invitation of potential collaborators/overseas experts to Singapore, or 
    2. For outgoing Fellowship: Overseas research training attachment at a leading infectious Diseases institution

    Internal Submission Deadline: 19 Jun 2026
    Grant Call Launch Date:
    2 Jun 2026
    Grant Call Deadline: 30 Jun 2026

    Mode of Submission: Completion of pages 5 to 13 of the "CDA Short-Term Fellowship Application Form FY2026_round 2" and submission of the following documents to NUHS RIO: 

    1. A single Microsoft Word document, without signatories; and
    2. A single PDF document, with signatories and supporting documents (e.g. quotations)

    Download grant call information here (180 KB).

    Ad-hoc Grants

    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:

    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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