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Active Grant Calls

2026/09/21

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^#.

NRF Grants

NRF 36th Competitive Research Programme (CRP) Call

Funding Quantum: Up to S$10,000,000 (incl. 30% IRC)
Funding Period: Between three to five years
Internal Submission Deadline: 26 Oct 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 27 Aug 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 9 Nov 2026

Mode of Submission:

For NUH PIs: Submission of grant application on RGP
For NUS PIs: Concurrent submission of grant application on RGP and the iRIMS-SP portal, as well as submission of grant application zip folder downloaded from RGP to NUHS RIO

Download grant call information here (460 KB).

9th ANR-NRF Joint Grant Call (2026/2027) - Registration Stage

Funding Quantum: Up to S$450,000 (incl. 30% IRC)
Funding Period: Up to three years
Internal Submission Deadline: 2 Oct 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 16 Sep 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 13 Oct 2026

Mode of Submission: Submission of registration template to NUHS RIO

Download grant call information here (100 KB).

A*STAR Grants

HHP MISSION Stream 1 2026 Funding Call

Funding Quantum: Up to S$5,000,000 (incl. 30% IRC)
Funding Period: Up to three years
Internal Submission Deadline:

For NUS PIs: 18 Sep 2026
For NUH PIs: 28 Sep 2026

Grant Call Launch Date: 31 Aug 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 26 Oct 2026

Mode of Submission:

For NUH PIs: Submission of proposal to NUHS PIO
For NUS PIs: Concurrent submission of proposal on iRIMS-SP portal and to NUHS RIO

Download grant call information here (1.5 MB).

MOE Grants

MOE AcRF Tier 1: ARC 2/2027 (Whitepaper Application)

Funding Quantum: Up to S$250,000 (no IRC)
Funding Period: Up to S$250,000
Internal Submission Deadline: 25 Sep 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 2 Sep 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 25 Sep 2026

Mode of Submission: Concurrent submission of Whitepaper application on the iRIMS-SP portal and to NUHS RIO.

Download grant call information here (150 KB).

NUS Grants

Merlion 2027: Call for Projects

Funding Quantum:

Merlion Project: €5,000 (no IRC)
Merlion Workshop: €4,500 (no IRC)

Funding Period:

Merlion Project: Up to two years
Merlion Workshop: Up to one year

Internal Submission Deadline: 3 Nov 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 22 Jul 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 10 Nov 2026

Mode of Submission: Concurrent submission of grant application on the iRIMS-SP portal and to NUHS RIO.

Note: The French Team should also submit a concurrent application to the French Embassy. Applications without dual submission (in Singapore and France) will not be considered.

Download grant call information here (290 KB).

National University of Singapore (NUS) - University of Toronto (UofT) Call for Joint Research Proposals

Funding Quantum: Up to S$25,000 (no IRC)
Funding Period: Up to 18 months
Internal Submission Deadline: 1 Nov 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 1 Sep 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 1 Nov 2026

Mode of Submission: Submission of grant application form (endorsed by HOD on the last page) and CVs of PIs and Co-PIs (no more than two-pages each) as a single PDF document + project budget template (in the form of an Excel spreadsheet) by the UofT PI via the UofT Grants Database

Download grant call information here (180 KB).

Call for HSS Seed Fund Proposals 2026

Funding Quantum: Up to S$40,000 (no IRC)
Funding Period: Up to 18 months
Internal Submission Deadline: 30 Sep 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 26 Aug 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 30 Sep 2026

Mode of Submission: Concurrent submission of grant application on the iRIMS-SP portal and to NUHS RIO

Download grant call information here (35 KB).

Cross Faculty Grant Call 2026

Funding Quantum:

STEM-STEM proposals: S$200,000 (no IRC)
STEM-HSS proposals: S$200,000 (no IRC)
HSS-HSS proposals: S$80,000 (no IRC)

Funding Period:

STEM-STEM proposals: Up to three years
STEM-HSS proposals: Up to three years
HSS-HSS proposals: Up to three years

Internal Submission Deadline: 30 Sep 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 31 Jul 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 30 Sep 2026

Mode of Submission: Concurrent submission of grant application on the iRIMS-SP portal and to NUHS RIO.

Download grant call information here (45 KB).

Agentic AI for Research Discovery Grant

Funding Quantum: Up to S$100,000 (no IRC)
Funding Period: Up to one year
Internal Submission Deadline: 28 Sep 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 2 Sep 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 28 Sep 2026

Mode of Submission: Concurrent submission of grant application on the iRIMS-SP portal and to NUHS RIO.

Download grant call information here (95 KB).

Tsinghua-NUS Joint Research Initiative Fund 2026
Funding Quantum: Up to S$40,000 (no IRC)
Funding Period: Up to two years
Internal Submission Deadline: 25 Sep 2026
Grant Call Launch Date: 17 Aug 2026
Grant Call Deadline: 25 Sep 2026

Mode of Submission:

Submission of completed grant application (with HOD's / Programme Chair's endorsement) and two-page CVs of both the Tsinghua PI and NUS PI as a single PDF document to the Microsoft Forms link.

Download grant call information here (65 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])