Active Grant Calls

2025/10/17

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:

Submission of intent to apply to MHI Secretariat at least three months before targeted project commencement date
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).

MOE Grants

2025 Social Science and Humanities Research (SSHR) Fellowship

Funding Quantum: Up to S$1,000,000
Funding Period: Over five years
Internal Submission Deadline: 21 Nov 2025
Grant Call Launch Date: 06 Oct 2025
Grant Call Deadline: 23 Jan 2026

Mode of Submission: Submission of application package onto the iRIMS-Sponsored Projects (iRIMS-SP) portal. The application package should contain the following documents:

SSHR Fellowship Application Form (Sections 1 to 7),
Detailed Project Proposal (Annex A),
CV(s) and Letters of Commitment (Annex B),
Letter of Support (if any),
Quotations, and
List of names of External Reviewers (Section 9) for Faculty's consideration

Download grant call information here (450 KB).

NRF Grants

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:

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

Download grant call information here (450 KB).

NUS Grants

NUS Sustainable Futures Seed Grant 2025

Funding Quantum: Up to S$500,000
Funding Period: Up to three years
Internal Submission Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
Grant Call Launch Date: 15 Oct 2025
Grant Call Deadline: 18 Dec 2025

Mode of Submission: Submission of duly completed application form and one-page CV of all team members onto the iRIMS-Sponsored Projects (iRIMS-SP) portal.

Download grant call information here (130 KB).

2025 NUS Foresight Grant: Call for Trailblazers

Funding Quantum: Up to S$1,000,000
Funding Period: Over three years
Internal Submission Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
Grant Call Launch Date: 10 Oct 2025
Grant Call Deadline: 17 Dec 2025

Mode of Submission: Submission of proposal onto the iRIMS-Sponsored Projects (iRIMS-SP) portal

Download grant call information here (20 KB).

Cross Faculty Grant 2025

Funding Quantum:

STEM-STEM or STEM-HSS projects: Up to S$250,000
HSS-HSS project: Up to S$80,000

Funding Period: Up to three years
Internal Submission Deadline: 19 Nov 2025
Grant Call Launch Date: 19 Sep 2025
Grant Call Deadline: 19 Nov 2025
Mode of Submission: Submission of proposal onto the iRIMS-Sponsored Projects (iRIMS-SP) portal

Download grant call information here (45 KB).

Merlion 2026: Call for Projects

Funding Quantum:

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)
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:

Merlion Project: Up to two years
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).

^# 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])

Regular Grant Calls

2024/09/13