Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMed)

Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMed)-National Health Innovation Centre Singapore (NHIC) Exploratory Translational Grant

The LKCMedicine OIE together with the National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC) has set up the LKCMed-NHIC Exploratory Translational Grant, which is a platform to facilitate early-stage innovation projects at LKCMedicine. The grant is intended as internal seed funding, with the following objectives:

• To fund the development of solutions that are commercially viable to address/resolve unmet medical needs,
• To leverage on the outcomes of this seed funding to seek further competitive funding to bring the solutions to implementation.

Application Eligibility

• The lead Principal Investigator (PI) must hold a primary appointment in LKCMed, or LKCMed/NHG joint appointments with at least 0.2 FTE with LKCMedicine.
• Only one lead PI is allowed per application.
• Only one application per lead PI can be submitted per grant call.
• Co-Investigator (Co-I) need to hold at least an adjunct position in a local public institution.
• Researchers from overseas institutions or private companies can only participate as Collaborators.

Funding Information

The funding quantum and duration for each project is:

List of Awarded Projects

For the list of awarded LKCMed-NHIC Exploratory Translational Grant projects, please click here

For more information about this grant, please contact your Host Institution’s Research Office:

Tay Puei Nam (PhD)
Email: pueinam.tay@ntu.edu.sg

P Kiruthika Email: p.kiruthika@ntu.edu.sg