Name of Project Leader :_________________
TIF (General Track)
2014 Grant Call
Internal Helpful Notes for PI:
Collaborators,
1) Please ensure that your external collaborators are able to provide their signature under Section 14 in
the actual submission.
2) Should your external collaborators’ involvement in this project likely to constitute an inventive
contribution in generating potential IP at the end of this project, a Collaboration Research Agreement
(CRA) (refer to TTEC website for CRA template) must be signed by all project parties before
commencement of the awarded project.
3) Collaborators’ institution should be informed of their participation in the awarded project without
subsequently raising any IP issues with SP.
Visiting Experts,
4) Please identify your visiting collaborators (i.e name and organization) and their intended
contribution to the project support in writing (e.g. email).
5) PI must ensure that your visiting collaborators are agreeable in signing a Non -Disclosure
Agreement (NDA) or CRA (where appropriate) before commencing the project upon award.
APPLICATION
FOR
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
TRANSLATIONAL & INNOVATION FUND (TIF)
(Template based on 2014 online version in OLGA)
General Track Proposal
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Name of Project Leader :_________________
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2.
HOST INSTITUTION: ____ SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC _________________
3.
PROJECT DURATION
3a. TOTAL PROJECT VALUE (TPV) (S$):
3b. DURATION OF PROJECT (MTHS):
Start date (mm/yy)
:
End date (mm/yy)
:
(Max. $500,000,
inclusive of GST)
(Maximum of 2 years)
4a. PROJECT LEADER (Please note that only one PL per application is allowed.)
Name:
Position:
Department/
Division:
Institution:
Singapore Polytechnic
E-mail:
___________@sp.edu.sg
Telephone No.:
4b. CO-LEADER(S) (Please add if there are more co-leaders. Please note that co-leaders have
to be fully-based in Singapore. Fractional appointments in Singapore are not allowed. If your coleader(s)/collaborator(s) are from any of the Polytechnics or from ITE, please ensure that they are
registered and have updated their profile prior to proposal submission.
Name:
Position:
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2014 Grant Call
Department/
Division:
Institution:
E-mail:
Telephone No.:
4c. COLLABORATOR(S) (Please add if there are more collaborators.)
Name:
Position:
Department/
Division:
Institution/
Company:
E-mail:
5. CLASSIFICATION
Please indicate an ‘X’ in the box for the category that is most suitable for your proposal.
TIF1 - Built Environment
TIF2 - Business, Finance & Law
TIF3 - Chemical & Life Sciences
TIF4 - Engineering
TIF5 - Health Sciences
TIF6 - Humanities
TIF7 - Information Technology
TIF8 - Maritime Studies
TIF9 - Media & Design
(Please put a ‘X’ in the appropriate box.)
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Name of Project Leader :_________________
This proposal is a
TIF (General Track)
2014 Grant Call
New Application
Renewal (Official No.: __________________)
Have you submitted a similar proposal for funding before? Yes / No (please select one)
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2014 Grant Call
6. ABSTRACTS OF THE PROPOSAL
Please provide a succinct and accurate description of the proposal in no more than 1,000 words. The
abstract must capture: the academic significance of the research, the hypotheses or research
questions to be addressed, the approach and feasibility of the study, including its novelty, commercial
and industrial relevance.
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2014 Grant Call
6. Details of Research Proposal
Give a description of the project in no more than 10 pages (Arial, Font Size 10, single line spacing).
Information SHOULD include specific aim(s) of the project, significance, approach, innovation,
environment, involvement/training of students, and preliminary studies/progress reports related to the
project proposal. References cited should be provided at the end of the document. Information
provided should be sufficiently self-contained for an assessment of the proposal without further
reference to other materials.
For proposal under Translational Track, there should be a brief description of the methodology of how
the proof-of-concept will be carried out experimentally, and the expected outcomes and deliverable of
the project (e.g. prototype, device, animal trial results, etc). You should also state succinctly how your
technology is better than the current state of the art (i.e. your secret sauce).
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2014 Grant Call
[Internal Helpful Notes for PI: The provided Headings are sample Headings for your reference]
1. INTRODUCTION
2. PROJECT AIMS
3. SIGNIFICANCE
4. INNOVATION (please articulate clearly the strengths of proposed device/process/method over
existing devices/technology)
5. APPROACH (please include preliminary studies findings)
6. COMMER IAL AND INDUSTRIAL RELEVANCE
7. PROJECT TEAM (please define clearly the roles, contribution and relevancy of the expertise of each
team member)
8. INVOLVEMENT / TRAINING OF STUDENTS
9. PATENT SEARCH FINDINGS (this section is required if Patent Filing is one of the stated deliverable
of this research project)
10. REFERENCES
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7b. DECLARATION OF ETHICS CONSIDERATION
Please ensure that the relevant ethics approval has been obtained prior to submission of
proposal.
Please tick, where appropriate, if your study involves the following:
Human subject
Use of Human Tissues or Cells
Animal Experimentation
Use of Animal Tissues or Cells
Requirement for containment (BSL 2 and
above)
Other ethical approval (please specify): __________________________
8. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
The proposed implementation schedule will be used for performance assessment of the project. A
satisfactory progress is required for continued disbursements of funds and will also be taken into
consideration for future applications and for grant renewal.
[Internal Helpful Notes for PI: The project milestones and implementation schedule must be clearly defined
and reasonable to be achieved within a 2 year’s duration.]
Year 1
S/N
Project Implementation
Q1
Q2
Q3
Year 2
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
9. PROJECT DELIVERABLES
A. Quantitative Deliverables
a. Product Innovation
No. of patents
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No. of competitive awards
No. of conference presentations
No. of publications
b. Training of students
Number of students to be engaged on the project for at least 2
months
Please include other project deliverables in the list below.
S/N Description
Number
B. Qualitative Deliverables
In no more than 300 words, please provide a concise description and specifications of the
project outcome(s) such as processes, prototypes, solutions, systems, proof of concept, models,
products, samples, representations or demonstrations that would be developed.
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2014 Grant Call
11A. CURRICULUM VITAE
Please provide the following information in no more than 2 pages per applicant (including
Co-Leaders and Collaborators):
 Name
 Current position and past employment history (Please provide full details, eg. joint
appointments)
 Academic qualifications (Please indicate institution’s name and the year the qualifications
were awarded)
 Innovation efforts/ records
 Recent awards (if any)
11B. DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT FROM COLLABORATOR(S)
Please provide a letter from each collaborator detailing the following:
 Declaration of commitment to the proposed project;



Proposed contribution(s) to the project (monetary and/or in-kind);
Benefits to be derived from the proposed project; and
Potential payoffs for the collaborator and/or his organisation if the deliverables are achieved.
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Name of Project Leader :_________________
10.
TIF (General Track)
2014 Grant Call
DECLARATION OF OTHER FUNDING SUPPORT
a) The Project Leader and Co-Leader(s) should detail the grants awarded in the last 5 years, including
those currently held or submitted for consideration by other funding agencies or industries. Please
note that parallel submissions are not allowed – ie applicants should not send similar versions or
part(s) of the current IF proposal application to other agencies or industries for funding.
Project(s) Pending Approval
S/N
Declaration
For
Role
Played
Project Title
Amount
Requested
(S$)
Funding
Agency/i
es
IF
Non-IF
Propose
d
Duration
(Years)
TOTAL
Project(s) Awarded
S/N
Declaration
For
Role
Played
Project Title
Funding
Agency/i
es
Amount
Awarded
(S$)
IF
Duratio
n (MMYY to
MM-YY)
% of
time PI
is
involve
d
NonIF
TOTAL
Project(s) Completed
S/N
Declaration
For
Role
Played
Project Title
Funding
Agency/i
es
Amount
Awarded
(S$)
NonIF
IF
Duratio
n (MMYY to
MM-YY)
TOTAL
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Name of Project Leader :_________________
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2014 Grant Call
b) Please provide details of ALL other resources available to the team which are not derived from
funds provided for specific projects, such as departmental technicians, equipment, and consumables,
grants from private foundations, start-up funds, donations from charitable organisations and
collaborations with industry. Correspondences showing commitments by other parties in support of
your work may be appended.
Types of Resources
Funding
Organisations
Duration of
Support (mths)
Expiry date (if
any)
N.A.
11.
PROPOSED BUDGET & JUSTIFICATION
You are advised to consult the OIE when preparing the budget to ensure that it is in accordance to your
institution’s HR and finance guidelines. Sufficient details and justifications should be provided for each
request and items in the budget must be directly relevant to the proposed project. Please note that the
duration of funding is capped at two years.
Overall Proposed Budget
Category
Year 1($)
Year 2($)
Year 3($)
Total ($)
Year 1($)
(Man Mths)
Year 2($)
(Man Mths)
Year 3($)
(Man Mths)
Total ($)
EOM
Equipment
OOE
Grand Total ($)
a. EOM
Staff Category
No.
Cost per
head per
year ($)
Visiting
Collaborators
Student Allowance
*Project Officers
*Project Engineers
*PI/Co-PI’s salary
Sub-total
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2014 Grant Call
* Project Engineers & Project Officers should not be existing staff supported by the institution’s block
budget.
* (This item to be inserted in on-line template in OLGA) PI/Co-PI’s salary capped at 25% of Total Project
Cost (i.e Overall Proposed Budget).
Staff Category
Justification
Please justify manpower request with respect to the specific role of each
manpower request and detail the contribution of each request to the project.
Please include justification for the number of students and briefly describe the
scope of their involvement. In addition, proposed visiting collaborators
should be identified and their intended contribution to the project
supported in writing (e.g. email). Also state the role of the project officers
and/or project engineers in the project that the institution will be recruiting.
b. Equipment
Please include GST, where applicable.
[Internal Helpful Notes to PI:
Equipment costing more than $100,000 should be supported, where feasible, by 3 quotations. The
proposal should indicate how intensively the equipment would be used during the project duration, and
how the equipment will be utilised post project. Co-funding from the institution/industry will be viewed
favourably for such items.
Equipment costing more than $10,000 should be supported, by at least 1 quotation.]
Item
No.
Cost per
Year 1
Year 2
item($)
(Units)
(Units)
(to append vendor’s written quotations for Equipments $10,000 and above)
Year 3
(Units)
Total ($)
Item (Quotation No.)
Sub-total
Item
Justification
The requirement for each piece of equipment requested should be adequately
justified. Please state if similar equipment exists in the PL or co-applicants’ labs
or in the PL’s department/school and justify why new equipment is required for
the project. Written quotations for equipment requested should be appended.
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c. OOE
Please include GST, where applicable.
Item
(Indicate Quotation No., if applicable)
Materials & Consumables*
Year 1($)
Year 2($)
Year 3($)
Total ($)
Overseas Travel *
Others
Sub-total
[*Internal Helpful Notes for PI:
Materials & Consumables - If more than $30,000 of Materials & Consumables is required, the
proposal should provide a detailed breakdown, with quotations.
Overseas Travel – For PL and Co-PLs, if the conferences are conducted overseas, the travel policy of the
host institution must be consistently adhered to.]
Item
12.
Justification
All items listed under OOE should be appropriately justified and supported with
relevant documents. Consumables to be used for the project should be
appropriately categorized and costed. Written quotations should be appended
for costly items. A breakdown of the “Others” category such as maintenance of
equipment, publications, local conference, local travel, training & safety related
expenses etc should be stated.
IMPACT / COMMERCIAL VIABILITY ASSESSMENT
Pathways to Impact
Please provide details on the "pathway to impact" in no more than 1,000 words - i.e. Identify the potential
beneficiaries of impact and how they might be benefited, the activities which will help contribute to
potential economic and societal impacts.
Types of Impact Activities. Please address the relevant points within your Pathways to Impact.
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a. Application and Exploitation
What are the avenues (e.g. collaboration and partnership) that will help to facilitate up-take of the project
or its impact? Are there means or plan to manage intellectual assets and outputs from the project?
b. Communications and Outreach
What are the tools (e.g. training workshops, publications, and websites) that will be used to engage
potential beneficiaries.)?
c. Involvement and Capacity
Who will be undertaking the impact activities mentioned in the above points and will they be acquiring any
additional skills for these roles?
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2014 Grant Call
13. SUGGESTED NAMES OF REVIEWERS
Please suggest five reviewers from the relevant industries who meet the following criteria:

At least 5 years of relevant experience within his/her field of expertise in a specific industry

Well-informed of existing and emerging trends and technologies within the industry he belongs

Entrepreneurial and preferably be involved in leading innovation within his organisation

Have a good track record in research and/or product development as evident from awards or
grants held
Researchers or university academics with good track record in research and innovation may also be
nominated
as
reviewers.
The Project Leader and Co-Leader(s) must ensure that suggested reviewers are not directly or indirectly
involved in the proposed project.
S/N
Reviewer
Name
Institution/ Designation
Contact Details
Relationshi
p
Expertises
1
2
3
4
5
Internal Note: MOE taps on the proposed reviewers to give their expert opinion on the projects, and
typically start with the ones that are suggested in the proposal.
The application should not be sent to the following persons:
S/N
Salutation
Last Name
First Name
Institution
Reason
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2014 Grant Call
14. UNDERTAKING BY PROJECT LEADER, ALL CO-LEADERS AND COLLABORATORS
In signing the Grant Application, the Project Leader, Co-Leader(s) and collaborator(s)
UNDERTAKE, on any Grant Award, to:







ensure that a proposal with similar research aims has not been awarded research funding either
by MOE, NRF, or another funding agency;
ensure that MOE (for General Track) or NRF (for Translational Track) funding is acknowledged
in all publications;
For Biomedical Science proposal, submit supporting documents of ethics approval obtained
from the relevant Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Animal Ethics Committee for studies
involving human subjects/human tissues or cells, animal/animal tissues or cells respectively;
For Biomedical Science proposal, be actively engaged in the execution of the research and
comply with all laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to animal and human ethics, including the
Singapore Good Clinical Practice guidelines;
ensure all publications arising from research wholly or partly funded be forwarded to the
Secretary;
Co-operate with MOE to inculcate interest in innovative research among all students; and
reserve royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual and non-exclusive right for MOE to use
the intellectual property generated by the research for MOE's own non-commercial and R&D
purposes
-----------------------------------------------------Name and Signature of Principal Investigator / Project Leader
Date:
----------------------------------------------Name and Signature of Co-PI/Co-PL
Date:
----------------------------------------------Name and Signature of Collaborator
Date:
----------------------------------------------Name and Signature of Collaborator
Date:
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15. UNDERTAKING BY DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC SCHOOL OF PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR/APPLICANT
In signing the Grant Application, the Director of the Academic School of the Principal Investigator /
Applicant UNDERTAKES, on any Grant Award, to:



reserve a royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual and non-exclusive right for MOE to use
the intellectual property generated by the research for MOE's own non-commercial and R&D
purposes;
support and agree to this proposal being carried out in the Department; and
ensure that all necessary licenses and approvals have been obtained or are being sought.
Comments:
-------------------------------------------------------------------Name and Signature of Director, Academic School*
Date
* If the Principal Investigator / Applicant is the Director of an Academic School, UNDERTAKING by the
PI’s Reporting officer is required.
-----------------------------------------------------Name, Designation and Signature
------------------Date
Comments:
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16. UNDERTAKING BY THE POLYTECHNIC/ ITE
In signing the Grant Application, the Host Polytechnic/ ITE UNDERTAKES, on any Grant Award, to:





provide appropriate support during the grant period;
ensure that the funds provided are used for the appropriate purposes;
ensure that all budget requests, including EOM, are in accordance with the polytechnic/ITE's
prevailing HR policies and financial guidelines;
reserve a royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual and non-exclusive right for MOE to use
the intellectual property generated by the research for MOE's own non-commercial and R&D
purposes; and
provide MOE with data and statistics of indicators pertaining to the project activity when
requested
Comments:
-----------------------------------------------------Name and Signature of
Director of Office of Innovation and Enterprise (or equivalent) *
Date
* If the Principal Investigator / Applicant is the Director of Innovation and Enterprise, UNDERTAKING by
the Director’s Reporting officer is required.
-----------------------------------------------------Name, Designation and Signature
Date
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