NMRC Research Training Fellowship/MOH Healthcare Research Scholarship
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NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
All information is treated in confidence. The information is furnished to the National Medical Research Council with the
understanding that it shall be used or disclosed for evaluation, reference and reporting purposes. If your application is not
successful, this form will be destroyed after the retention period deemed as appropriate by the Council.
General Details ......................................................................................................... 2
Ethical Consideration .............................................................................................. 4
Abstract..................................................................................................................... 5
Proposal .................................................................................................................... 6
Mentor(s) ................................................................................................................... 7
Training Institution ................................................................................................... 7
Supervisor(s) ............................................................................................................ 7
Budget ....................................................................................................................... 8
Milestones................................................................................................................. 9
Key Performance Indicator ...................................................................................... 9
Other Support Details ............................................................................................ 11
Supporting Documents.......................................................................................... 13
Note:
Downloadable template documents have been highlighted in blue. Documents are purely for
reference.
Please download and fill in the updated templates from nGager during the point of application.
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General Details
1 Application Category:
New
Resubmission
Please indicate if this application is a New/Resubmission/Renewal application. If it is
a Resubmission or Renewal application, please indicate the old application/project id.
2 General Information
Host Institution: Please choose from list of institutions
Principal Investigator: Auto-populated upon creation of account and application
Application Title:
Project Duration (Years)*:
| Project Duration (Months)*:
Keywords*:
3 HRCS Research Activity & Health Category
The HRCS guidelines will be available for download for more information.
Health Category
You may select up to 5 categories from the followings. Please use the minimum number of codes to
reflect the main focus of the research.
Blood
Cancer
Cardiovascular
Congenital Disorders
Ear
Eye
Infection
Inflammatory and Immune System
Injuries and Accidents
Mental Health
Metabolic and Endocrine
Musculoskeletal
Neurological
Oral and Gastrointestinal
Renal and Urogenital
Reproductive Health and Childbirth
Respiratory
Skin
Stroke
Generic Health Relevance
Other
(B) Research Activity Code
You may select up to 2 sub-codes from the followings, eg, 2.1.
1 Underpinning Research
1.1 Normal biological development and functioning
1.2 Psychological and socioeconomic processes
1.3 Chemical and physical sciences
1.4 Methodologies and measurements
1.5 Resources and infrastructure (underpinning)
2 Aetiology
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2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
2.2 Factors relating to physical environment
2.3 Psychological, social and economic factors
2.4 Surveillance and distribution
2.5 Research design and methodologies (aetiology)
2.6 Resources and infrastructure (aetiology)
3 Prevention of Disease and Conditions, and Promotion of Well-Being
3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being
3.2 Interventions to alter physical and biological environmental risks
3.3 Nutrition and chemoprevention
3.4 Vaccines
3.5 Resources and infrastructure (prevention)
4 Detection, Screening and Diagnosis
4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies
4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies
4.3 Influences and impact
4.4 Population screening
4.5 Resources and infrastructure (detection)
5 Development of Treatments and Therapeutic Interventions
5.1 Pharmaceuticals
5.2 Cellular and gene therapies
5.3 Medical devices
5.4 Surgery
5.5 Radiotherapy
5.6 Psychological and behavioural
5.7 Physical
5.8 Complementary
5.9 Resources and infrastructure (development of treatments)
6 Evaluation of Treatments and Therapeutic Interventions
6.1 Pharmaceuticals
6.2 Cellular and gene therapies
6.3 Medical devices
6.4 Surgery
6.5 Radiotherapy
6.6 Psychological and behavioural
6.7 Physical
6.8 Complementary
6.9 Resources and infrastructure (evaluation of treatments)
7 Management of Diseases and Conditions
7.1 Individual care needs
7.2 End of life care
7.3 Management and decision making
7.4 Resources and infrastructure (disease management)
8 Health and Social Care Services Research
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services
8.2 Health and welfare economics
8.3 Policy, ethics and research governance
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8.4 Research design and methodologies
8.5 Resources and infrastructure (health services)
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Ethical considerations
Fund disbursement is subjected to ethics approval if the project involves any of the
below.
Please declare the
participating
institutions where
study requiring ethics
approval is
(i)Please tick accordingly if project involves any of the following:conducted:
a) Human Subject
Yes
No
b) Use of Human/Animal Tissues or Cells
Yes
No
Yes
No
d) Animal Experimentation
Yes
No
e) Requirement for Containment
Yes
No
f) Multi-centre Trial(s)
Yes
No
g) IRB/IACUC Approval Required
Yes
No
No
from Primary Donors
(i.e. subject/volunteers recruited for project)
c) Use of Commercially Available
Human/Animal Tissues or Cells
No
(ii) To upload Ethics Approval Document if available.
For multiple files, please upload them as a zip file.
(iii) Please justify if your proposal does not involve the use of any human subject,
animal tissue etc:
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Abstract
Scientific Abstract/Short Summary of the project
In no more than 300 words, concisely describe the specific aims, hypotheses, methodology and approach of the
research proposal including its importance to the furtherance of medical science, in particular clinical significance.
The abstract must be self-contained so that it can serve as a succinct and accurate description of the
research proposal. Note that the scientific abstract may be disclosed to other funding agencies.
Lay Abstract
In no more than 200 words, the lay abstract is meant for communication to the public on your
research idea, aims, and significance.
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Proposal
Research Proposal Document
Please download the research proposal template and re-upload the filled-in research proposal
document. All documents(including pictures, figures and spreadsheets) are to be combined as one file
(E.g. zip file .rar file) which is less than 10MB in size.
<Sample template>
Research Project Title:
Detailed Research Proposal:
Please also attach details of the research project, including:

Introduction

Aims

Hypotheses

Methodology
The above should be in presented in no longer than 10 pages. References should be attached at the
end of the proposal and does not count towards the page limit. Please present the research proposal
on A4-sized paper, 1-inched margins, single-line spacing and size 12 Times New Roman font.
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Mentor(s)
Please click on the <Search Mentor’s Name> button to find the Mentor’s Name if it is existing within
the nGager’s users database. If you could not find the Mentor’s name within the nGager’s users
database, please enter the Mentor’s details in the section below.
Points to note:
The role of the research mentor is to guide the Fellow upon completion of his
training, such as in the local research scene, research career advice, grants
application etc.
Applicants must provide justification(s) if he wishes to select an overseas mentor.
Training Institution
Please state your place of research training in this section.
Department, School, University, Country (separated by commas)
Supervisor(s)
Please click on the <Search Supervisor’s Name> button to find the Supervisor’s Name if it is existing
within the nGager’s users database. If you could not find the Supervisor’s name within the nGager’s
users database, please enter the Supervisor s details in the section below.
Points to note:
The role of the research supervisor is to provide research training and/or lab
resources to the applicant during his training. The supervisor may be based locally (if
the training is done in a local institution) or overseas (if done in an overseas
university).
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Budget
Points to note:
The following does not applicable to the NMRC Research Training Fellowship/MOH Healthcare
Research SCholarship:
 Indirect research cost (IRC)
 Manpower Budget (EOM)
 Equipment Budget
 Material & Consumables under Operating Expense (OOE)
(i)
Other Operating Expenses
For applicants applying for training overseas under the NMRC Research Training Fellowship and
MOH Healthcare Research Scholarship, please indicate the requested items (e.g., airfare,
maintenance allowance, visa, insurance) in the description field under "Overseas Travel", with each
line per item. Overseas conference is capped at $4,000 per year. Indirect Research Cost (IRC) do not
apply for all applicants applying for the Fellowship and Scholarship programmes.
Category
Item Description *
Overseas Travel
Others (Please specify)
Airfare, Maintenance, Visa, Insurance etc.
Conference, Book allowance etc.
Total Cost
(S$)
*Items and corresponding budget listed have to be in accordance to the institution’s existing
guidelines
(ii) Tuition Fees
Please state the total amount of tuition fees in SGD over the full duration of training.
(iii) Salary Component
For Fellowship/Scholarship, salary support will correspond to the time spent in research training.
1 FTE = 100% time spent on clinical training assuming 5 working days * 8 working hours per week.
For part-time training, assuming 50% FTE, the requested salary amount will be half of the annual
salary amount.
%FTE:
Annual Salary Amount (S$):
Requested Salary Amount (S$):
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Milestones
Please propose milestones for assessment of the progress of the study. The proposed milestones will
be subjected to review by a post-award committee at the end of each FY for the period of grant
awarded.
For each specific milestone, the “start month” refers to the number of months from the month of the
letter of award.
For e.g. if the letter of award was issued in June, the proposed milestone (production of antibodies) is
planned to start in December (i.e. 6 months from June) with a duration of 12 months, thus the
milestone will be indicated as follows:
Key Performance Indicator
Please indicate the final expected targets. There must be at least one KPI field/target filled in as
applications with no KPI target will be rejected.
Please indicate your realistic expectations on the outcome of this grant. Please state ‘NA’ where
indicator is not applicable.
Training R&D Manpower For Industry
Number of Master's Research Students
Trained:
Number of PhD Students Trained:
Number of Master's Research and PhD
Students Trained and Spun Out to Local
Industry as RSEs:
Number of Research Staff Spun Out to Local
Industry as RSEs:
Number of Post-Doctoral (Within 3 Years of
the PhD Award) Researchers Hired:
Developing Long Term R&D Capability
Number of Joint Programs/Projects with Local
Universities:
Number of Patents Filed:
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Number of Patents Granted:
Number of Papers published in International
Journals:
Number of Presentations at International
Conferences:
Number of Awards for Research at National
and International Level:
Industry Relevance Indicators
R&D Collaboration
Number of R&D Projects with Industry Cash
Funding:
Industry Dollars Received to Fund R&D
Projects (S$):
Outcomes
Revenue from Royalties and Licensing
Agreements (S$):
Number of Spin-off Companies Registered:
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Other Support Details
Please download the template to complete the “Other Support Details", and upload the completed
details with any attachments as one file (E.g: .zip file or .rar file) which is less than 10MB in size. More
details can be found in the template.
<sample template>
Please provide the following details for the grants currently held by the Applicant. Attach additional pages if
necessary. Please attach the scientific abstract of the grants (a) and (b) listed below, if applicable, for Council’s
reference. Missing abstracts/attachments will render this application incomplete.
a)
Grants currently held
Amount of Fund
Title of Research
b)
Funding
Agency
Approved ($)
Balance
Available ($)
Support
Period
(year)
% effort within own
Expiry Date
of the Grant
work
commitments1
Support not related to specific research projects
Provide below details of all other support which are not derived from funds provided for specific research
projects, such as departmental technicians, grants from private foundations, start-up funds, donations from
charitable organizations and collaborations with industry. You may also attach correspondences showing
commitments by other parties in support of your work.
Types of resources
c)
Funding Organisations
Duration of support
Expiry date, if any
Support from any industry partner(s)
Please provide the following details for any additional support for the grant applied for from industry partner(s) or
grants being applied for by the Principal Investigator only (pending outcomes). Attach additional pages if
necessary. Please attach the scientific abstracts of each grant listed in (a) & (b) and required additional
information for Council’s reference. Missing abstracts / KPIs / attachments will render this application incomplete.
Items Supported
Funding Source
Amount of Fund ($)
Support Period (Year)
1
% effort within work commitments: Represents percentage effort spent by the team members on
this project out of individual’s total work commitments (e.g. other grants, other teaching and
administrative responsibilities, clinical work etc.)
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Pending grant application(s)
For all NMRC grant applications, please indicate application ID. Please indicate all the grants applied
of similar proposal where the applicant is involved as either PI, Co-Investigator or Collaborator and
provide information on the overlapping sections in the proposal as a separate attachment.
Title of Research and PI’s role in
project
Application ID
Funding
Agency
Amount of fund
applied for ($)
Support Period
(Year)
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Supporting Documents
Please upload the supporting documents required for your application.
For applicants applying for MOH Research Healthcare Scholarship/NMRC Research Training
Fellowship, please refer to the attached template for documents required for submission.
You could upload one supporting document or consolidate all supporting documents into one zip file.
<sample template>
(A) CHECKLIST OF ITEMS
The following checklist below is for your easy reference to ensure that all supporting documents and information
are provided.
Documents:
Copy of Singapore National Registration Identity Card.
Letter of appointment/employment contract and information on your remuneration package (e.g.,
salary, annual wage supplement, bonus).
Details of Research Project under the following headings: Introduction, Aims, Hypotheses,
Methodology and References. (as indicated in the “Proposal” tab)
Information on optional/mandatory courses to be taken, if applicable.
Document(s) detailing fee structure for PhD or Master’s training (if applicable).
Letters from:(to be uploaded into the tabs on nGager)
Research Supervisor(s) (during period of award) - Letter of undertaking and curriculum vitae not
more than 5 pages (to include a record of research funding & a record of past and current fellows
trained.)
Research Mentor(s) (after period of award) - Letter indicating commitment to mentor fellow upon
fellow’s completion of the training award and curriculum vitae not more than 5 pages (to include a
record of research funding & a record of past and current fellows trained.)
(For Residents Only)
Programme Director – Letter indicating that the resident/trainee is showing good progress and
performance (i.e., competency framework), able to exit on time and that the clinical training will not
be compromised by the research training. Letter should be endorsed by DIO / Cluster’s Research
Director
(For AST/BST Trainees Only)
Residency Advisory Committee (RAC)* – Letter indicating that the resident/trainee is allowed to
undergo research training during their specialist training. Letter should be endorsed by Joint
Committee on Specialist Training (JCST)
(B) DETAILS OF RESEARCH TRAINING
Please read the instructions carefully and fill in all the sections. Indicate “N.A.” if not applicable.
(i) Type of Research Training:
(*Please delete/indicate where necessary.)
Full-time
/
Part-time
Local
/
Overseas
Training leading to:
PhD
Master
(MSc/MPH/____ )*
Other type of graduate degrees
( ____ )*
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Overseas research attachment not leading to a degree
(ii) Duration of Research Training: _______ months
Start Date: (dd/mm/yyyy)
Completion Date: (dd/mm/yyyy)
(C) 1. PERSONAL PARTICULARS
Name of Applicant (as in the NRIC)
Surname:
Date of Birth:
(dd/mm/yyyy)
Given Name:
Place of Birth:
NRIC No.:
Male
Married
Female
Single
Nationality:
If non-Singaporean, please indicate date granted PR
status: (dd/mm/yyyy)
Home Address:
Mailing Address:
Email Address:
Contact Numbers
Home:
Department:
Office:
Hp:
Fax:
Department/Institution Address:
(To indicate if different from Mailing Address)
Institution:
Qualifications: (Academic & Professional)
Academic Grade: (E.g., Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor)
Clinical Grade: (E.g., Medical Officer, Registrar, Associate Consultant, Consultant, Senior Consultant)
2. TRAINEESHIP / RESIDENCY INFORMATION (if applicable)
Specialty
Surgical
Medical
Year of Training
BST Year
AST Year
Seamless Year
Others :
Residency Year
3. EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION OF APPLICANT
HR Contact Person
Name
Tel. No.
Designation
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY OF APPLICANT
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Appointment
Date From
(dd/mm/yyyy)
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Date To
(dd/mm/yyyy)
(Please attach a letter of recommendation from Head of Department and your appointment letter)
4. SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS
Date
Scholarship/Award
From
(dd/mm/yy)
To
(dd/mm/yy)
Funding Body
5. COURSES/SEMINARS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED IN THE LAST 3 YEARS
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6. PUBLICATIONS
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(D) DECLARATION BY APPLICANT
Please provide the following information:
Are you currently receiving any fellowship/training award?
No
Yes. Please specify:
Have you applied for funding from other agencies for the proposed training?
No
Yes. Please specify:
During the proposed training period,
a) will you be accompanied by your spouse who is a recipient of an HMDP Fellowship or other training award?
No
Yes. Please provide the name of your spouse, training award and
training period:
b) will you be receiving any income from your current employer and/or any other hospital/institution in
Singapore?
No
Yes. Please state the source(s) and the amount:
c) will you be receiving any stipend from other source(s) (e.g., the institution where you will be training as a
NMRC Fellow and/or any funding body outside Singapore)?
No
Yes. Please state the source(s) and the amount:
Is your project industry-linked?
No
Yes
If yes, please give a description on how your project is industry-linked:
(E.g. Name of company, Your involvement)
(E) HEAD OF DEPARTMENT ENDORSEMENT
To be completed by HOD/Nominee. Please indicate the means by which the institution will support the returning
fellow by ticking the appropriate box(es).
Please provide details
Seed money for research grant
(State the amount and source of seed funds)
______________________________
Availability of lab space
(Specify location of lab space and the area in square
metres assigned to the fellow.)
______________________________
Clinical position secured for the fellow for the first 3 years
after his/her return.
(Please specify.)
______________________________
Salary support & protected time (should be aligned with the
written commitment from CMB) as stated on Page 1, Point
2 of the application form.
______________________________
Specify access to facilities & equipment
______________________________
Technical manpower support
______________________________
Collaboration opportunities
(Name collaborators)
______________________________
Others
(Please specify.)
______________________________
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I support the above application for the NMRC Research Training Fellowship/MOH Healthcare Research
Scholarship. The Department will ensure a minimum of 30% protected time for the fellow’s research and provide
him/her with the necessary support, facilities and equipment as specified above upon completion of his/her
research training to enable him/her to continue his/her development in clinical/biomedical research.
___________________________________
Signature of Head of Dept
______________________
Date
Name:
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