National Medical
Research Council (NMRC) May 19 grant call
The National Medical Research Council (NMRC)
May 19 grant call is now OPEN.
Applications will be via the Integrated Grant Management
System (IGMS).
Important note: NMRC had informed host institutions that they will
be rejecting incomplete applications for errors listed in their “Read me” file
from May 2019 and future calls instead of returning them for amendments;
which was the past practise. This decision is due to the increasing number of
non-compliant applications received.
The Open Fund Large Collaborative Grant
(OF-LCG) which maximum funded amount is $25mil for 5 years will be launched at
a later date. NMRC will update with details once available.
Grant
call announcements, emails, application guides, templates and checklists etc
will be available at NTU Grant Directory Call page by 6 May 2019.
NMRC May 19 grant call
For more details, please download the pdf here:
Open Fund Individual Research Grant (OF-IRG)
Support the conduct of research proposals in basic and
translational clinical research relevant to human health and wellness as well
as research that looks at the causes, consequences, diagnosis, prevention and
treatment of human diseases.
Open Fund Young Individual Research Grant (OF-YIRG)
Sub-category of OF-IRG. A step for new investigator to a
first independent national level grant.
Clinician Scientist – Individual Research Grant (CS-IRG)
Provided to Clinician Scientists (CS) to carry out medical
research on a specifically defined topic.
Clinician Scientist – Individual Research Grant – New
Investigator Grant (CS-IRG-NIG)
Sub-category of CS-IRG for new clinical investigators.
Transition Award (TA)
Assist budding, young clinicians who have just returned from
formal research training to build up their capability in research.
Clinician
Scientist Award (CSA)
Provides salary and funding support for selected outstanding
clinician scientists, in carrying out internationally competitive translational
and clinical research.
2 categories
Investigator (INV) - Junior Associate Prof
Senior Investigator (SI) - Senior Associate Prof to full Prof
Singapore
Translational Research Investigator Award (STaR)
A scheme to attract and nurture established, world-class
clinician investigators to undertake cutting edge translational and clinical
research in Singapore.
Timelines for NMRC May 2019 grant call
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Wednesday,
1
May 2019
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Grant call opens and availability of application forms via
IGMS
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Thursday,
2
May 2019
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Mandatory:
Indication of interest (IOI) from PIs in Grant Directory. RSO will only be sending email
to PIs who have submitted and IOI on updates for this grant call after 2 May
instead of mass email to NTU community.
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Thursday,
2
May 2019
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RSO eligible
checks for OF-YIRG
and CS-IRG-NIG (applicable to non-academic
track applicants)
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Tuesday,
21 May 2019
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Please submit your complete grant application in IGMS and
download the application to RASS & RSO for 2-point checks.
Submission
of the proposal in IGMS is required before you can download it for RASS &
RSO checks. Signatures of all team members required. To be uploaded using the
template provided in IGMS.
Please
be assured that RSO can still return the application back to you for
amendments.
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Thursday,
23
May 2019
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Submission for checks by RSO, facilitated by RASS.
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Wednesday,
29
May 2019
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Finalised submissions ready for endorsement to reach RSO.
Applications that are still incomplete or inaccurate
after this deadline may not be endorsed.
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Friday,
31
May 2019
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System closes for submission.
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Important note:
1)
Mandatory
indication of interest at grant directory. RSO will be sending emails directly
to PIs who have completed the IOI and will not mass blast emails to all
faculty. Draft is also not visible to RSO in IGMS.
2)
Use
correct templates
o
Download
the current template from IGMS
o
Paste
the details from the attachment provided in earlier “RSO offline template” into
new template
o
Reread
the instructions on May 2019 templates to ensure all information have been
provided
3)
Follow
all instructions by reading the following files
a)
Guidelines
for the Management of MOH/NMRC (Grantor) Funding Programmes – includes
Budgeting Requirements
b) NMRC
read me file
c)
NMRC
application guide for IGMS
d)
Application
scheme guide
e) NMRC Research Grant terms and conditions (available from www.nmrc.gov.sg)
4) Submission.
PI will need to submit the proposal in IGMS and download it for checking by
RASS
o For
administrative checks, combined checks will be carried out. (RASS check
document → tag → send to RSO → RSO will add on → return to RASS/PI). This will
save time and avoid multiple returns.
o PI
may encounter issues (missing file, file not updated) if application is
downloaded immediately after clicking submit due to lag in the system.
5) NMRC
will not grant any extension if PIs encounter issues in IGMS including urgent
system maintenance as long as IGMS is functioning prior to deadline as a) this
is a regular call, b) early announcements were made and c) system was open
since 1 May.
o PI
will likely encounter issues due to high traffic as NRF will be using IGMS for
FY2018 report submissions with the same closing date as the May 2019 call so
please complete the application early.
For further enquiries, please contact RASS (Lim Hee at limhee.goh@ntu.edu.sg and Juliana at Juliana.Zheng@ntu.edu.sg).
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