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Grants and Fellowships

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TRIDENT is a joint initiative established by the National Healthcare Group (NHG), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) focusing on advancing research in the field of infectious diseases (ID)​. The National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) is the administrative host of TRIDENT.

The key objectives of this programme are: (a) To bring together ID ​researchers from the partner institutions* in collaborative translational ID research; (b) To develop a centre of excellence for ID research; (c) To seed promising research ideas and capabilities and increase the tripartite partners' competitiveness to obtain large national collaborative grants; and (d) To drive and deliver translational ID research with impact on policies and practice for better patient outcomes. 

The first grant call of TRIDENT aims to support proposals specifically in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).

  • Focus Area: Antimicrobial Resistance (Bacterial AMR including MRSA, multidrug resistant gram-negative bacteria, and mycobacterial AMR)
  • Platforms including but not limited to:

(1)    Applied genomics developing clinical applications of whole genome sequencing and metagenomics

(2)    Diagnostics development and validation

(3)    Clinical trials in vaccines and therapeutics

(4)    Data analytics and modelling

(5)    Implementation science


Grant Information

  • Two grant tracks are available, namely Pilot Grant and Large Grant, depending on the scope of the research project.
  • For Pilot Grants, each project with maximum funding of S$250,000 up to 2 years and shall involve at least 2 partner institutions*.
  • For Large Grants, each project with maximum funding of S$1 million up to 3 years. All 3 partner institutions* must be involved.

*Partner institutions refer to any institution under the NHG cluster, A*STAR Research Entities and LKCMedicine.

The first grant call is now open, and the submission deadline is 31 October 2023, 5pm. 

 

Submission guidelines

  • Complete and submit the TRIDENT Grant Application Form (Large Grant/Pilot Grant) to tripartite_id@ncid.sg by 31 October 2023, 5pm.

  • Submission package should include i) a single Microsoft Word document, without signatures and ii) a single PDF document, with signatures.
  • Use Arial font size 10 for all text and attachments through the application form.
  • Late, incomplete submissions or submissions without endorsements from Head of Department (HOD) and Institution Director of Research or equivalent will be rejected.

For more information, please refer to the TRIDENT Grant Application Guideline.


Grant Documents

TRIDENT Grant Application Guideline

TRIDENT Grant Application Form - Pilot Grant

TRIDENT Grant Application Form - Large Grant


Awarded Projects

The list of awarded projects from the 2023 grant call are as follows:

TRIDENT 2023 Grant Call ​ ​ ​
 Project TitlePrincipal InvestigatorHost Institution
Pilot Grant
Analysis of Asian airway microbial phenotype to delineate functional interaction between Klebsiella pneumoniae and disease microbial community of the airway during chronic respiratory diseaseDr Teo Teck HuiA*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs
Integrated genomics and molecular genetics approach to understand antifungal resistance mechanisms among invasive Candida pathogens and to improve patient careProf Wang YueA*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs
Large GrantBacteriophages as a solution to combat antimicrobial resistant bacterial infectionsA/Prof Kevin PetheLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University

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You can download the TRIDENT roadshow slides here


For further enquiries, please contact the Tripartite Programme Office at tripartite_id@ncid.sg.



About

The One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Research Programme (OHARP) is jointly funded by the Ministry of Health (MOH); National Environment Agency (NEA); National Parks Board, (NParks); PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency; and Singapore Food Agency (SFA). It is administered by the National Centre for Infectious Diseases to support One Health antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research across the human, animal, food and environmental sectors in Singapore.

The objective of the OHARP is to steer the national One Health AMR research agenda; commission multi-disciplinary and multi-sectorial studies that will impact Singapore's AMR policies and interventions; foster partnerships with academia and harness their expertise to find One Health solutions; and promote synergies and opportunities for collaboration between sectors.

The OHARP grant calls have closed. The list of awarded projects from 2021 – 2022 are listed below. Funding has been awarded to the following research studies: 

Principal InvestigatorA/Prof Angela Chow
Project TitleThe VALUE of Companion SteWARdS: Understanding the facilitators and barriers to appropriate antibiotic prescribing in veterinary clinics for companion animals in Singapore
InstitutionTan Tock Seng Hospital
Year of Award2021

 

Principal InvestigatorA/Prof Yann Boucher
Project TitleThe St-John's Island Resistome (SIR) project: a tractable microcosm of antibiotic resistance transmission across One Health domains in Singapore
InstitutionNational University of Singapore
Year of Award2021

 

Principal InvestigatorA/Prof Wee Hwee Lin
Project TitleThe socioeconomic impact of antimicrobial resistance in Singapore: A One Health perspective
InstitutionNational University of Singapore
Year of Award2022

 

Principal InvestigatorA/Prof Andrea Kwa
Project TitleUnderstanding the transmission of CTXM ESBL genes between different One Health reservoirs
InstitutionSingapore General Hospital
Year of Award2022

 

Principal InvestigatorProf Hu Jiang Yong
Project TitleCo-selection and Horizontal Gene Transfer of AMR in Aquaculture and AMR Transmission to Animals
InstitutionNational University of Singapore
Year of Award2022

 

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OHARP Grant Documents

Terms & Conditions; Policy Documents

Post Award Forms

Claims Forms; Budget Projection Template

Reporting Forms

 

Contact
For enquiries on OHARP, please email oh_amr_research@ncid.sg.



The NCID Catalyst Grant, funded by the Ministry of Health, Singapore and administered by NCID, aims to encourage inter-institutional collaborative research projects, workshops and exchanges in the fields of infectious diseases and public health, between new Principal Investigators and researchers of academic institutions and hospitals. The NCID Catalyst Grants are intended to facilitate strategic and innovative clinical and public health research in infectious diseases within Singapore.


The FY2024 NCID Catalyst Grant is now open for application, and the submission deadline is 29 February 2024, 6pm.

Grant call focus

In the Health and Biomedical Sciences (HBMS) infectious disease priority areas; antimicrobial resistance, vector-borne diseases, respiratory tract infections (including COVID-19 and tuberculosis), and sexually transmitted infection.


Eligibility

Applicants should have an awareness of the feasibility to complete the study within the 12 months' timeframe, as project extension requests will be largely unsupported unless there are compelling reasons.

The PI should:

  • Hold a primary appointment in public healthcare institutions, research/ academic institutions or medical schools and be salaried by the Institution.

  • Hold a minimum of 9 months' employment with a local Singapore institution. Upon award, the PI must agree to fulfil at least 6 months of residency in Singapore for each calendar year over the duration of the grant award.

Note

  • The NCID Catalyst Grant is targeted at junior investigators and applicants with substantial research experience, should not apply as PI under this grant category, although may be included in a mentoring or supervisory capacity.

  • Priority will be given to PIs who are five years or less after PhD or advanced specialty clinical training.


​Fund Details

The award is up to S$50,000 per project for a maximum of 12 months (indirect cost will not be supported). 


Submission guidelines

Interested applicants are invited to complete the “NCID Catalyst Grant Application Form FY2024" and submit both: an endorsed PDF (with signatures) and a WORD format (in one file with all illustrations and attachments), through their Institutional Research Office to the Secretariat, National Infectious Diseases Research Coordinating Office at rco_grants@ncid.sg by 6pm, 29 February 2024 (Thursday).


Note

  1. Each applicant can only submit one application.
  2. The submission should meet one or more of the following objectives:
    •  Develop and strengthen inter-institutional research collaborations or networks within Singapore;
    • Provide pilot data or a platform to launch or advance innovative new research projects that meet the broad goals of the HBMS infectious disease priority areas
  1. The application must list all the people and groups involved in the project.


For more information, please refer to the NCID Catalyst Grant Guidelines.

 

Grant documents

NCID Catalyst Grant – Guidelines_v2.0

NCID Catalyst Grant – Application Form_FY2024​

The list of awarded projects from 2018 grant call onwards are provided as below:

NCID Catalyst Grant 2023 Grant Call

Project Title

Principal Investigator

​Host Institution

Finding the Optimal Regimen for Mycobacterium abscessus Treatment (FORMaT)

Dr Stephanie Sutjipto

​National Centre for Infectious Diseases

Establishment of a novel human airway organoids and immune cell co-culture model system to assess human coronavirus infection

Dr Louisa Chan Lok Yung

Nanyang Technological University

How to train your bacteriophages to combat Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Dr Thong Shuhua

Singapore General Hospital

Phylogenetic reconstruction of human seasonal coronaviruses in Cambodia

Dr Marcus Gerard

Duke-NUS Medical School

Targeting matrix metalloproteinases in normalising granuloma-associated vasculature to enhance anti-tuberculous drug distribution in central nervous system tuberculosis

Dr Loh Fei Kean

National University of Singapore

Thin film hydrogel coating to prevent and treat prosthetic joint infections

Dr Andy Tay

National University of Singapore

Identify persister-forming carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains from persistent recurrent infection cases

Dr Zhong Yang

Singapore General Hospital

HIV Cure in Singapore: Evaluation of Nivolumab as a latency-reversing agent in HIV cure research and readiness for analytic treatment interruption in Singaporean HIV-infected individuals

Dr Choy Chiaw Yee

National Centre for Infectious Diseases


​2022 Grant Call​ ​
Project Title
Principal Investigator​Host Institution​

​Factors involved in the Prescription of Antimicrobials Amongst Primary Practitioners for Urinary Tract Infections

​Dr Wilnard Tan Yeong Tze

​National Centre for Infectious Diseases

​A mobile app based serious game to increase public awareness of appropriate antibiotic use in the community

​Dr Huang Zhilian

​National Centre for Infectious Diseases

​Identification and characterisation of drug resistant SARS-CoV-2 isolates from COVID patients on antiviral therapy

​Dr Conrad Chan En Zuo

​National Centre for Infectious Diseases

​Comparative phylogenomics to understand diversity, population structure and antimicrobial resistance in the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)

​Dr Jeanette Teo

National University Hospital

​Investigating the ability of rifabutin to address inducible macrolide resistance in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus

​Dr Dinah binte Aziz

National University of Singapore

​Prevalence and impact of antibiotic resistance among preterm infants with sepsis: a population-based cohort study

​Dr Goh Guan Lin

KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital

​Breaking down the bacterial cell wall to identify new antibiotic targets

​Dr Qiao Yuan

Nanyang Technological University

​Characterizing a hypothetical protein involved in the programmed cell death of human malaria Plasmodium falciparum

​Dr Su Tran To Chinh

Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR

​Elucidation of serotype-specific dengue virus-human interactions to identify druggable targets for host-directed antiviral therapeutics

​Dr Alvin Tan Min Jie

DUKE-NUS


​2021 Grant Call

Project Title

Principal Investigator​

​Host Institution

Investigation of etiology and immunopathology of persistent inflammatory tissue damage in patients with previous COVID-19 infection (post mortem study)

​Dr Chan Yu Kit

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Sex worker risks and vulnerabilities in Singapore: A natural experiment to establish frameworks for HIV/STIs prevention in a post-COVID-19 era

​Dr Lee Pei Hua

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

A demonstration study to assess feasibility and acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery, PrEP telehealth, and effectiveness of a sexually transmitted infections counselling service for young men who have sex with men in Singapore

​Dr Wong Chen Seong

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Serology Response following COVID 19 vaccination amongst inflammatory bowel disease patients on immunomodulator and/or biologic

​Dr Ennaliza Salazar

​Singapore General Hospital

Integrated next-generation sequencing and typing pipeline for carbapenemase-encoding plasmids in real-time (PlasmidSeq-RT)

Dr Karrie Ko

​Singapore General Hospital

Polymyxin B Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Singapore

​Dr Kelvin Goh

​Singapore General Hospital

Evaluation of Spiral Microfluidic (SM) for Early Identification of Bloodstream Infection (BSI) Pathogens with MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry (MS)

​Dr Ngow Yeen Shian

​Singapore General Hospital

Dissecting Immune mechanisms involved in COVID-19 vaccine hypersensitivity reactions (HSR)

​Dr Lim Xin Rong

Tan Tock Seng Hospital


​2020 Grant Call
Project Title
Principal Investigator​
Host Institution

The truth about antibiotic-taking behaviours

​Dr Elaine Lum

DUKE-NUS Medical School

Airborne transmission of seasonal coronaviruses

​Dr Martin Linster

DUKE-NUS Medical School

Barriers and corridors of gene flow in mosquito-borne disease transmission

​Dr Nalini Puniamoorthy

National University of Singapore

Prevalence and profile of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in Singapore public hospitals from 2015 to 2018

Dr Vanessa Koh

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

The roles of citrullinated Histones H3 and peptidylarginine deiminase 4 on cardiac dysfunction in Dengue virus infection

​Dr Andrew Teo

Nanyang Technological University

Stigma and discrimination as factors in late diagnosis and treatment presentation for people living with HIV

​Dr Ritu Jain

Nanyang Technological University

Environmental contamination with drug-resistant Candida spp. and its role in occult hospital transmission

​Dr Chew Ka Lip

National University Hospital

Ecological Investigation of Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Dr Low Jia Ming

National University Hospital


​2018 Grant Call

Project Title

Principal Investigator​

Host Institution​

A prospective study on the transmission dynamics of E coli ST131 in the community

​Dr Mo Yin

National University Hospital

Tweaking everyday objects to prevent the spread of AMR

​Dr Jean Sim Xiang Ying

​Singapore General Hospital

Paving the Way for Personalized Medicine in Infectious Diseases – A multi-systems approach

​Jocelyn Teo

Singapore General Hospital


For further enquiries, please contact the National Infectious Disease Research Coordinating Office (NIDRCO) at rco_grants@ncid.sg.​


The NCID Short Term Fellowship encourages infectious disease researchers who have demonstrated current active research, to either host potential international collaborators/experts in Singapore, or be hosted on a research training attachment, at a leading infectious diseases institution overseas.


The FY2024 NCID Short Term Fellowship is now open for application, and the submission deadline is 29 March 2024, 6pm.

 

Eligibility

This fellowship is open to ID researchers who have demonstrated current active research in the area of the proposed visits (e.g., approved projects, awarded grants, publications). Applicants funded in earlier FYs will not be supported.

 

Fund Brief

·       Applications with visits to, and from countries with travel restrictions1 will not be supported.

·       Incoming and Outgoing Fellowships up to S$10,000 each

 

1Based on MFA guidelines.

 

Submission guidelines

Interested applicants are invited to complete the “NCID Short Term Fellowship Application Form FY2024" and submit the completed form as an endorsed PDF (with signatures) and supporting documents (e.g. quotations), and a WORD format through their Institutional Research Office to the Secretariat, National Infectious Disease Research Coordinating Office at rco_grants@ncid.sg by 6pm, 29 March 2024 (Friday).

 

For more information, please refer to the NCID Short Term Fellowship Application Form.

 

Documents

NCID Short Term Fellowship – Application Form_FY2024​

 

List of awardees

The list of awardees from FY2018 onwards are provided below:​


NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2023

OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS

​Applicant, Institution​A/Prof Barnaby Young, NCID
​Overseas Institution​Imperial College London, UK
Overseas MentorProf Christopher Chiu


​Applicant, Institution​Dr Donald Tay, NTU
​Overseas Institution​Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
​​Overseas MentorProf Jacquin C. Niles


​Applicant, Institution​Dr Dorothy Cheong, NUS
​Overseas Institution​Monash University & University of Newcastle, USA
​​Overseas MentorA/Prof Jane Bourke & Prof Paul Foster


​Applicant, Institution​Dr Thong Shuhua, SGH
​Overseas Institution​Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Australia
​​Overseas Mentor​Prof Jonathan Iredell & Dr Jessica Sacher


​Applicant, Institution

Ms Chong Hai Tarng, NUS

Overseas Institution

University of Southampton, UK

​Overseas Mentor

Prof Paul Elkington, Respiratory Medicine


​Applicant, Institution

​Ms Thong Pei Min, NUS

Overseas Institution

​University of Southampton, UK

​Overseas Mentor

​Prof Paul Elkington, Respiratory Medicine


​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Dinesh Kumar Kesavan, NTU

​Overseas Institution

​Karolinska Institute, Sweden

​Overseas Mentor

​Prof Birgitta Henriques Normark, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology


​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Wong Chen Seong, NCID

Overseas Institution

​The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Australia

​Overseas Mentor

​Prof Sharon Lewin


​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Choy Chiaw Yee, NCID

​Overseas Institution

​The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Australia

​Overseas Mentor

​Prof Sharon Lewin


INCOMING FELLOWSHIPS

​Host & Institution

​Dr Shawn Vasoo, NCID

​Visitor & Institution

Dr Robin Patel,

Elisabeth P and Robert E Allen Professor of Individualised Medicine and a Professor of Microbiology and Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, USA


​Host & Institution

​Asst Prof Qu Kun, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS

​Visitor & Institution

Assoc Prof Liu Sheng, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China


​Host & Institution

Asst Prof Benoit Malleret, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS

Visitor & Institution

​Dr Olivier NF. Cexus, University of Surrey, UK


​Host & Institution

Asst Prof Sham Lok To, Chris, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS

​Visitor & Institution

Asst Adj Prof Adam M. Deutschbauer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; University of California Berkeley, USA


NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2022

​OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS

​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Candice Chan Yuen Yue & Dr Yvonne Chan Fu Zi, SGH

​Overseas Institution

​Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, (OUCRU-Vietnam) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

​Overseas Mentor

​Sophie Yacoub, Honorary Consultant Dengue Research Group


​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Alvin Chew Bing Liang, NTU

​Overseas Institution

​Imperial College London, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology & Infection, UK

​Overseas Mentor

​Dr Andrew M. Edwards. Senior Lecturer, Section of Microbiology.


​Applicant, Institution

Dr Andy Tay, NUS

​Overseas Institution

​University of Sydney/The Westmead Institute for Medical Research. Australia

​Overseas Mentor

​Professor Jonathan Iredell. Faculty of Medicine and Health.


​Applicant, Institution

​Chang Kai Chirng, NUS

​Overseas Institution

​Visiting Research Scholar in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. USA

​​Overseas Mentor

​Assistant Professor Jennifer Auchtung. Food Science and Technology Department.


​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Hu Ting Huey, NUS

​​Overseas Institution

​University of Adelaide. South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute (SAIGENCI). Australia

​​​Overseas Mentor

​Dr Andres F. Vallejo. Senior Bioinformatician


​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Loh Fei Kean, NUS

​​​Overseas Institution

​University of Adelaide. South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute (SAIGENCI). Australia

​Overseas Mentor

​Dr Andres F. Vallejo. Senior Bioinformatician.


INCOMING FELLOWSHIPS

​Host & Institution

​Professor David Paterson, National University of Singapore

​Visitor & Institution

​A/P Juan Pablo Horcajada Gallego ,  Head Department of Infectious Diseases.  Hospital del Mar, Medical Research Institute IMIM, Barcelona, Spain .(currently on sabbatical at University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR) in Brisbane, Australia)


​Host & Institution

​Dr Mark Chen I-Cheng, NCID

​Visitor & Institution

​A/P Arul Earnest , Deputy Head, Reporting and Research, Clinical Outcomes data Reporting and Research Program (CORRP), Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Monash University


NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2019

OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS

​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Anand K. Andiappan, SIgN, A*Star

​Overseas Institution

​Division of Tropical Health & Medicine James Cook University, Australia

​Overseas Mentor

​Professor Andreas Lopata Head and Personal Chair, College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences


​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Cai Yiying, SGH

​Overseas Institution

​Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane & Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE), University of Technology, Sydney

​Overseas Mentor

​Prof Adrian Barnett and Dr Katie Page


​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Andrew Teo, NTU

​Overseas Institution

​Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Australia

​Overseas Mentor

​Professor Stephen Rogerson


​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Somani Jyoti, NUH

​Overseas Institution

​IPC and ASP projects at icddr, b Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Shahid Suhrawardy Medical Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, Kurmitola General Hospital and United Hospital


NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2018

INCOMING FELLOWSHIPS

Host & Institution

A/Prof Hsu Li Yang, Saw Swee Hock, School of Public Health, NUS

Visitor & Institution

Professor Matthew Holden

School of Medicine

University of St Andrew’s


​Host & Institution

​A/Prof Raymond Lin, NUH

​Visitor & Institution

​A/Prof Vitali Sintchenko Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (CIDM) Public Health. Westmead Hospital


​Host & Institution

​A/Prof Raymond Lin, NUH

​Visitor & Institution

Dr Hein Min Tun

School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine,

University of Hong Kong


​Host & Institution

​Dr Ian Mendenhall, DUKE- NUS

​Visitor & Institution

​Mr. Thomas Mehoke Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University


​Host & Institution

​Dr Shawn Vasoo, NCID

​Visitor & Institution

​A/P Ritu Banerjee

Vanderbilt University


OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS

​Applicant, Institution

​Dr Jean Sim Xiang Ying, SGH

​Overseas Institution

​National Taiwan University Hospital

​Overseas Mentor

​Prof Chen Yee-Chun


​Applicant, Institution

Dr Danielle Anderson & Ms Lim Xiao Fang DUKE-NUS

​Overseas Institution

​Institute of Virology Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

​Overseas mentor

​Prof Zhou Peng


For further enquiries, please contact the National Infectious Disease Research Coordinating Office (NIDRCO) at rco_grants@ncid.sg. ​















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