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NMRC Research Training Fellowship/MOH Healthcare Research Scholarship

Application Guide

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 2Ethical Consideration 4Abstract 5Proposal 6Mentor(s) 7Training Institution 7Supervisor(s) 7Budget 8Milestones 9Key Performance Indicator 9Other Support Details 11Supporting 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 MusculoskeletalCancer NeurologicalCardiovascular Oral and GastrointestinalCongenital Disorders Renal and UrogenitalEar Reproductive Health and ChildbirthEye RespiratoryInfection SkinInflammatory and Immune System StrokeInjuries and Accidents Generic Health RelevanceMental Health OtherMetabolic and Endocrine

(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 processes1.3 Chemical and physical sciences1.4 Methodologies and measurements1.5 Resources and infrastructure (underpinning)

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2 Aetiology

2.1 Biological and endogenous factors2.2 Factors relating to physical environment2.3 Psychological, social and economic factors2.4 Surveillance and distribution2.5 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-being3.2 Interventions to alter physical and biological environmental risks3.3 Nutrition and chemoprevention3.4 Vaccines3.5 Resources and infrastructure (prevention)

4 Detection, Screening and Diagnosis

4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies4.3 Influences and impact4.4 Population screening4.5 Resources and infrastructure (detection)

5 Development of Treatments and Therapeutic Interventions

5.1 Pharmaceuticals5.2 Cellular and gene therapies5.3 Medical devices5.4 Surgery5.5 Radiotherapy5.6 Psychological and behavioural5.7 Physical5.8 Complementary5.9 Resources and infrastructure (development of treatments)

6 Evaluation of Treatments and Therapeutic Interventions

6.1 Pharmaceuticals6.2 Cellular and gene therapies6.3 Medical devices6.4 Surgery6.5 Radiotherapy6.6 Psychological and behavioural6.7 Physical6.8 Complementary6.9 Resources and infrastructure (evaluation of treatments)

7 Management of Diseases and Conditions

7.1 Individual care needs7.2 End of life care7.3 Management and decision making7.4 Resources and infrastructure (disease management)

8 Health and Social Care Services Research

8.1 Organisation and delivery of services

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8.2 Health and welfare economics8.3 Policy, ethics and research governance8.4 Research design and methodologies8.5 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 No

from Primary Donors (i.e. subject/volunteers recruited for project)

c) Use of Commercially Available Yes No

Human/Animal Tissues or Cells

d) Animal Experimentation Yes No No

e) Requirement for Containment Yes No

f) Multi-centre Trial(s) Yes No

g) IRB/IACUC Approval Required Yes No

(ii) To upload Ethics Approval Document if available.

(iii) Please justify if your proposal does not involve the use of any human subject, animal tissue etc:

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For multiple files, please upload them as a zip file.


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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.

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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Department, School, University, Country (separated by commas)


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Budget

(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 * Total Cost (S$)

Overseas Travel Airfare, Maintenance, Visa, Insurance etc.Others (Please specify) Conference, Book allowance etc.

*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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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)


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MilestonesPlease 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

Title of Research Funding Agency

Amount of FundSupport Period (year)

Expiry Date of the

Grant

% effort within own work

commitments1Approved ($) Balance Available ($)

b) 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 Funding Organisations Duration of support Expiry date, if any

c) 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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d) 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

AgencyAmount 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 ITEMSThe 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 and Residency Advisory Committee (RAC) – Letter indicating that the resident/trainee (i) is showing good progress and performance (i.e., competency framework), (ii) allowed to undergo research training during residency training (iii) include revised training plans for Resident. This is to ensure that the Resident is 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 TRAININGPlease 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

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Training leading to:PhD Master

(MSc/MPH/____ )*Other type of graduate degrees( ____ )*

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 PARTICULARSName of Applicant (as in the NRIC)

Surname: Given Name:

Date of Birth:(dd/mm/yyyy)

Place of Birth:

Male

Female

Married

Single

Nationality:

NRIC No.:

If non-Singaporean, please indicate date granted PR status: (dd/mm/yyyy)

Home Address:

Mailing Address:

Email Address: Contact Numbers

Office: Hp: Fax: Home: Department:

Institution:

Department/Institution Address:(To indicate if different from Mailing Address)

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 Others : Year of Training

BST Year AST Year Seamless Year Residency Year

3. EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION OF APPLICANTHR Contact Person

Name Tel. No.

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Designation EMPLOYMENT HISTORY OF APPLICANTInstitution / Department Appointment Date From

(dd/mm/yyyy)Date To

(dd/mm/yyyy)

(Please attach a letter of recommendation from Head of Department and your appointment letter)

4. SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS

Scholarship/AwardDate

Funding BodyFrom(dd/mm/yy)

To(dd/mm/yy)

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5. COURSES/SEMINARS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED IN THE LAST 3 YEARS

6. PUBLICATIONS

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(D) DECLARATION BY APPLICANTPlease 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 YesIf 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

Name:

______________________Date

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