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 TRIDENT Programme FY2024 grant call aims to support proposals specifically in Vector Borne Diseases (VBD).

• Focus Area: Vector Borne Diseases

• 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 May 2024, 5pm. 

Submission guidelines

• Complete and submit the TRIDENT Grant Application Form (Large Grant/Pilot Grant) to tripartite_id@ncid.sg by 31 May 2024, 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 are as follows:

You can download the TRIDENT roadshow slides here.

For further enquiries, please contact the TRIDENT Programme Office at tripartite_id@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
3. 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​

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

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 - Round 2 is now open for application, and the submission deadline is 31 May 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 per application.​

₁Based on MFA guidelines.

Submission guidelines

Interested applicants are invited to complete the “NCID Short Term Fellowship Application Form FY2024 - Round 2" and submit the below documents through their Institutional Research Office to the Secretariat, National Infectious Disease Research Coordinating Office at rco_grants@ncid.sg by 6pm, 31 May 2024 (Friday).

1. An endorsed PDF (with signatures and supporting documents (e.g. quotations); and
2. A softcopy in WORD format​

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

Documents

NCID Short Term Fellowship - Application Form_FY2024-Round 2

List of awardees

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

NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2024

OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS

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INCOMING FELLOWSHIPS​

NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2023

OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS

INCOMING FELLOWSHIPS

NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2022

​OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS

INCOMING FELLOWSHIPS

NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2019

OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS

NCID Short Term Fellowship FY2018

INCOMING FELLOWSHIPS

OUTGOING FELLOWSHIPS

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