Centre for Clinician-Scientist Development - ACE-in-Grants

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ACE-in-Grants

ACE-IN-GRANTS

Accuracy, Clarity and Eloquence in Grants (ACE-in-Grants) provides guidance for clinician-researchers from SingHealth working towards NMRC research career grants submission, ultimately contributing to the further advancement of their academic careers. The ACE-in-Grants program consists of one or more of the following:

A meeting between the program mentee and an appointed CCS+D Expert Faculty Advisor/Consultant to discuss the preliminary research questions, project title, scope, study aims, hypotheses and design
Regular one-to-one discussion sessions (online or in-person) with the appointed Faculty Advisor/Consultant to work on multiple writing refinements of the grant proposals’ research hypotheses, specific aims and study design
Depending on the needs and readiness of the program participants as recommended by the appointed Faculty Advisor/Consultant, individual consultations with a panel of senior researchers or experts in Duke-NUS and Singhealth may be set up
Advisory on post-grant submission work where applicable, including preparations for rebuttals and interview presentations as well as re-work on proposals for resubmission.

Below chart illustrates the possible program timeline and components (not all may apply) based on NMRC grant call months – July and January:

ACE-in-Grant combined program overview_ updated Jun 2022

Target Participants & Eligibility

Clinician-researchers and Clinician-innovators who have good track records of research working on the following NMRC grant funding:

Transition Award (TA)
Clinician Scientist Award – Investigator (CSA-Inv)
HPHSR Clinician Scientist Award - Investigator (HCSA-Inv)
Clinician Innovator Award (CIA)
New Investigator Grants (CS-IRG-NIG and PHRG-NIG)
Research Training Fellowship (RTF)

Participants should meet the following requirements:

Primarily employed as a staff of SingHealth/Duke-NUS institutions
Clinically qualified (i.e. with MD/MBBS/BDS) and preferably have completed formal research training (MCI/MPH/PhD)
Must have first or last authored paper in the recent 3 years
Must fulfil all the eligibility criteria required by NMRC for whichever grant applicable

Interested grant applicants should come onboard the program at least 4 months before the start of the targeted grant call cycle (January/July). Due to limited capacity, acceptance into the program will be on a case-by-case basis depending upon suitability and fit. Once the maximum capacity has reached, new requests to join the program cannot be accepted.

Please contact CCS⁺D team for more information on how to participate and any other queries.

Centre for Clinician-Scientist Development - ACE-in-Grants

ACE-IN-GRANTS

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