Singapore Translational Research (STaR) Investigator Award

The STaR Investigator Award is a prestigious award offered by the Singapore Ministry of Health’s National Medical Research Council (NMRC) to attract and nurture established, world-class clinician investigators to undertake cutting edge translational and clinical research (TCR) in Singapore.

Successful candidates will receive 5-year support which is modelled after the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigatorship Award. Awards include (I) Annual Research Support, (II) Annual Salary Support and (III) Start-up Costs. The awards are renewable for further terms upon external review.  STaR Investigators must commit to a full time appointment in Singapore and their proposed research must be conducted in Singapore.

Profile of a STaR Investigator:

Medically qualified doctors (MDs/MBBS) with advanced clinical specialty training or PhDs active in clinical research such as epidemiology and biostatistics.

Non medically trained PhD applicants conducting laboratory based research are not eligible.

Applicants should have a strong track record of scientific achievement and impact in translational and clinical research.

Eligibility Criteria

• Once awarded, applicant must hold an academic appointment in one of the academic medical centres (AMC) or medical school.
• Applicant must hold a primary appointment in a local public hospital/public health institutions/national specialty centre/public university/Academic Medical Centre and be salaried by the institution, upon award.
• The applicant must agree to fulfill at least 9 months of residency in Singapore for each calendar year over the duration of the grant award*.
  
  

*Host Institution to please submit the completed application together with a letter, to commit that the STaR applicant will spend at least 75% of their time in Singapore upon award.

The STaR Selection Panel includes:

• Professor Wong Tien Yin (Director, SERI)
• Professor Edward Holmes (Deputy Chairman, BMRC)
• Professor Judith Swain (Executive Director, SICS)
• Professor Ranga Krishnan (Dean, Duke-NUS GMS)
• Professor Stephen Smith (Vice-President, Research, NTU)
• Associate Professor Yeoh Khay Guan (Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine)
• Professor Dermot Kelleher (Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine)
• Professor Michael Chee (Professor, Duke-NUS GMS)
• Associate Professor Chong Yap Seng (Senior Consultant, NUH)

Submission Deadline

The closing date is 03 June 2013, 5:00pm, Singapore time.

Applicants are required to send in 1 softcopy, 1 original hardcopy of the application form and a detailed CV to NMRC at the following address:

STaR Application
National Medical Research Council
11 Biopolis Way
#09-10/11, Helios
Singapore 138667

Download a copy of the STaR Award application form - click here

For further clarification, please contact Ms Lim Huey Wen through -
Email:  Lim_Huey_Wen@MOH.GOV.SG
Telephone: +65 67768954