To be eligible for the CS-IRG-NIG, the following requirements apply:
(i) Applicants must not have held any national grants (e.g., NMRC, A*STAR, NRF, MOE AcRF Tier II, etc) or international grants (e.g., MRC, NIH,NHMRC, etc) as a PI/Co-PI* prior to the award of the NIG.
*Co-PIs refer to PIs whose projects are jointly led by other PIs (e.g. projects under NMRC’s Bedside & Bench grant). They are not the same as, and should not be confused with Co-Investigators (Co-Is).
(ii) Applicants must not have received funding to conduct their own research project which cumulatively exceeds $300,000. This can be funding from any sources.
Applicants who are applying as new investigators category (CS-IRG-NIG) have to work with a mentor for guidance in their research. This mentoring will provide support for a period of supervised research leading eventually to the clinical investigators conducting larger scale research projects independently.Please note that the NIG is intended to fund a new investigator’s independent project, and not to provide additional funding for the mentor's project (or clinical trial).