Key Research Themes
Phase 2 of the NIC will continue to spur multi-disciplinary research in emerging priority areas of ageing, in particular Cognition under the Healthy and Meaningful Longevity (HML) Funding Initiative.
The NIC Phase 2 comprises the following competitive grant calls:
- Translation
The Translation Grant Call aims to support the scale-up of promising research projects in the community that will benefit seniors. The focus of this translation phase is on large-scale test bedding, to:
- understand application of implementation science approaches (e.g. barriers affecting uptake of the innovation by service providers/seniors, staff training & resourcing required),
- establish cost-effectiveness, and
- validate whether the good POC/POV results achieved in earlier stages of research continue to hold when project is scaled. The envisioned outcome is such that at the end of the research grant, researchers will be able to generate sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the solution is effective, cost-efficient, viable, and financially sustainable at scale, and can use their findings to garner support from potential funders to adopt and implement the solution more widely (e.g. rolling out as a mainstream service in eldercare settings)
- Cognition
To leverage research to tackle the challenges of dementia such as increasing prevalence of cognitive decline and dementia, improve diagnosis, as well as to address the care needs of persons living with dementia and enhance caregiver support.
- Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards (HLCA)
Continued collaboration with the US National Academy of Medicine (US NAM) under the Healthy Longevity Global Competition administered by the US NAM. The HLCA offers seed funding aimed at catalysing bold and innovative ideas to advance healthy longevity in Singapore.