HealthTEC Seed Grant
The HealthTEC Seed Grant provides funding support for HealthTEC Academic Members to explore
new innovative ideas or to translate technologies/know-how in collaborative projects with HealthTEC Industry Members
in the areas of sensing technologies and analytics/AI for health and wellness personalised applications.
Objectives
- To support Academia-Industry collaborations in the areas of health sensing technologies and health analytics/AI
that have high potential of industry adoption. - To support feasibility study that could potentially lead to larger scale Academia-Industry collaboration aimed at IP adoption
into HealthTEC Industry Member’s product, which could tap on a larger grant such as the Industry Alignment Fund (IAF).
Eligibility
- Principal Investigators (PIs) from publicly funded Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) and Research Institutions (RIs)
who are HealthTEC Academic Members are eligible to participate in the call. - Each project must have an industry collaborator who is a HealthTEC Industry Member.
Funding Quantum and Industry Contribution
The HealthTEC Seed Grant provides funding up to $50,000/project/year with some cash
and/or in-kind contribution expected from an Industry Member. Indirect costs are not supportable.
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HealthTEC Seed Grant: up to $50,000 cash/project/year
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Industry Member: $10,000 cash and/or in-kind
Frequency
For 2021, there will only be one grant call.
Evaluation Criteria
Proposals will be evaluated based on the following evaluation criteria:
Criteria | Weightage (%) | Guiding Remarks |
Commercialisation Plan | 40 |
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Project Scope | 30 |
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Innovativeness | 15 |
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Quality | 15 |
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Guidelines and Application Form
To download the HealthTEC Seed Grant Guidelines, please click here.
To download the HealthTEC Seed Grant Application Form, please click here.
Please submit the completed grant application form to healthtec@nus.edu.sg by 9 April 2021.
Contact Us
For enquiries on the HealthTEC Seed Grant, please email us at healthtec@nus.edu.sg.
Grant Awardees
The Consortium received a total of 6 proposals under 2/2020 HealthTEC Seed Grant Call in Aug 2020. Each project proposal was co-created by an Academic Member and an Industry Member. After a rigorous selection by the evaluation panel, 4 applications were selected for funding. Congratulations again to our successful grant awardees! To find out more about the 2/2020 HealthTEC Seed Grant Call Awardees, please click here.
Past Awardees:
To view the 1/2020 HealthTEC Seed Grant Awardees, please click here.