Sponsored Research

The Sponsored Research Department (SRD) performs the pre and post-award administration of sponsored projects (funded by public and private funders) at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. The SRD acts as the bridge between the funders and research scientists at Duke-NUS with regard to the coordination of grant applications and administration of awarded grants.

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The mission of SRD is to advise and support to the Duke-NUS research community in the acquisition and administration of externally funded research grants. SRD is charged with the responsibility of providing pre-award and post-award administration of all externally funded research grants in Duke-NUS. SRD upholds the stewardship of externally funded grants as directed by the values of Office of Research  and the applicable Funders’ regulations and policies.

SRD strives to enhance the competitiveness of our researchers by maximising funding opportunities, ensuring smooth progression of funded projects, providing professional and quality customer support and service, keeping abreast of  Funders’ requirements, and maintaining good working relationships with Funders, NUS Central Admin and other supporting units in Duke-NUS.

Services and Support provided by SRD are:

1. Advise on grant opportunities
2. Facilitate grant applications
3. Advise on research budgets and other costings for grants applications/contracts
4. Negotiate funding terms for research contracts/ funding agreements and facilitate approval by Senior Management
5. Manage all post-award activities e.g grant variations, grant extensions, collation of progress and final reports, verification of claims and cashflow projections
6. Support Internal Peer Review Committee
7. Facilitate patent filing and commercialisation for research supported by external grants

For any enquiries, please email us at srd@duke-nus.edu.sg