CoT V5 1st Grant Call

Overview

The CoT V5 1st Grant Call has been launched on 6 February 2023 on the Integrated Grant Management System (IGMS). The call closes on 31 March 2023, 2:00pm

It is mandatory for all applications to be submitted through IGMS with endorsement from the Host Institution’s Director of Research (or equivalent) by the closing date. Late submissions or submissions from individual applicants without endorsement from the Host Institution will not be entertained. Separate submissions outside of IGMS will not be considered.

The award details, eligibility criteria, requirements, submission mode and more information can be found in the Information Sheet and FAQs below. Please refer to Annex C of the Information Sheet for detailed information on each Call Topic.

2. Grant Call FAQs (General Administration)* (Updated as of 13 March 2023)

*Please note that the Grant Call FAQs will be updated periodically. Interested grant call applicants should refer to this webpage for the latest FAQs.

The documents required to be submitted for grant application are:

The Call Topics of the CoT V5 1st Grant Call are listed in the table below.

S/N Call Topic R&D Themes Max. funding support (incl. indirect costs) IGMS Application Link Call Topic FAQs
1 Tree-Root Anchorage and Non-Destructive Testing Development for Constrained Urban Planting Spaces Safe, productive, and multi-functional urban greenery up to S$3.5mil Apply Call Topic 1 FAQs (Updated as of 2 March 2023)
2 The Ectomycorrhizal-Microbial-Soil Nutrition Axis in Improving Growth of Dipterocarps in Urban and Forested Areas Safe, productive, and multi-functional urban greenery up to S$1.5mil Apply Call Topic 2 FAQs (Updated as of 16 March 2023)
3 Enhancing Low Maintenance and Resilient Naturalistic Landscapes along Roads and within Housing Estates Safe, productive, and multi-functional urban greenery up to S$0.65mil Apply Call Topic 3 FAQs (Updated as of 2 March 2023)
4 Landscape and Well-being

Managing human-nature relationships

up to S$2.0mil Apply Call Topic 4 FAQs (Updated as of 9 March 2023)
5 Assessment of Nutrient Dynamics in Ecosystems in Singapore

Nature-based solutions for inland climate change adaptation

up to S$1.82mil Apply

 

 
CoT V5 1st Grant Call Briefing Session

A briefing session on the CoT V5 1st Grant Call was held on 20 February 2023, 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Singapore time (UTC +08:00)Please refer to the slide deck for the presentation materials for the briefing session.

CoT V5 1st Grant Call Briefing Slides

Time  Programme
4:00pm

Overview of 1st Grant Call

  • Background of Vertical 5 - City in Nature of the Cities of Tomorrow R&D programme (CoT V5)
  • Grant Call conditions and eligibility criteria
  • Review process
  • Instruction for submission of proposals
  • Q&A on grant call processes
4:30pm

Call Topic 1:

“Tree-Root Anchorage and Non-Destructive Testing Development for Constrained Urban Planting Spaces”

4:45pm

Call Topic 2:

“The Ectomycorrhizal-Microbial-Soil Nutrition Axis in Improving Growth of Dipterocarps in Urban and Forested Areas”

5:00pm

Call Topic 3:

“Enhancing Low Maintenance and Resilient Naturalistic Landscapes along Roads and within Housing Estates”

5:15pm

Call Topic 4:

“Landscape and Well-being”

5:30pm

Call Topic 5:

“Assessment of Nutrient Dynamics in Ecosystems in Singapore”

5:45pm

Overall Q&A

Note: A short Q&A timeslot will be allocated during the presentation of each Call Topic (strictly capped at 15 mins each). This final Q&A session will be dedicated for any additional questions that have not yet been addressed earlier.

6:00pm End

Contact Us

For enquiries, please contact us at CoTV5@nparks.gov.sg.

For any other enquiries pertaining to the IGMS system, please email IGMS helpdesk at Helpdesk@researchgrant.gov.sg.