Tropical Forest Ecology Research Grants and Fellowships Scheme 

Tropical Forest Ecology Research (TFER) Grants and Fellowships Scheme (GFS) is a small grants and short-term fellowships scheme to support early career researchers in tropical forest ecology research.  

The scheme has an annual grant call, where applicants can choose to apply for either or both components.  

Across both components, the scheme provides funding of up to SGD100,000 per project.  

Deadline

The inaugural grant call for the TFER GFS will be open for applications from 5 January 2026 to 13 March 2026, 2:00pm, Singapore time (UTC +8:00).  

Completed applications must be submitted by 13 March 2026, 2:00pm, Singapore time (UTC +8:00). Incomplete (e.g., without required endorsements) or late applications will not be considered. 

Who can apply 

The TFER GFS is open to Lead Applicants who are Singapore citizens, Singapore permanent residents or citizens of ASEAN member countries. Lead Applicants must also be early career researchers, defined as either currently undertaking, or within 5 years of being conferred, a research-intensive postgraduate degree.  

The small grants component is open to Lead Applicants affiliated with Singapore-based Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs). For research staff working on a supervised project (e.g., post-doctoral fellows), current postgraduate students, or officially visiting students/staff, support by the supervisor/host faculty member will be required.  

For the short-term fellowship component, the Lead Applicant need not be affiliated with Singapore-based IHLs; however, the entire fellowship duration must be spent in Singapore.  

For more information on the grant call, including the full eligibility and evaluation criteria, please click here.

For the application form, please click here.

For frequently asked questions (FAQs), please click here. Please note that the FAQs will be updated periodically.

Grant Call Briefing