CoT V5 1st Grant Call

Overview

The CoT V5 1^st 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, Singapore time (UTC +08:00).

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.

1. Grant Call Information Sheet

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:

1. Full Proposal Template (Form A)

2. Budget Template (Form B)

The Call Topics of the CoT V5 1^st 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 1^st Grant Call Briefing Session

A briefing session on the CoT V5 1^st 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 1^st Grant Call Briefing Slides

Time	Programme
4:00pm	Overview of 1^st 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.