Research Funding Opportunities

The Office of Duke-NUS Affairs supports a range of research initiatives designed to foster collaboration between Duke University and Duke-NUS Medical School. 

Through joint research programs, faculty and student exchanges, and access to resources and expertise, we help connect students, faculty and investigators with opportunities that drive scientific discovery and translational impact. 

Explore how our coordinated efforts can catalyze innovative research and strengthen academic ties between our institutions.

Each year, Duke University and Duke-NUS Medical School invites proposals for collaborative research pilot projects between faculty at Duke with those based at Duke-NUS or SingHealth.

The ultimate goal of this program is the development of international research teams that advance translational and clinical research, including research on medical technologies.  

Specific areas of focus for Duke-NUS and its Academic Medicine partner, SingHealth, are cancer, neuroscience, cardiometabolic disorders, infectious diseases, inflammation and immunology, eye diseases, health services research, and medical technologies/bioengineering.

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The Duke-Duke-NUS Research Exchange Program offers Duke PhD students and postdoctoral fellows in biological, biomedical, and biomedical engineering fields an opportunity to conduct up to 30 days of short-term research at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore.

Participants will join leading research teams, engage in transformative basic and translational science, and build professional networks—gaining global perspectives and hands-on experience in collaborative research while contributing to advances in global health.

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