SG HEALTHCARE ASSISTIVE AND ROBOTICS ROGRAMME
PRE-PROPOSAL APPLICATION FORM

In partnership with


MOH Smart Systems Programme Office /

SG Healthcare Assistive and Robotics Programme

(SHARP)

Pre-Proposal Application Form

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
HOST INSTITUTION
HEALTHCARE CLUSTER

GUIDELINES:

  • For Grant application, complete this Pre-Proposal Application Form.
  • Use Arial font size 11 and single spacing for all text.
  • Complete all sections in the pre-proposal form; indicate “NA” where not applicable.

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

  • All applications must be fully endorsed by the Principal Investigator’s (PI’s) Healthcare Clusterand submitted to NHIC through the Cluster Lead / Landing Office.
  • Only applications with the following submissions received by the SHARP Grant Secretariat by the respective deadlines will be accepted:
  1. Two softcopy submissions are required: i) a single Microsoft Word document, without signatures, and ii) a single PDF document, with signatures.

Please submit the softcopy to SHARP Grant Secretariat at by 2 May 2018, 5pm.

NB: Host Institution internal submission deadline may apply, please check with your Research Office for more details.

  • The application may be rejected for the following reasons:
  1. Incomplete application e.g. missing signatures; sections left blank, sections removed.
  2. Obsolete application form.
  • Late submission or revision to the submitted application will not be accepted after the Closing Date.

REVIEW PROCESS:

All pre-proposals will be jointly reviewed by National Health Innovation Centre Singapore (NHIC)and the Smart Systems Programme Office (SSPO).

If your pre-proposal is shortlisted, you will be invited to submit a fullproposal and present a 45 minutes pitch to the SHARP Evaluation Panel.

1.APPLICANTS’ INFORMATION
Name / Email Address / Role in Project (e.g. Principal Investigator, Co-I , Collaborator, Lead Sub project) / Host Institution / % Effort within Project
Total / 100%
2.TITLE OF PROJECT (Limit to 15 words or less)
3.FIELD OF PROJECT
Please complete the Information System below.
(A)Programme Track
You may select either/both categories from below.
Hospitals of the Future / Hospital to Home
(B)Verticals addressed
Please use minimum number of codes to reflect main focus of the research
1 Smart Ward Smart Logistics
1.1 Smart Patient Monitoring
1.2 Smart Patient Movement
1.3 Smart Logistics
1.4 Smart Bedside Care Delivery
1.5 Data Generation for Analytics and Decision Support
1.6Robotics Middlewear Framework Integration (underpinning) / 2 Robotics Assisted Community Enabled Support
2.1 Smart Patient Monitoring
2.2 Assisted Care in the Community
2.3 Robotic Patient Support
2.4 Data Generation for Analytics and Decision Support
2.5 Robotics Middlewear Framework Integration (underpinning)
4.PROJECT PROPOSAL
In no more than 5 pages, please describe the following in the project proposal.
4.1Background & Unmet Healthcare and ProductivityNeeds
  • Describe the background and the significance of the unmet healthcareand productivity needs which the technologies intend to address.
  • Describe the current treatment/approaches/work processes and their shortcomings.
  • What is the estimated market size for the technologies?

4.2Description of Suite of Solutions
  • List the verticals covered, eg. smart patient monitoring, smart patient movement, smart bedside care delivery, smart logistics, smart home, etc.
  • Describe how the technologies work individually and integrated as a suite.
  • Show how the technologies will be integrated into the Robotics Middleware Framework
  • Show the calculation methodology on productivity improvement for the proposed solution(s)
  • How are the technologies better than existing/emerging competing technologies/products/services?
  • Provide details of the preliminary studies generated using the technologies.
  • Highlight why you think the technologies will succeed and any technical challenges of the proposed approach.

4.3Development Plan
  • Outline the Development Plan for the technologies.
  • Outline the Testing Plan for the technologies.

References:
5.MILESTONES/TIMELINE
What are the reasonable quantitative 6-month, 1-year and 2-year go/no go benchmarks for success based on the Development Plan?
Milestone / Description
6 month
12 month
18 month
24 month
6.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
6.1Describe the status of the Background Intellectual Property (including ownership, IP managing office/technology transfer office).
6.2Describe what Foreground Intellectual Property is likely to be generated under the Development Plan.
7.COMMERCIALISATION STRATEGY
7.1Describe how the technologies would be commercialised or adopted within Singapore’s hospital clusters.
8.EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Please indicate your realistic expectations on the outcomes of this grant. Please state ‘NA’ where indicator is not applicable.
Performance Indicators / Indicate number/ value
Human Capital / Number of FTE trained in healthcare assistive and robotics research areas under this project
Intellectual Property Capital / Number of Invention disclosures filed
Number of Patents applications filed*
Number of Patents granted*
Number of Patents commercialized/licensed*
Papers published in international journals (To state impact factor)
Presentations at international conferences
Awards for research at national and international level
Industry Relevance Indicators / R&D collaboration / Amount of Industry dollars received for this Project (cash contribution)*
Amount of Industry dollars received for this project (in-kind contribution)*
Amount of Product sales revenue generated by licensees
Amount of Total Licensing revenues received.
Number of Option to license agreements executed
Outcomes / Spin-off companies registered*
Number of Licences*
Follow on funding from another translational grant agency
Productivity Improvement (FTEs Saved)
Productivity Improvement (FTE Percentage improvement)
New products or processes commercialized*
New products or processes adopted by healthcare institution
9.FUNDING
9.1. Period of Support Requested: / Number of months (Max. of 24 months):
9.2 Funding Request Total Amount: / SGD$
9.3Participant’s Contribution in-cash/in-kind: / SGD$
(Contribution amount ÷ requested direct research cost should be at least 20:80. Please also state the party who will be contributing this portion)
10.BUDGET REQUESTED
List the budget requested in the format below
Category / Description / Total cost (SGD$)
Manpower
Equipment
Other Operating Expenses
(CRO support, materials and consumables, purchase of animals etc)
Overseas Travel
NB: Capped at $6000 per trip/person. Total expenses must not exceed $18,000 per project. Virement into Overseas Travel vote is not permitted during the grant.
Total:
11.BUDGET CONTRIBUTION IN-CASH/IN-KIND
List the budget contributed in-cash/in-kind.
Category / Description / Total cost (SGD$)
Manpower
Equipment
Other Operating Expenses
(CRO support, materials and consumables, purchase of animals etc)
Overseas Travel
Total:
12.OTHER FUNDING
12.1 List below the other funding agencies to which this application (or any part of it) has been submitted.
12.2 List previous funding for the Technology’s development.

Endorsement

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Name and Signature of Principal Investigator / ------
Date
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Name and Signature of Head of Department
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Name and Signature of Director of Institution
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Name and Signature of Healthcare Cluster endorsing authority / ------
Date
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