NHG CMTi Clinician Innovator Preparatory Programme Plus (CiPP Plus)

1. Applicants should be:
   a) Doctors (i.e. clinically qualified with MD/MBBS/BDS) with primary appointments at NHG institutions;
   OR
   b) Health science / healthcare professionals with non-medical degrees, such as nurses, pharmacists and other allied health professions with primary appointments at NHG institutions.

2. All applicants should also fulfil the following criteria:

   a) Have completed the NHG Clinician Innovator Preparatory Programme (CiPP) or demonstrate equivalent level of competency in foundational training in HealthTech innovation
   
   b) Is a clinician Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI or Co-Investigator (Co-I) of an ongoing or new HealthTech innovation project that has been awarded or pending outcomes of competitive grant funding¹; and/or is in collaboration with industry partner(s).
   The project or grant term must have at least one year remaining at the point of CiPP+ application without a request for grant extension.

   c) Demonstrate interest in HealthTech innovation and intention to develop himself/herself as a Clinician Innovator (CI).

3. Awardees and applicants of NMRC Human Capital Awards and Talent Development Programmes such as Transition Award (TA), Clinician Innovator Award (CIA), Clinician Scientist Award (CSA), HPHSR CSA (HCSA) and Singapore Translational Research Investigator Award (STaR), will not be eligible for the CiPP+.

4. As awardees are expected to apply for the Singapore Biodesign (SB) Innovation Fellowship Programme or equivalent, NMRC TA or CIA within one year from the end of their CiPP+ award period, applicants should ensure they are able to fulfil the latest eligibility criteria for the respective programme.

5. The applicant’s Department should be able to make provisions for the applicant’s commitments towards HealthTech innovation during the CiPP+ award period (if awarded) and continue to facilitate his/her career pathway as a Clinician Innovator beyond the CiPP+ award.

   ¹Examples of eligible funding sources, not limited to but including:

   • National Health Innovation Centre Singapore (NHIC) – Innovation to Develop (I2D), Innovation to Industry (I2I), Innovation to Startup (I2Start)

   • Agency of Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR) – Biomedical Engineering Programme (BEP)

   • Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART) – Innovation Grant

   • Enterprise Singapore (ESG) – Startup SG Tech (SSG Tech), Enterprise Development Grant (EDG)

   • NHG Joint Grants e.g., NHG-LKCMedicine ALIVE Serious Games Grant (SSG), NHG CMTi-NHIC Joint MedTech Grant

   • Other Cluster/ Institutional-level Grants e.g., NHG CMTi MedTech Grant, Ng Teng Fong Healthcare Innovation Programme (NTF HIP) Funding, Rapid Prototyping Grant, Small PROjects Utilising Teams (SPROUTS) Grant, etc.

Each applicant is required to nominate a mentor who is an institution representative on the NHG CMTi Committee (refer to Information Sheet). The CiPP Secretariat may help to facilitate the matching of appropriate mentor if required.

Each applicant will receive mentorship in the following areas:

a) Guidance in their clinician innovator career development
b) Advice on their innovation project
c) Navigation to appropriate innovation resources
d) Engagement in institution or NHG cluster level innovation activities and initiatives

Applicants may propose other qualified NHG mentor(s) that is not part of the NHG CMTi Committee, with justifications and, subject to approval.

During the award, awardees will be granted access to the subject matter experts on an adhoc basis in area(s) of their own interest. Proposed topic areas may include venture building, medical technology development cycle, medical device regulatory affairs, intellectual property, etc. This will be subsequently facilitated by NHG CMTi.

The Call for Applications is open throughout the year. Please contact the CiPP Secretariat to indicate your interest in applying for the CiPP+ and to obtain the application package.

Interested clinicians are strongly encouraged to contact the CiPP Secretariat for discussion on suitability of the programme prior to applying.