MOE TRF Recipients

External funding for education research is available on a competitive basis from the Ministry of Education (MOE). The MOE Tertiary Education Research Fund (TRF) aims to promote higher education innovation and research.

For enquires on the MOE TRF and grant call, please contact the Office of Research Governance & Administration (ORGA) at orga@smu.edu.sg.

SMU has been awarded the MOE TRF grant for the following projects:

Year Awarded

 

Project Title

 
2025

Debunkr – Debunk to Deepen: An AI-enhanced Pedagogical Approach for Transforming Misconceptions into Deeper Understanding

Lead PI: Associate Professor Lo Siaw Ling (SCIS)

PerFormRect: Harnessing Large Language Models (LLM) to Uncover Programming Students’ Misconceptions and Craft Personalized Coding Questions 

Lead PI: Dr. Fwa Hua Leong (SCIS)

2024

 

The Future is Interdisciplinary: Developing Lifelong Learning Through Singapore Management University’s Core Curriculum

Lead PI:  Assistant Professor Aidan Wong (CIS)

 

2023

 

PresentationPro: Improving Public Speaking Skills through AI-Driven Virtual Reality Interactions

Lead PI: Associate Professor Kyong Jin Shim (SCIS)

 

PromptTutor - Generative AI-enabled Personalised Tutor for Reflection Learning in Programming Courses

Lead PI: Associate Professor Ouh Eng Lieh (SCIS)

 

2021

 

Slide++: Automatic Augmentation of Academic Slides Towards AI-Enabled Student-Centred Learning

Lead PI: Associate Professor Hady Wirawan Lauw (SCIS)

 

AP-Coach: AI-based formative feedback generation to improve student learning outcomes in introductory programming courses

Lead PI: Assistant Professor Ta Nguyen Binh Duong (SCIS)

 

From Suffering to Flourishing: Toward a Synthesis of Mindfulness Practice and Positive Psychology in Tertiary Education

Lead PI: Professor Jochen Reb (LKCSB)

 

2020

 

Not for Girls?: Gender Imbalance in STEM and Its impact on Female Students’ Creative Performance

Lead PI : Associate Professor Cheng Chi-Ying (SOSS)

 

An evaluation of SMU’s experiential learning programme (“SMU-X”) and its multifaceted impacts on students and graduates

Lead PI: Associate Professor Yang Hwajin (SOSS)

 

2019

 

Preparing Accountants of the Future: Evaluating a Programme in Accounting Data and Analytics

Lead PI: Associate Professor Seow Poh Sun (SOA)

 

2016

 

Learning Analytics on Student Feedback to Improve Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Lead PI: Assistant Professor Swapna Gottipati (SIS)

 

When Academic Cultures Clash – An Exploration of Creativity Benefits of Doing Double Major

Lead PI: Assistant Professor Jennifer Tong (SOSS)

 

2015

 

Evaluating SMU-X Pedagogy: An Innovative Approach to Prepare University Students with Future Work Skills

Lead PI: Associate Professor Gary Pan (SOA)

 
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