Internal Education Research Grants
Education Research Fellowship (SMU-ERF)
To recognise faculty members who have demonstrated the ability or potential to attain accomplishment in educational research and to advance SMU’s SoTL.
Education Research Seed Grant (ERSG)
To complement the existing SMU-ERF in providing an avenue to support and recognise quality education research proposals, and to encourage collaborative research across faculty members.
External Education Research Grants
More external research funding opportunities are listed in IRIS Grants Management System.
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2 and Tier 3
The AcRF supports research in the Autonomous Universities that has academic significance and a good potential for creating new knowledge that will benefit the larger academic community. The research outcomes should advance high-quality research of international excellence that challenges current understanding or provides pathways to new frontiers.
MOE ERFP Education Research Funding Programme
The primary aim of ERFP is to improve classroom practice, enhance student outcomes, build organizational and teacher capacities in Singapore schools, and inform MOE policies. Thus, proposals for ERFP funding must demonstrate relevance to MOE mission and goals and potential benefits to Singapore’s educational institutions.
MOE Science of Learning (SoL) Grant
To support science-based research to generate implementable and scalable interventions that improve education and skills development.
MOE Tertiary Education Research Fund (TRF) Grant
To promote higher education innovation and research. View projects that have been awarded in previous years here.
Spencer Foundation Research Grant on Education
To support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education.
Workforce Development Applied Research Fund (WDARF) Grant
To foster high quality and rigorous applied research in workforce development and lifelong learning.