CHINA-SINGAPORE JOINT CALL FOR PROPOSALS ON "CLIMATE RESILIENCE & ADAPTATION" 2025

About the Grant

China and Singapore have a strong and longstanding partnership in bilateral research collaborations. This new joint grant call by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research of Singapore (A*STAR) aims to promote and strengthen bilateral collaborations and exchanges between researchers from China and Singapore in joint research projects of mutual interest.

On China side, this funding measure is carried out International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

On Singapore side, this funding measure is carried out under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2025 (RIE2025) plan.

The research fields for this collaborative program focus on "Fighting Climate Changes" - Climate Resilience & Adaptation*

The threshold of 1.5°C increase compared to the pre-industrial age has been breached for a full 12 months for the first time, suggesting high risk of purely focusing on the ideologic “sustainability”. It is the time to actively start researching on technologies which help safeguard us in more extreme weather condition when it comes.

Climate change: The 1.5C threshold explained what would it mean to human being and modern society if the global temperature is 2+ degree higher? What changes would happen to healthcare (chronic diseases, infectious diseases, mental health), lifestyle, energy, food, etc.?

Subtopics:

Urban climate resilience (materials, design, modeling & simulation)
Food resilience (supply chain and nutrition)
Public health resilience (heat-induced illness, mental health)
Disaster preparedness and risk mitigation (early warning systems, resilient critical infrastructure)

*While the subtopics above are recommended for the proposed research, the team may explore other subtopics related to Climate Resilience & Adaptation, if significant impact is anticipatable.

Please refer to the Grant Call Guidelines document for more information.

Eligibility

Eligible Researchers for A*STAR Support:

Singapore-based Principal Investigators (PIs) are eligible to apply if their primary appointment is 75% or more in a local publicly funded research institution.
Applications must be endorsed by the applicants’ Host Institution(s), prior to submission.
Applicants must deliver their project in accordance to the A*STAR Grants Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) and Guidelines.

Eligible Researchers for CAS Support:

Any independent researcher personally affiliated with (and actively conducting research at) a CAS research institution or university, regardless of nationality, is eligible to apply.

Grant Call Timeline

Event	Date
Grant Call Open	5 June 2025
Deadline for Submission	30 July 2025, 11:59pm (SGT) for Singapore-based applicants / 5:00pm (BJT) for China-based applicants
Assessment of Proposals	August 2025 - November 2025
Selection of Proposals and Award Process	December 2025 - March 2026
Expected Project Start Date	April 2026

Application Procedure

The PI from Singapore must submit the joint proposal to A*STAR and the PI from China must submit the collaborative proposal to CAS. Identical copies of the proposal must be submitted to A*STAR and CAS, respectively.

Submission Procedure for A*STAR:

Applicants from the Singapore-based researchers must submit the joint proposal to A*STAR through the iGrants platform.

Submission Procedure for CAS:

Application documents from the China-based researcher should be submitted through the online platform (http://172.31.0.170/arp).

Please note that proposals received by A*STAR and not submitted to CAS (and vice versa) will automatically be considered ineligible.

Applications that are submitted after the deadline will not be taken into consideration for review and assessment.

Application Materials

FOR ENQUIRIES

Please direct further enquiries to:

A*STAR, for Singapore-based applicants: Bilats Secy oga_bilats@hq.a-star.edu.sg

CAS, for China-based applicants: Ms. Zhao Fangfang ffzhao@cashq.ac.cn