NHG Health Adoption & Scale Healthcare (NASH) Innovation Fund
About the NHG Health Adoption & Scale Healthcare Innovation Fund
NASH Domain A (GIVE) and Domain B grant calls are now OPEN!
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Supported by NHG Health, the NHG Health Adoption & Scale Healthcare (NASH) Innovation Fund aims to enable NHG campuses to better drive the innovation and capability development by gearing funds towards the cross-institution intra-cluster programmes.
NASH Innovation Fund aims to provide holistic innovation support within NHG Health cluster through 3 domains:
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Domain A: Global Innovation Visiting Expert
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Domain B: Cluster Adoption and Scale
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Domain C: Kaizen-enabled Point of Care
NASH Innovation Fund is only applicable to NHG Health employed staff.
For more information, please contact us at CHI.Grants.Mgmt.Office@nhghealth.com.sg.
Domain A - Global Innovation Visiting Expert
Domain A aims to provide funding to invite overseas experts to share innovative ideas, best-in-class tools and practices, to build thought leadership and transform healthcare in NHG Health institutions.
Domain A Application Info Pack can be downloaded here.
Eligibility Criteria
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Visiting expert(s) must engage in the following activities (“Domain A Purpose”):
o 1 CHI Masterclass session which is open to all the NHG Health and partners.
o 1 NHG Health leadership (involving C-Suite) engagement.
o 1 cross-institutions engagement (beyond the masterclass and leadership engagement mentioned above) and/or engagement which focus on our regional health with NHG Health’s role as regional manager.
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Applicants must be NHG Health employed staff.
Exclusion criteria:
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This funding excludes Research and HMDP Experts focusing on clinical service.
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Co-funding of any visiting expert(s) who has been invited for other than a Domain A Purpose will not be allowed (e.g. Applicant intends to use NASH Domain A fund to co-fund expert’s cost for Conference/Event X).
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However, a back-to-back funding for a Domain A Purpose in conjunction with another event is allowed (e.g. Expert is engaged for Conference/Event X from Day 1-3, and is engaged for a NASH Domain A Purpose from Day 4-7).
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For back-to-back funding, Domain A will only cover incremental costs for the expert
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Funding Quantum
Up to $25,000 per visiting expert within the awarded FY:
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Covers accommodation, business class air tickets, local transportation, honorarium, entertainment, withholding tax, etc.
Grant Call Period
Grant Call will be from mid-Sep 2025 to mid-Nov 2025.
Submission and Award
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Applicant should obtain endorsement by the institution CEO before submitting to the CHI Partnership Office (Main POC for Domain A) through the CHI@Campus Offices Admin leads or your institution’s admin lead.
o Where an application involves more than one (1) NHG Health institution(s) co-hosting the Domain A Purpose programme (with one of the institutions being the lead applicant), endorsement shall be provided by the leading institution.
o In the case where two (2) institutions are co-applying (i.e. co-owning the Domain A Purpose programme), endorsement from both institutions’ CEOs is required.
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The review process will take approximately 2 months. During this time, Programme Lead will be approached via email to furnish any further clarifications.
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Award results will be announced via email in Feb 2026.
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Project duration should commence within FY2026.
Main Contact Details
For more information on Domain A, please contact main contact office (CHI Partnership Office) at: chi@nhghealth.com.sg
You may also approach your CHI@Campus Offices for endorsement and submission details.
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CHI@IMH |
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CHI@KTPH |
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CHI@PopHealth |
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CHI@TTSH |
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CHI@WH |
Domain B - Cluster Adoption and Scale
Domain B aims to provide preliminary funding for team to adopt and scale proven innovation solutions from originating NHG Health institutions.
Domain B Application Info Pack can be downloaded here.
Eligibility Criteria
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Project Lead must hold a primary full-time appointment (defined as a minimum commitment of nine months per year) in NHG Health.
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The NASH Innovation Fund Domain B is only applicable for proposed project that aims to implement a validated and proven innovation solution in at least 2 NHG Health institutions that aligned to NHG Health strategic goals & enablers.
o On “co-application/ involvement of at least 2 NHG Health institutions” encompasses the following example:
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The NHG Health institution with the validated solution (i.e. “originating institution”) is eligible for the fund and is considered involved if the originating institution is also enhancing the validated solution within originating institution or providing support to at least another NHG institution(s) (i.e. “adopting institution(s)”).
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If the originating institution intends to enhance the solution through this proposed project, the adopting institution should also implement the enhanced version of solution as well.
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For example:
The solution is TTSH 3D Printing solution (version 1.0) where both TTSH and KTPH have proposed to tap on NASH Domain B fund. In the case where the scope of project involves TTSH enhancing 3D solution from version 1.0 to 2.0, then KTPH should implement version 2.0 instead of 1.0.
Funding Quantum
Base funding of $100,000, but up to $200,000, per project over 12 months with justification:
• Covers initial cost of purchase of solution,
• Infrastructure setup,
• Initial integration with existing system, etc.
Grant Call Period
Grant Call will be from Sep 2025 to Oct 2025.
Submission and Award
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All applications require endorsement from the institutions’ CEOs.
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The review process will take approximately 2 months. During this time, Project Leads will be invited to present their proposals to the Review Panel and participate in a Q&A session.
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Award results will be announced via email in Feb 2026.
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Project duration should commence within FY2026 with a maximum duration of 12 months.
Main Contact Details
For more information on Domain B, please contact NASH Innovation Fund Secretariat at CHI.Grants.Mgmt.Office@nhghealth.com.sg.
You may also approach your CHI@Campus Offices for endorsement and submission details.
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CHI@IMH |
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CHI@KTPH |
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CHI@PopHealth |
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CHI@TTSH |
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CHI@WH |
Domain C – Kaizen-enabled Point of Care
Domain C aims to support cluster-level prototyping CHILL (CHI Living Lab) and VirtCHILL (Virtual CHI Living Lab) projects.
Eligibility Criteria
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Problem statement with a potential physical product-based solution (exclude digital, tech solution).
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Project comprises of at least two NHG Health institutions.
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Minimum team size of at least 2 individuals.
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Open to all family groups.
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Project team should obtain either respective institutions’ HOD or C-Suite to endorse.
Funding Quantum
Varies, range from $1,000 to $4,000 per project.
Grant Call Period
The funding will be done in the form of Hackathon format.
Please check with Main Contact Person for more details.
Submission and Award
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Project should obtain endorsement by the institutions’ HOD or C-Suite before submitting application to CHI Living Lab (CHILL).
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Shortlisted teams would be invited to a full-day design workshop by CHILL and given 1 month time to develop their design and pitch.
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Award results will be announced post-pitching session.
o More details would be released in Oct 2025, and funding would commence in FY2026.
o Project prototype development and support will be provided by CHILL.
Main Contact Details
For more information on Domain C, please contact main contact office (CHI Kaizen Office - CHILL) at:
· Ms Camelia Soh: camelia.soh@nhghealth.com.sg
· Mr Javier Tan: javier.jk.tan@nhghealth.com.sg