NRF Central Gap Fund
Funds translational technologies in Singapore through the NRF Central Gap Fund toward prototype development.
The NRF Central Gap Fund (CGF) is a translational research grant administered by the National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF), a department within the Prime Minister's Office established in 2006. The programme bridges the gap between early-stage research outputs and market-ready prototypes or functional processes, targeting technologies that require further development before they are suitable…
Translational grants funding the development of early-stage technologies into working prototypes or functional processes in any area of science and engineering at Singapore publicly funded research institutions.
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