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Climate Impact Science Research Programme [Closed for Applications]

Objectives
Research Areas
Current Grant Calls
Past Grant Calls
General Enquiries

Objectives

The Climate Impact Science Research (CISR) Programme will utilise the latest climate projections to understand climate change impact in five key priority areas - sea level rise; water resource and flood management; biodiversity and food security; human health and energy, and cross-cutting research to help bridge science-policy translation. The CISR Programme, managed by the Climate Science Research Programme Office (CSRPO), will be jointly delivered by local research institutes and Institutes of Higher Learning. The programme will contribute to our endeavours towards coordinating climate science research and capability building efforts to inform climate adaptation through underpinning climate science.

 

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Research Areas

There are five broad R&D areas under the CISR Programme:
  1. Sea Level Rise: Understand sea-level rise and extreme sea-level events around Singapore and the wider region (includes new areas of research identified outside of RIE2020 National Sea Level Programme);
  2. Water Resources: Understand how changing rainfall and temperature patterns will impact our water supplies, urban runoffs and water resources management;
  3. Biodiversity & Food Security: Understand the impact of changing rainfall and temperature patterns on Singapore’s urban greenery, terrestrial biodiversity and food security;
  4. Impact of Warming Trends on Human Health & Energy Sector: Understand the impact of climate change on the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, human health (heat stress) and the energy sector (efficiency of power generation and supply); and
  5. Cross-cutting areas: Understand the application of climate change science information across climate scenarios in a risk-based assessment framework.
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Current Grant Calls

There is currently no open grant call.

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Past Grant Calls

Climate Impact Science Research Programme 3rd Grant Call

For information on the structure of the grant call, you may refer to the below information:

Awarded Projects

Name of Proposal

Principal Investigator

Host Institute

Integrated Modelling Approaches for Evaluating Cooling Tower Water Demand Resilience in Singapore’s Non-Domestic Sector Under Climate Change

Associate Prof Qin Xiaosheng

Nanyang Technological University

Climate Impact Science Research Programme 2nd Grant Call

For information on the structure of the grant call, you may refer to the below information:

Awarded Projects

Name of Proposal

Principal Investigator

Host Institute

Understanding and Projecting Natural Hazards That Endanger Food Production in Southeast Asia

Assistant Prof Wang Jingyu

Nanyang Technological University

The Impact of Climate Change and Heat Events on Health in Singapore

Prof Marcus Ong Eng Hock

Singapore General Hospital

Evaluating the Impact of Heat Stress on Outdoor Physical Activities and Mental Well-being in Urban Environments

Dr Liu Huizhe

Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR

Development of high-resolution heat stress maps to assess urban heat island (UHI) effect and public heat risk in Singapore

Associate Prof Yim Hung Lam Steve

Nanyang Technological University

Climate Impact Science Research Programme 1st Grant Call

For information on the structure of the grant call, you may refer to the below information:

Awarded Projects

Name of Proposal

Principal Investigator

Host Institute

Delineating long-term implications of climate change on endemic and emerging vector-borne disease transmission in Singapore

Assistant Prof Lim Jue Tao

Nanyang Technological University

Temporal-Spatial Impact Analysis of Climate Changes on Renewable Energy and Load Demands

Associate Prof Xu Yan

Nanyang Technological University

Estimating future mortality and morbidity from the exacerbation of chronic diseases across different climate change scenarios

Assistant Prof Borame Sue Lee Dickens

National University of Singapore

Improved Assessment on Urban Tree Failures in Singapore: from V2 to V3

Associate Prof Zhu Feng

Nanyang Technological University

Multi-scale impacts of climate change on tropical forest dynamics in Singapore

Assistant Prof Lim Jun Ying

National University of Singapore

Harnessing Big Data to Plan a Climate-Resilient Food Bowl for Singapore

Assistant Prof He Xiaogang

National University of Singapore

The Climate Resilience and Threshold of Trees in Singapore

Assistant Prof Luo Xiangzhong

National University of Singapore

Developing a risk assessment and communication platform to translate climate projections to policy

Associate Prof Terry Van Gevelt

Singapore Management University


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General Enquiries

Please refer to the following contact details: nea_cwrpo@nea.gov.sg if you require further information.
 
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