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A joint seed fund for early stage research has been launched by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

The NTU-51³Ô¹ÏÍø Research Collaboration Fund aims to help kick-start ‘blue skies’ research ideas that might not otherwise be pursued.

The Fund will focus on research under the overarching theme of:
Data 4.0 – Leading the fourth industrial revolution with data-driven technologies.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø and say the fund will support early-stage collaboration among academics, researchers and students at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and NTU by providing funding for hackathons, networks, workshops and travel.

A total sum of £40,000 from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and SGD$70,000 from NTU in will be awarded each year to successful 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and NTU teams, to develop and reinforce lasting contacts with the very best researchers in their field.

The deadline for the submission of applications is 31 January 2020.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø and NTU

The seed fund further strengthens 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s links with NTU. In 2017, the two world leading institutions opened the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Singapore.

The School’s bespoke programme builds on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s world-renowned medical curriculum as it trains the next generation of Singaporean doctors. The innovative LKCMedicine curriculum takes a care-centred approach, harnessing team-based learning and the latest digital technology.

Researchers at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and NTU are also collaborating in robotics. A team of scientists have developed the first interactive robot controller to learn behaviour from the human user and use this to predict their next movements.

The researchers developed a reactive robotic programming system that lets a robot continuously learn the human user’s movements and adapt its own movements accordingly. Next, the team will apply
the interactive control behaviour for robot-assisted neurorehabilitation and for shared driving in semi-autonomous vehicles.