Social Science and Humanities Research Fellows

List of awarded projects (2018 - present)

Last updated 3 August 2026

2024 SSHR Fellows

Three fellowships were awarded during the 2024 Social Science & Humanities Research Fellowship (SSHRF) Call, out of a total of six nominations from the universities

S/No	Research Fellow	Institution	Project Title
1	Asst Prof Lee Kwok Hao	NUS	Advances in Non-Stationary Markets: Assessing Efficiency and Distributional Impacts of Transportation Policy
2	Asst Prof Huang Zhipeng, Nick	NUS	Morphosyntactic Choice in Singapore English: Grammar, Psycholinguistics, and Variation
3	Asst Prof Huang Yanjie	NUS	Developmental Lessons: Inter-Asian Exchanges and China’s Economic Reform, 1972-2002

2023 SSHR Fellows

Two fellowships were awarded during the 2023 Social Science & Humanities Research Fellowship (SSHRF) Call, out of a total of five nominations from the universities

S/No	Research Fellow	Institution	Project Title
1	Asst Prof Tan Chin Hong	NTU	Sociomental Health for Neurocognitive Resilience: An Intergenerational Study
2	Assoc Prof Atiqah Azhari	SUSS	Building Resilience in Singaporean Families through App-Based Acquisition of Coping Strategies: An Interpersonal Neuroscience-Informed Approach

2022 SSHR Fellows

Four fellowships were awarded during the 2022 Social Science & Humanities Research Fellowship (SSHRF) Call, out of a total of seven nominations from the universities

S/No	Research Fellow	Institution	Project Title
1	Asst Prof Jacinth Tan Jia Xin	SMU	Unite or Divide? How Exposure To Socioeconomic Diversity Shapes Cross-Class Relations
2	Asst Prof Ong Jiayun Elvin	NUS	After Victory: Governance Outcomes, Political Stability, and Institutional Reform in East and Southeast Asia
3	Asst Prof Lim Eng Hui Alvin	NUS	Archipelagic Mappings and Performance Routes, Routers, and Networks (1840–1940)
4	Asst Prof Edmund Lee Wei Jian	NTU	Towards Successful Ageing: Leveraging A Community-Engaged Digital Health Technologies Ecosystem in Promoting Physical Activity and Well-Being Among Future and Current Seniors

2021 SSHR Fellows

Five fellowships were awarded during the 2021 Social Science & Humanities Research Fellowship (SSHRF) Call

S/No	Research Fellow	Institution	Project Title
1	Asst Prof Wen Yun	NIE	Building an Ecosystem to Leverage Augmented Reality (AR) in Schools
2	Asst Prof Kung Chien Wen	NUS	Sinospheric Subjects: Chinese Singaporeans, China, and Taiwan, 1976-1990
3	Asst Prof Siew Shu Qin, Cynthia	NUS	Measuring the Singaporean Mental Lexicon: Lexical-Semantic Norms for Singapore English Words
4	Assoc Prof Benjamin Li	NTU	Exploring the Efficacy of Virtual Reality to Improve Outgroup Attitudes in the Context of Young and Older Singaporeans
5	Assoc Prof Joelle H. Fong	LKYSPP	Advancing Financial Literacy in Singapore

2020 SSHR Fellows

Two fellowships were awarded during the 2020 Social Science & Humanities Research Fellowship (SSHRF) Call

S/No	Research Fellow	Institution	Project Title
1	Assoc Prof Chia Meng Tat Jack	NUS	Diplomatic Dharma: Buddhist Diplomacy In Modern Asia, 1950s – Present
2	Prof Victoria Leong Vik Ee	NTU	The Digital Future of Human Learning: Social Optimisation of Digital Media for Early Learning

2019 SSHR Fellows

Two fellowships were awarded during the 2019 Social Science & Humanities Research Fellowship (SSHRF) Call

S/No	Research Fellow	Institution	Project Title
1	Assoc Prof Setoh Pei Pei	NTU	Children’s Intelligence Mindsets: Promoting Gender Diversity in STEM
2	Asst Prof Charlene Chen	NTU	The Truth about Socio-Economic Inequality in People’s Everyday Lives: How It Affects the Way People Think, Feel and Behave in their Natural Environment

2018 SSHR Fellows

Three fellowships were awarded during the inaugural 2018 Social Science & Humanities Research Fellowship (SSHRF) Call

S/No	Research Fellow	Institution	Project Title
1	Asst Prof Lin Weiqiang	NUS	Peopling Infrastructure: Aeromobilities, Automation and Labour Mobilisations in Asia
2	Assoc Prof Laavanya Kathiravelu	NTU	Does Citizenship Matter? Interrogating Second-generation (Im)migrant Incorporation in Singapore and Qatar
3	Asst Prof Reuben Ng	LKYSPP	“Nowcasting” the Skills-gap to Empower Job Seekers and Policymakers