SSHR-Thematic Grant Results

List of awarded projects (2016 - present)

Last updated 8 August 2026

2025 Call

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded four out of 30 proposals received under the 2025 Social Science & Humanities Research Thematic Grant Call.

S/No	Principal Investigator	Theme	Funding Type	Institution	Project Title
1	Assoc Prof Yuen Kum Fai	The Future of Society	A	NTU	Mitigating AI-Driven Information Disorder via a Fit-Based Framework
2	Assoc Prof Jingxia Lin	The Future of Society	A	NTU	Singapore Mandarin Usage Dictionary: A Computational Lexical Infrastructure for Localised Language
3	Prof Lorenz Goette	The Future of Society	B	NUS	debiasSING: finding and fixing biases in the human-AI complex
4	Prof Elaine Ho	The Future of Society	B	NUS	Ageing Futures and Resource Environments of Foreign-born Singapore Residents

2024 Call

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded six out of 23 proposals received under the 2024 Social Science & Humanities Research Thematic Grant Call

S/No	Principal Investigator	Theme	Funding Type	Institution	Project Title
1	Prof Kenneth Dean	The Human Condition	A	NUS	Alternatives to Confucian Capitalism: Digitising Chinese association and business documents to create a comprehensive database for business history (1819-1965)
2	Asst Prof Yan Ran	Climate Change and the Environment	A	NTU	Key Success Factors and Impacts of Green and Digital Shipping Corridors
3	Assoc Prof Damien Joseph	The Future Economy	A	NTU	AI and the Changing Nature of Work in Acute Healthcare Settings
4	Prof Goh Kim Huat	Open Category	B	NTU	Social Challenges in Resource Allocation through AI across the Healthcare Ecosystem
5	Prof Tim Winter	The Future of Society / The Human Condition	B	NUS	Heritage Diplomacy: connecting histories and futures
6	Prof Sumit Agarwal	The Future Economy / Climate Change and the Environment	C	NUS	Building an Ecosystem for Transitions to Sustainable Enterprises and Societies

2023 Call

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded four out of 29 proposals received under the 2023 Social Science Research Thematic Grant Call.

S/No	Principal Investigator	Theme	Funding Type	Institution	Project Title
1	Asst Prof Zhang Donghai	The Future Economy / Climate Change & The Environment	A	NUS	Medium-term Business Cycles, Green Innovations, and Sustainable Growth
2	Asst Prof Deng Liuchun	The Future Economy	A	NUS	Cross Border Data Sharing: An ASEAN Perspective
3	Assoc Prof Kang Hyunjin	The Future of Society	A	NTU	Empowering Senior Self-Health Management Through Smart IoT
4	Prof Julian Savulescu	The Future of Society	B	NUS	CREPSING: Collective Reflective Equilibrium in Practice in SINGapore

2022 Call

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded four out of 29 proposals received under the 2022 Social Science Research Thematic Grant (SSRTG) Call.

S/No	Principal Investigator	Theme	Funding Type	Institution	Project Title
1	Asst Prof Yvette van der Eijk	The Future of Society	A	NUS	Exploring Time Poverty and Mental Health in Singapore Women With Young Children
2	Assoc Prof Irene Ng	The Future of Society / The Future Economy / Open Category	B	NUS	In-work Poverty and Challenges Of Getting By Among The Young (Phase 2)
3	Prof Ivan Png	The Future Economy / Climate Change & The Environment / Open Category	B	NUS	Behavioural Biases At Work: Implications For Productivity And Policy
4	Dr Harvey Neo	Climate Change & The Environment	B	SUTD	Leveraging Shared Experience of Urban Heat And Bridging Spatial-Temporal Dissonance: Towards A Climate Resilient Citizenry in Singapore

2021 Call

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded three out of 39 proposals received under the 2021 Social Science Research Thematic Grant Call.

S/No	Principal Investigator	Theme	Funding Type	Institution	Project Title
1	Asst Prof Yoon Sungwon	The Future of Society	A	Duke-NUS Medical School	Sociocultural and Psychological Motivators of Community First Responders
2	Prof David Taylor	Climate Change & the Environment	B	NUS	Climate Governance of Nature–based Carbon Sinks in Southeast Asia
3	Assoc Prof Graham Matthews	Open Category	A	NTU	Developing Guidelines for Cultural Production to Combat Mental Health Stigma in Singapore

2020 Call

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded four out of 39 proposals received under the 2020 Social Science Research Thematic Grant Call.

S/No	Principal Investigator	Theme(s)	Funding Type	Institution	Project Title
1	Dr Anne Rifkin-Graboi	The Future of Society / Open Category	A	NIE	The Importance of CARE: Covid–19, Attachment, Resilience, and Early Life
2	Assoc Prof Lilian Chee	The Future of Society / The Future Economy	A	NUS	Foundations for Home–Based Work: A Singapore Study
3	Assoc Prof Cheng Shih-Fen	The Future Economy	A	SMU	Learning by Doing in the Age of Big Data
4	Asst Prof Anthony D. Medrano	Open Category	A	Yale-NUS	Linking the Digital Humanities to Biodiversity History in Singapore and Southeast Asia

2019 Call

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded six out of 54 proposals received under the 2019 Social Science Research Thematic Grant Call.

S/No	Principal Investigator	Theme	Funding Type	Institution	Project Title
1	Assoc Prof Elaine Ho Lynn Ee	The Future of Society	B	NUS	Ageing and Social Networks: Mapping the Life–worlds of Older Singaporeans
2	Assoc Prof Alice Chan Hiu Dan	The Future of Society	A	NTU	Getting Read-y: Optimizing Early Chinese Instruction amidst Language Shift
3	Assoc Prof Krishna Savani	The Future Economy	A	NTU	Taking Advantage of the Future Economy: Role of Universal Mindsets
4	Prof Sumit Agarwal	The Future Economy	A	NUS	Future-Proofing Singapore: An Economic Approach
5	Prof Bao Zhiming	Open Category	A	NUS	Linguistic Markers of Dementia
6	Prof Khong Yuen Foong	Open Category	B	LKYSPP	The Anatomy of Choice: Southeast Asia between the Superpowers

2018 Call

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded four out of 46 proposals received under the 2018 Social Science Research Thematic Grant Call.

S/No	Principal Investigator	Theme(s)	Funding Type	Institution	Project Title
1	Asst Prof Huso Yi	Cities & Humanity	A	NUS	Social Isolation, Loneliness and Health among Older Adults in Singapore
2	Prof Jane Margaret Jacobs	Cities & Humanity	A	Yale-NUS	Digital Historical Maps of Singapore and Southeast Asia
3	Assoc Prof Edson C. Tandoc Jr	Cities & Humanity	A	NTU	Defining, Determining and Dealing with Deliberate Online Falsehoods in Singapore
4	Assoc Prof Irene Ng	Identities & Social Integration / Society & the New Economy / Cities & Humanity	B	NUS	In-Work Poverty and the Challenges of Getting By among the Young

2017 Call

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded 11 out of 48 proposals received under the 2017 Social Science Research Thematic Grant Call.

S/No	Principal Investigator	Theme(s)	Funding Type	Institution	Project Title
1	Assoc Prof Choo Hyekyung	Identities, Social Integration & Resilience	A	NUS	Social Capital and Integration of Low-Income Binational Families in Singapore
2	Assoc Prof Roy Chua	Identities, Social Integration & Resilience / Growth, Productivity & Innovation	A	SMU	Women in Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Understanding the barriers and opportunities in Singapore
3	Assoc Prof Boh Wai Fong	Human Development & Skills / Growth, Productivity & Innovation	A	NTU	Can Opportunity Identification Be Trained? A Field Experiment
4	Assoc Prof Song Zhaoli	Growth, Productivity & Innovation	B	NUS	Enhancing productivity of innovations across cultures for Singapore (EPICS)
5	Prof Teo Hock Hai	Growth, Productivity & Innovation	B	NUS	Research on Innovating in a Digital Economy (RIDE)
6	Assoc Prof Kotha Reddi	Growth, Productivity & Innovation	A	SMU	Interdisciplinary Research Intervention for Singapore Entrepreneurs’ Growth
7	Assoc Prof Liang Zhenkai	Understanding Society in the Digital Age	A	NUS	You are what you surf: Characterising preference and decision-making styles with digital footprints
8	Prof Lim Sun Sun	Understanding Society in the Digital Age	B	SUTD	Tackling digital disruption: Industry transformations and workforce resilience
9	Asst Prof Tamra Lysaght	Understanding Society in the Digital Age	A	NUS	Health-Related Data Sharing: From Good Governance to Public Trust
10	Assoc Prof Goh Kim Huat	Understanding Society in the Digital Age	A	NTU	Digitisation of Healthcare: Leveraging Analytics, Understanding Behaviours and Influencing Policies
11	Dr Cassey Lee	Understanding Society in the Digital Age	A	ISEAS	Algorithmic Pricing and Market Competition: Implications for Competition Law and Policy

2016 Call

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded 12 out of 70 proposals received under the 2016 Social Science Research Thematic Grant Call.

S/No	Principal Investigator	Theme(s)	Funding Type	Institution	Project Title
1	Dr Norshahril Saat	Identities, Social Integration & Resilience	A	ISEAS	Singapore’s Islamic Studies Graduates: Their Role and Impact in a Plural Society
2	Dr Terence Chong	Identities, Social Integration & Resilience	A	ISEAS	Christianity in Southeast Asia: Comparative Growth, Politics and Networks in Urban Centres
3	Prof Ivan Png	Identities, Social Integration & Resilience	B	NUS	Service Productivity and Innovation Research Programme (SPIRE)
4	Prof Li Chenyang	Identities, Social Integration & Resilience	A	NTU	Develop a Contemporary Theory of Harmony
5	Assoc Prof Chong Ja Ian	Identities, Social Integration & Resilience	A	NUS	Making Identity Count in Asia: Identity Relations in Singapore and its Neighbourhood
6	Assoc Prof Setoh Pei Pei	Identities, Social Integration & Resilience	A	NTU	Fostering Harmonious Intergroup Relations in Early Childhood
7	Assoc Prof Krishna Savani	Identities, Social Integration & Resilience	A	NTU	Influence of Social Motivations on Cultural Learning, Adjustment, and Integration
8	Prof David Taylor	Identities, Social Integration & Resilience/ Growth, Productivity & Innovation	B	NUS	Sustainable Governance of Transboundary Environmental Commons in Southeast Asia
9	Asst Prof Wang Wenru	Human Development & Skills	A	NUS	Salutogenic Healthy Ageing Programme Embracement (SHAPE) for elderly living alone
10	Assoc Prof Esther Goh	Human Development & Skills	A	NUS	Identifying Positive Adaptive Pathways in Low–income families in Singapore
11	Assoc Prof Liu Haoming	Growth, Productivity & Innovation	A	NUS	Population Ageing, Old Age Labour & Financial Decisions in Singapore
12	Prof Jean Yeung	Growth, Productivity & Innovation	B	NUS	Building Human Capacity in Singapore’s Population: Testing Innovations in Human Development