RESEARCH GRANTS

Principal Investigator Awards

· S$120,000, “Advanced computational imaging”, Inter-University (IU) Project grant – Phase 2, Singapore-MIT Alliance (Computation and System Biology) Program, 2008 – 2010

· S$140,000, “Grid-based comparative genomics,” (RGM 7/05), Academic Research Fund, Ministry of Education, Singapore, 2005 – 2008.

· S$143,000, “Grid-based comparative genomics pipeline for detecting conserved non-coding functional regions”, Bio-Medical Research Council (BMRC) of the Agency of Science and Technology Research (A*Star), administered through National Grid Office (NGO), Singapore, 2005 – 2007.

· S$223,000, “Advanced computational imaging”, Inter-University (IU) Project grant – Phase 1, Singapore-MIT Alliance (Computation and System Biology) Program, 2005 – 2008.

· S$140,000, “Analysis of functional brain images,” (RGM 11/03), Academic Research Fund, Ministry of Education, Singapore, 2004 – 2007.

· S$658,320, “Neural systems modeling using functional MRI”, jointly funded by the Ministry of Education (MOE), and Science and Education Research Council (SERC) of the Agency for Science and Technology Research (A*STAR), Singapore, (JT ARC 01/02), 2002 – 2006.

· S$122,000, "Analysis of functional MR time-series", (RGM 45/98) Academic Research Fund, Ministry of Education, Singapore, 1999 – 2002.

Research Grants (Collaborator)

· S$389,977, “Fast and Strong Gradient System for Advanced Applications in High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging” National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore, 2003 – 2005, (Principal Investigator: Dr. Xavier Golay, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore)

· S$15,560, “Markov Random Field based spatial regularization for fMRI detection” School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2004 – 2005, (Principal Investigator: Asst. Prof. Vitali Zagorodnov, Nanyang Technological, Singapore)

· S$137,000, "Functional MRI of reading" National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore, 2000- 2003, (Principal Investigator: Dr. Sitoh Yih Yian, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore)

· S$59,000, "Assessment of cardiac pumping function and candidacy for coronary bypass surgery", Academic Research Fund, Ministry of Education, Singapore, 1999 - 2002, (Principal Investigator: A/Prof. Murali Damodaran, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

· S$165,000, "Presurgical mapping of cortical brain functions using functional magnetic resonance imaging", Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, 1998 – 1999, (Principal Investigator: A/Prof. Lee Wei Ling, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore)