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Research Grants
Grants | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Laura Miotto | Vel Vel. A study of the cultural heritage of Singapore’s Thaipusam festival |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Danne Ojeda Hernandez | "RNA. |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2 | Hans-Martin Rall | Research and Non-traditional experiments in the Arts—design, and sciences—concentrating on the study of RNA Modifications, Viruses, and Imaging Technologies. " |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2 | Lisa Winstanley | Ethical Approaches to AI-Visualization in Shakespeare Adaptation |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Ng Woon Lam | Addressing Visual Plagiarism in Art & Design: A Multi-stakeholder Investigation |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Hans-Martin Rall | Developing 3D Interactive Color Theory Model based on the Munsell Color System |
Grants | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Andrea Nanetti | Technical challenges, linguistic obstacles, and cultural barriers in bringing knowledge societies into the metaverse. With a metaverse showcase of how the peoples of Afro-Eurasia saw each other transitioning into modernity |
National Heritage Board-Heritage Research Grant | Yeo Puay Hwa Jesvin | Designing Heritage: A collaboration platform to explore and analyse Singapore’s pottery trade and traditional kiln building methods’ |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Oh Soon-Hwa | Steep Price: Muslim Weavers in Varanasi |
Grants | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Peter Chen Chia Mien@Peter King | Photographic Epistemology and the Industrial Image: Exploring the process of photographic documentation as a epistemological device in mapping an industrial topography |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Wong Chen-Hsi | Negotiating Contested Spaces - The Modern Islander |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Ng Woon Lam | Construction of Interactive 3D Models based on Singapore Ancient Chinese Temple Architectural Heritage |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Hans-Martin Rall | Animation in Southeast Asia – Local traditions and global influences |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Yeo Puay Hwa Jesvin | Designing Inclusiveness: a user-centric mobile application designed for visually impaired people |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2 | Bernhard Johannes Schmitt | Anticipating Robots. Improving Human-Robot Communication Using an Artistic Approach. |
Grants | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
National Arts Council | Ute Meta Bauer | Understanding Southeast Asia as a “Geocultural” Formation: Three Case Studies of Artistic Initiatives from the Region |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Peer Mohideen Sathikh | Research Into Interacting With Artificially Intelligent Beings Of The Future With particular Focus On Autonomous Vehicles In An Urban Setting |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Ute Meta Bauer | Environmentally-Engaged Artistic Practices in South, Southeast Asia and the Pacific and their potential Impact as contribution for transdisciplinary research in Singapore |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Andrea Nanetti | Impacts of spatially and temporally varying sea level on trading ports and routes; a computational-history approach to the study of sea-lanes as a function of human agency and natural ecosystems |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Davide Benvenuti | Patient Stories: Animation and visual storytelling for the communication of complex genomic concepts to reduce cultural and language barriers |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Lisa Winstanley | Investigation into the Compatibility between the Problem-solving Elements of Design Thinking and Needs of Ethnic-tourism Sites for Future Sustainable Tourism |
Grants | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Ina Conradi Chavez | Quantum Logos: Developing Alternative Artistic Styles to Communicate Science |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Yam Min Yee Angeline | What’s in a sign?: Typopgraphy in repurposed traditional architecture and its role in Singapore’s multicultural linguistic landscape |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Andrea Nanetti | Online interactive interface for short-format documentary films to investigate Afro-Eurasian port cities as recorded in premodern travel accounts. Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and Zhang He as a multicultural showcase |
United States Embassy Small Grants Program | Laura Miotto | US-Singapore Museum Cooperation Celebrating the 185th Anniversary of Singapore-USA Official Diplomatic Contacts (1836-2021) |
National Arts Council | Hans-Martin Rall | Transforming Singaporean Wayang Kulit for Virtual Reality |
National Arts Council | Ng Woon Lam | STUDY OF CALLIGRAPHIC BRUSHWORK IN SINGAPORE WATERCOLOUR ART |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Hans-Martin Rall | A Choice for Life - Education about Diabetes in a Fully Immersive Environment (VR) |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Marc Gloede | Lively Laboratories. A critical analysis and revision of the art laboratory as apparatus of contemporary knowledge production in Southeast Asia. |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2 | Hans-Martin Rall | From Print to Digital Continued: Expanded Research into adapting Shakespeare for VR, AR and AI |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2 | Ute Meta Bauer | Climate Crisis and Cultural Loss |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2 | Oh Soon-Hwa | Creation and Analysis of a Digital Asset with the Gibson-Hill Photographic Collection |
Grants | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Hans-Martin Rall | Beyond the Screen-Expanding Animation for VR, AR and Immersive Environments |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Andrea Nanetti | 3D animated solutions for the study and publication of science and technology manuscripts. The Martini's "Treatise on Architecture" annotated by Leonardo da Vinci as a showcase. |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Danne Ojeda Hernandez | MICRO-SCOPES. Research Experiments on Art, Design, and Sciences with a focus on the study of microscopic environments and materials. (Pedagogical research project) |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Galina Mihaleva | Interwoven cultures, exploring the perception of dress as an interface for new environments at the intersection of disciplines. |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Jesse John Thompson | This research merges artistic methodologies of mold-making and casting with material science by studing he usabiity of polymers such as epoxy, polyurethane and silicone for contemporary sculpture/stop-motion animation. |
Grants | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Biju Dhanapalan | Framing the Virtual: Investigating virtual cinematography in real-time animation filmmaking |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Benjamin Seide | Virtual Reality for the Lost Singaporean Film Pontianak (1957). A Case Study to Explore Virtual Reality Environments for Singapore’s Cinematic Heritage. |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Michael Thaddeus Tan Koon Boon | The State of Arts and Health in Singapore: A Review of Arts and Health Practice, Policy and Development |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1- Research Integrity Grant | Lisa Winstanley | Reviewing the Prevalence of Visual Plagiarism Within a Visual Arts Context |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Bernhard Johannes Schmitt | Applying Interpretive Animation to Robots. A Comparative Study. |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 1 | Ross Adrian Williams | Unheard, Unseen: Sound and Memory in Sound Design for Narrative Film in 2D and VR |
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2 | Cindy Wang I-Hsuan | The Spirit of Chinese Brushwork & Crafts |
Heritage Research Grant | Sujatha Arundathi Meegama | The Hidden Shrines of Singapore: Mapping and Narrating Multi-Religious Heritages |
URA | Kristy H.A. Kang | Research Collaboration for An Urban & Ethnic Research Study On Chinatown & To Present Research Findings in an Interactive Research Platform as a First Prototype |
Grants Awarded (Administered by RSO)
| 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Grants | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
| MOE Tier 1 February 2016 Grant Call | Hans-Martin Rall | “Adaptation for Animation-Transforming Literature Frame by Frame” |
| MOE Tier 1 February 2016 Grant Call | Yeo Puay Hwa Jesvin | An empirical study of existing design research methods in design education |
| MOE Tier 1 February 2016 Grant Call | Hans-Martin Rall | From Print to Digital: Re-Defining Narrativity for Interactive Digital Media |
| 2014 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Grants | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 - Call 2/2014 | Wang I-Hsuan Cindy | Tradition VS. New - Self-Sufficient Furniture Transformation Design For Farmers In Rural China That Adapts Forms In Traditional Rural Life And Re-Interpret With Innovative Ideas For Contemporary Living |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 - Call 2/2014 | Michael J K Walsh | A Multidisciplinary Investigation Into The Conservation, Interpretation, Education And Policy Challenges Posed By Lime-Wash And Cement-Covered Medieval Italo-Byzantine Murals |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 - Call 2/2014 | Ng Ee Ching Candice | Cultural Play - A Digital Interactive Play-Based Learning Project On The Cultural Heritage Of Singapore |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 - Call 2/2014 | Ina Conradi | Immersive Animated Canvas: Merging New Media Art And Technology For Immersive Cinema And Visualization Experiences |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 - Call 2/2014 | Yam Min Yee Angeline | Towards A Culturally Appropriate Pedagogy In Art And DesignTertiary Education: An Action Research Study On Critical Thinking Pedagogy For Students Living In The Society Of "Confucian-Heritage-Culture" |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 - Call 2/2014 | Joan Marie Kelly | The Development Of Artistic And Participatory Means Of Recording, Writing And Transmitting The Stories And Knowledge Of Kagate, An Endangered Language Of Nepal |
| 2013 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Grants | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 - Thematic Grant Call (Call 2/2013) | Nanci Takeyama | Design for and with communities: a trans-disciplinary project for social innovation |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 - Thematic Grant Call (Call 2/2013) | Astrid Al Mkhlaafy | Tracing, Performing and Scoring as Three Dimensional Maps. |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 - Thematic Grant Call (Call 2/2013) | Yeo Puay Hwa, Jesvin | Designing Cultures: An ethnographic study of visual communication of the traditional artisans |
| 2012 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Grants | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 2012 Grant Call | Hans-Martin Rall | Wayang Kulit-As You Like It Transcultural Adaptation of Shakespeare for Asian Animation |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 2012 Grant Call | Michael John Kirk Walsh | Heritage Conservation, Visualization and Education: Protecting Regional Culture of Universal Significance in a Globalizing World |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 2012 Grant Call | Joan Marie Kelly | Culture, Behaviour and Art Uncovered By The Development of Tangible Interfaces in Interactive Visual Environments |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 2012 Grant Call | Louis-Philippe Demers | Inferno: A robotic live performance where the audience wears the machines. |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 2012 Grant Call | Peer Mohideen Sathikh | Eden In Iraq: Ecological and Cultural Restoration through Art, Design, and Environmental Science- ~Growing Beauty with the 7000 year old Marsh Arab Culture~ |
| MOE AcRF Tier 1 2012 Grant Call | Heitor Capuzzo | Utopian Constructions: Spanish Civil War |