Grants
March 2022
Artificial Intelligence (AI) based image recognition system for monitoring endangered mammals
Funding agency: National Conversation Trust Fund (NCTF), KeTSA
Amount: RM 229,200
Type of grant: National
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Sivachandran
March 2021
Opening the blackbox of phage diversity in Belum rainforest to combat antimicrobial resistant infections
Funding agency: GCRF, U.K.
Amount: GBP 10,000
Type of grant: International
Heera Rajandas
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January 2021
Synthesis and evaluation of Novel Chromone Analogues potential against Corona Virus
Funding agency: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Education
Amount: RM150,200
Type of grant: National
Ravichandran
September 2021
Characterization and formulation of stable phage cocktail for agriculture applications
Funding agency: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Education
Amount: RM 182,500
Type of grant: National
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Sasireigga
January 2021
Malaysian Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Bioinformatics-driven Computational Biodiscovery (MACBio)
Funding agency: KKP, Ministry of Education
Amount: RM500,000
Type of grant: National
Heera Rajandas
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2020
Omics driven Computational Biodiscovery in the field of venomics
Funding agency: Matching grant with Harvard Medical School
Amount: RM 50,000
Type of grant: International
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Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten
October 2021
Evaluation of efficacy and safety of phage cocktails in Salmonella-infected animal model and human cell line
Funding agency: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Education
Amount: RM 155,500
Type of grant: National
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Sivachandran
January 2021
Deciphering Paddy Probiotics: A Precision Agricultural ‘moonshot’ for Rice cultivation
Funding agency: CREST, Malaysia
Amount: RM1,436,252
Type of grant: National
Heera Rajandas
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2020
Scientific Training in Southeast Asia: Phages as Antibacterial Tools to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
Funding agency: GCRF. U.K.
Amount: RM165,763.81
Type of grant: International
Martha Clokie (UK lead)
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Andrew Millard (UK lead)
2020
Scientific Training in Southeast Asia: Phages as Antibacterial Tools to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
Funding agency: GCRF. U.K.
Amount: RM165,763.81
Type of grant: International
Martha Clokie (UK lead)
April 2019
Exploring New Collaboration in Malaysia With A View To Developing Novel Phage Products
Funding agency: International Research Development Fund-Global Challenges Research Fund
Amount: RM11,666
Type of grant: International
Martha Clokie (UK Lead)
January 2019
Understanding the role of oral and gut microbiome's functional signatures in relation to Schizophrenia
Funding agency: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Education
Amount: RM 200,700
Type of grant: National
Heera Rajandas
January 2019
The Bioactive Compounds and Genetic Blueprint of Acmella uliginosa, Myrmecodia tuberosa and Hydnophytum formicarum using A Multi-Omics Driven Approach
Funding agency: UMK Matching grant Scheme
Amount: RM 100,000
Type of grant: National
Heera
January 2019
Characterization of transformed salivary microbiota in Malaysian children who experience environmental tobacco smoke exposure based on metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing
Funding agency: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Education
Amount: RM190,400
Type of grant: National
Priya
January 2019
Stemming the rot from within: Bacteriophages as a potential biocontrol agent against macergens causing soft rot diseases
Funding agency: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Education
Amount: RM122,200
Type of grant: National
Lee Su Yin
January 2019
Production of fertilizer using food waste
Funding agency: FAIRY FOOD INDUSTRIES SDN. BHD. (Industry grant)
Amount: RM 20,000
Type of grant: National
K. Marimuthu
January 2019
Deciphering the genetic blueprint of endangered indigenous plants and their associated microbiome using a multi-omics approach
Funding agency: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Education
Amount: RM142,000
Type of grant: National
Sivachandran
January 2019
Molecular basis of the plasticity potential of dental pulp stem cells towards regional specific neural precursors
Funding agency: Industry grant
Amount: RM20,000
Type of grant: National
Sivachandran
January 2018
Assembly and annotation of genome and transcriptome of Malaysian Medicinal Leech, Hirudinaria javanica and Hirudinaria manillensis
Funding agency: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Education
Amount: RM72,200
Type of grant: National
Siventhiran
2017
Discovering the oral microbiome diversity in the three major ethnic groups in Malaysia and understanding their functional signatures in relation to periodontitis, among smokers and non-smokers
Funding agency: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Education
Amount: RM155,500
Type of grant: National
Heera Rajandas
2017
Intelligent algorithm based remote Aedes aegypti mosquito and post-dengue patient monitoring, reporting and preventing solutions for Dengue outbreaks in Malaysia
Funding agency: CREST, Malaysia
Amount: RM599,000
Type of grant: Industry
Ravichandran