Research Grants

Ministry of Education Academic Research Funding (MOE-AcRF) Tier-1 Grant

Project Title: The Strategic Approach of Venture Capitalists to Sustainability in Early-Stage Investment Decisions

Approved Amount: $73,560.00 (3-year grant from 2023-2026)

Principal Investigator (PI): Marilyn A. Uy; Co-PI: Chang Xin (Simba); Collaborator: Jessie Tze-Ting Cheung

MOE-AcRF Tier-1 Grant

Project Title: Dynamics of New Venture Team Formation and Development: A Prospective Field Study

Approved Amount: S$69,551.35 (3-year grant from 2021-2024)

PI: Marilyn A. Uy; Collaborator: Michael M. Gielnik

Workforce Development Applied Research Fund (WDARF)

Project Title: Measuring Employability and Lifelong Learning Mindsets Needed for Careers in the 21st Century

Approved Amount: S$ 426,216 (3-year grant from 2021-2024)

PI: Ringo Ho Moon-Ho; Co-PI: Chan Kim Yin, Oleksandr Chernyshenko, Marilyn A. Uy, and Yan Yin Ho

Collaborators: Shen-Hsing Annabel Chen, Chong Sin Hui, and Rebekah Wei Ying Lim

MOE-AcRF Tier-1 Grant

Project Title: Processes of Opportunity Identification: Discovery, Creation and Evolution

Approved Amount: S$ 94,738 (3-year grant from 2018-2021)

PI: Marilyn A. Uy;  Co-PI: Boh Wai Fong

Ministry of Education Social Science Thematic Research Grant (MOE-SSRTG)

Project Title: Can Opportunity Identification be Trained? A Field Experiment

Approved Amount: S$ 840,846 (3-year grant from 2018-2021)

PI: Boh Wai Fong; Co-PI: Marilyn A. Uy 

MOE-AcRF Tier-1 Grant

Project Title: Unraveling the Motivational Pathways to STEM Career Preferences and Behaviors: The Interplay between Individual and Contextual Influences

Approved Amount: S$ 79,200 (3-year grant from 2016-2019)

PI: Marilyn A. Uy; Co-PI: Chan Kim Yin, Oleksandr Chernyshenko, and Yu Kang Yang Trevor

MOE-AcRF Tier-1 Grant

Project Title: Dynamics of Creativity and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Identity and Passion

Approved Amount: S$ 50,000 (2-year grant from 2015-2017)

PI: Marilyn A. Uy; Co-PI: Hong Ying-Yi

National Research Foundation (NRF) Science of Research, Innovation and Enterprise (SRIE) Grant

Project Title: Understanding Innovation in Small Medium Enterprises and Start-Ups

Approved Amount: S$ 927,588 (3-year grant from 2015 to 2018)

PI: Boh Wai Fong; Co-PI: George Christopoulos and Marilyn A. Uy 

Ministry of Education, 1st Autonomous Universities Technology Transfer Office (MOE-AU TTO) Project Grant

Project Title: Enhancement of NTU Career Aspiration Survey (CAS): From an Annual Survey of Entrepreneurial Motivation to a University-wide System for Entrepreneurial Promotion and Career Development

Approved Amount: S$ 852,386 (3-year grant from 2014 to 2017)

PI: Chan Kim Yin; Co-PI: Rosa Kang, Oleksandr Chernyshenko, Ringo Ho Moon-Ho, and Marilyn A. Uy

MOE-AcRF Tier-2 Grant

Project Title: Lifespan Career Development in Entrepreneurship, Professionalism, and Leadership

Approved Amount: S$ 381,986.66 (3-year grant from 2014-2017)

PI: Ringo Ho Moon-Ho; Co-PI: Chan Kim Yin, Oleksandr Chernyshenko, Marilyn A. Uy, and Yu Kang Yang Trevor