Research Grant Projects 2026
MOE Social Science and Humanities Research Fellowship
Project title: From Ambivalence to Action: Cultivating Paradox Mindsets for Relationship and Family Decisions in Singapore
Principal Investigator: Kenneth Tan, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) Social Mobility Foundation (SMF) Grant
Project title: "Broadening the Meritocracy": Familes' Experiences of Education Reform in Singapore's Primary Schools
Principal Investigator: Jacqueline Ho, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Project title: Understanding Intergenerational Mobility Among Public Rental Flat Residents
Principal Investigator: Nathan Peng, Assistant Professor of Political Science (Education)
British Academy, UK
Project title: Overseas Chinese, Social Orders and Global Orders: Making a Documentary Film about a Sino-Thai Family’s Visit to Their Ancestral Village in China
Principal Investigator: William A. Callahan, Professor of Political Science
Project title: Chinese Keywords: Alternative ideas about society and politics
Principal Investigator: William A. Callahan, Professor of Political Science
SMU Education Research Seed Grant
Project title: From Area Studies to Asia-Readiness: Re-Calibrating Asian Studies' Pedagogical Purposes in Higher Education
Principal Investigator: George Wong, Assistant Professor of Sociology (Education); Urban Fellow (Urban Experiences), Basket Coordinator for Asia Insights
Longevity Societies and Economies Institute (LSEI) Seed Grant
Project title: Navigating Singlehood in the Longevity Society: The Influence of Inequality, Social Capital, and Solitude Capacity for Holistic Well-Being Among Singles in Singapore
Principal Investigator: Kenneth Tan, Assistant Professor of Psychology
MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 3
Project title: The Curation of Blue Zone 3.0 – Examining Societal Nudges to Promote Well-being of a Super-aged Population
Principal Investigator: Paulin Straughan, Professor of Sociology (Practice)
Social Science Research Council 2025 Special Programmatic Grant
Project title: Computational Social Simulations for Aiding Policy Design
Principal Investigator: Kenneth Benoit, Dean,School of Social Sciences
Project title: Rethinking Regional Resilience in a Changing World
Principal Investigator: Patrick Quinton-Brown, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Project title: Inclusive AI governance in SEA cities
Principal Investigator: Yasmin Ortiga, Associate Professor of Sociology
National Cohorts Office
Project title: Enhancing Ageing Research in Singapore: Integrating the Singapore Life Panel withTRUST Data
Principal Investigator: Paulin Straughan, Professor of Sociology (Practice)
SMU Internal Research Grant: ResWORK Grant
Project title: The Effects of AI-Based Cognitive Offloading on Metacognitive Skills and Learning Transfer in Adult Professional Learners
Principal Investigator: Yang Hwajin, Professor of Psychology
SMU Internal Research Grant
Project title: The Partisan Effects of Political Awe
Principal Investigator: Brandon Yip, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Project title: Cultural Hybridity Fosters Self-Construal Flexibility
Principal Investigator: Cheng Chi-Ying, Associate Professor of Psychology
Project title: Policy Innovation Labs– Building a Typology for Policy Design Outcomes
Principal Investigator: Ishani Mukherjee, Associate Professor of Public Policy
Project title: “Broadening the Meritocracy”: Families’ Experiences of Education Reform in Singapore’s Primary Schools
Principal Investigator: Jacqueline Ho, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Project title: Learning-by-Teaching Improves Higher Order Learning and Transfer: Unravelling the Psychological Mechanisms
Principal Investigator: Sarah Shi Hui Wong, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Project title: The New Anatomy of Critical Thinking: Employer Attitudes in the AI Age
Principal Investigator: Steven Burik, Associate Professor of Philosophy (Education)