National Cohorts Office

Information about National Cohorts Office

Last updated 13 January 2026

The National Cohorts Office (NCO) advocates and facilitates competency building among cohorts to enhance the long-term biomedical research ecosystem in Singapore. Its roles and responsibilities are listed in the table below:

Roles and responsibilities of National Cohorts Office

Roles	Responsibilities
Ecosystem Facilitator	Connect across cohorts and other stakeholders to build a collaborative ecosystem
Cohort Advocator	Highlight needs of cohorts at the national level
Competency Building	Establish and encourage best practices
Methodological Innovation	Promote development, evaluation and dissemination of relevant methods
Funding Administrator	Launch grant calls and administer Strategic Cohorts Funding

The NCO is hosted at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore (NUS).

For more information please contact cohorts@nus.edu.sg.