Deadline: 31-Aug-25
The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment is inviting applications to provide funding for community projects that support environmental sustainability.
Categories
- Sprout
- Main
Funding Information
- The SG Eco Fund works on a co-funding basis. If the application is approved, the applicant may receive funding of up to 80% of the supportable cost items, capped at a grant amount of $30,000 for the Sprout category or $1 million for the Main category.
Eligible Projects
- Environmental Benefit: Projects that advance environmental sustainability in Singapore
- Community Action: Projects that inspire and enable the community to co-create and/or co-deliver environmental solutions
- Innovation: Projects that have technological and/or social innovation, and new ways of implementing solutions
- Sustained Impact: Projects that create sustained impact through building local expertise, creating resources, and/or developing scalable solutions.
Eligible Expenses
- The SG Eco Fund supports the following cost items:
- Professional services (e.g. events management, workshop facilitation, behavioural study, audit);
- Venue rental;
- Educational materials (e.g. brochures, publications, books);
- Marketing and publicity (e.g. production of posters, EDMs, photography).
Ineligible Expenses
- The SG Eco Fund does not support the following cost items:
- Overhead costs (e.g. manpower, payment to team members, office space rental, production space rental, land rental, utilities);
- Vehicle fuel and long-term vehicle rental;
- Construction costs for buildings and enclosed structures;
- Food and beverage.
Eligibility Criteria
- The SG Eco Fund is open to the following applicants:
- Individuals: Must be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident, above 18 years old, and residing in Singapore;
- Groups of Individuals: All individuals must be above 18 years old and residing in Singapore, and the group must have at least one Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident;
- Organisations: Singapore-registered organisations, including companies, charities, government and non-government organisations
- Projects must:
- Improve the environment or advance environmental sustainability in Singapore;
- Engage and/or involve the community; and
- Not have obtained funding from other government sources.
Evaluation Criteria
- Eligible applications will be assessed against the following criteria:
- Implementation and Innovation:
- Applicant has the appropriate knowledge and skills to implement the project
- Applicant has a clear and feasible implementation plan
- Applicant adopts an innovative approach
- Environmental Benefit:
- Project produces tangible environmental outcomes
- Project has measurable environmental targets
- Project results in sustained environmental benefit
- Community Engagement:
- Project involves partnerships and community action
- Project has measurable community engagement targets
- Project generates resources that the public can tap on to advance environmental sustainability
- Cost Effectiveness:
- Project costs items are reasonable
- Project budget is commensurate with the level of impact achieved through the project.
- Implementation and Innovation:
For more information, visit Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment.