Deadline: 31-Jan-21
Do you have an idea that supports environmental sustainability and involves the community? If yes, then apply now for SG Eco Fund.
The $50 million SG Eco Fund was announced in March 2020 to support ground-up projects that involve the community and advance environmental sustainability in Singapore. The Fund hopes to motivate and enable individuals, groups and companies to take collective action to build a more sustainable future.
The SG Eco Fund is managed by a Board of Trustees and supported by an Advisory Committee comprising representatives from the People, Private and Public (3P) sectors, as well as the SG Eco Office.
Project Priorities
Projects must:
- Address one or more of these sustainability issues:
- Improve the environment or advance environmental sustainability in Singapore;
- Engage and/or involve the community;
- Not have commenced;
- Not have obtained funding from other government sources.
- Projects should address at least one area of environmental sustainability, including but not limited to the following: climate change; energy; waste; water; food; nature and biodiversity; environmental pollution; or environmental public health.
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, subject to a maximum of S$1 million. Funding will be provided for no more than three years from the date of the Letter of Award.
- The SG Eco Fund supports these cost items:
- Professional services (e.g. events management, workshop facilitation, behavioural study, audit, etc)
- Venue rental
- Educational materials (e.g. brochures, publications, books, etc)
- Marketing and publicity (e.g. production of posters, EDMs, photography, etc)
- Logistics and transportation
- Equipment and tools necessary for project implementation.
- The SG Eco Fund does not support these cost items:
- Manpower
- Food and beverage
- Gifts and prizes (e.g. tokens of appreciation, cash prizes, vouchers, trophies, medals, etc)
- Honorarium or speaker’s fees
- All overseas or foreign visitor’s expenses and fees (e.g. air ticket, accommodation, etc)
- Media space rental (e.g. newspaper, TV, radio, MRT and bus advertisements, etc)
- Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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.
For more information, visit https://www.sgeco.gov.sg/