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Funding & Grants for CE and S-L Initiatives

There are various funding options available to support SUSS students in their Community Engagement and Service-Learning initiatives.

Students may apply for more than one grant relevant to their initiatives, subject to each grant’s terms and conditions.

Students are encouraged to source for other funding options, apart from the options listed below.

a) Ageing & Elderly

    EL - OSL - Grant Infographic

    b) Children & Youth

      c) Community Building

      d) Diversity & Inclusion

        e) Environment & Sustainability

        f) Health & Wellbeing

        g) All Community Sectors


         

         

        Ageing & Elderly

        EL - OSL - AIC

        Tote Board Community Healthcare Fund (AIC)

        Tote Board Community Healthcare Fund seeks to build a healthier nation, enhance the quality of life of patients, and improve the affordability and accessibility of healthcare services for the needy and disadvantaged. It is jointly administered by the Ministry of Health, AIC and the Health Promotion Board.


        To tap on the funding, please click here.

        Children & Youth

        EL - OSL - NYC

        National Youth Council (NYC)

        Provides different types of funding for youths and youth sector organisations to bring project ideas to life. The funding options include:

        National Youth Fund: To tap on the funding, please click here.

        Young Changemakers (YCM) Grant: To tap on the funding, please click here.

        Community Building

        EL - OSL - Lively Places

        Lively Places Fund

        Supports community-driven place-making projects that help develop stronger place identity and sense of community among residents and stakeholders.


        To tap on the funding, please click here.

        EL - OSL - NHB

        National Heritage Board Minor Project Grant

        Supports initiatives that promote and foster a deeper sense of Singaporeans’ appreciation of heritage, with in-depth engagement with the community.


        To tap on the funding, please click here.

        EL - OSL - OurSG

        Our Singapore Fund

        Provides co-funding for projects (up to $20,000) for projects that bring communities together and/or promote Singapore's national identity and shared values. This umbrella fund is made up of supporting funds from the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), Tote Board (Singapore Totalisator Board) and the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE).


        To tap on the funding, please click here.

        Diversity & Inclusion

        EL - OSL - IMDA

        Digital for Life Fund (IMDA)

        Provides funding support to non-profit organisations which aim to promote digital inclusion (building digital resilience and helping Singaporeans to appreciate and use digital technologies to enrich their lives) and/or digital wellness (promoting good digital habits in the areas of cybersecurity, media literacy and mitigating the risks of online harms).


        To tap on the funding, please click here.

        Environment & Sustainability

        EL - OSL - SouthWestECo

        South West ECo Fund Plus

        Provides support for ground-up initiatives on environmental sustainability by youths, which fulfils at least one goal of the Sustainable South West (SSW) masterplan and achieve a community outreach of at least 500 participants.

         

        To tap on the funding, please click here.

        EL - OSL - SGEco

        SG Eco-Fund

        Provides co-funding for community-driven projects that aim to advance environmental sustainability in Singapore. The fund will cover projects across a broad range of areas related to sustainability, including climate change mitigation, waste reduction, as well as the conservation of nature and biodiversity.

         

        To tap on the funding, please click here.

        EL - OSL - NEA

        Environment Fund for IHLs (NEA)

        Provides funding for youth-driven projects in Institutes of Higher Learning to promote a pro-environment mind-set amongst the youth.

         

        To tap on the funding, please click here.

        EL - OSL - Call For Ideas

        Call For Ideas Fund (NEA)

        Provides funding for community-driven projects that seek to resolve an environmental challenge and encourage the community to make environmentally responsible choices via outreach and education efforts.

         

        To tap on the funding, please click here.

        Health & Wellbeing

        EL - OSL - BMDP

        Bone Marrow Donor Programme (BMDP) Seed Funding

        Provides an in-principle funding of up to $1,500 to initiate projects such as conducting live talks, social media challenges, virtual live performance and more (up to team’s creativity) to raise awareness, funds or recruit marrow donors.

         

        To find out more about the funding, please click here or contact BMDP via email at dr@bmdp.org.

         

        EL - OSL - HPB

        Health Ambassador Grant (HPB)

        Provides a funding quantum of up to $4,000 for individuals (Health Ambassadors) interested in initiating sustainable fitness interest groups in the community.

         

        To tap on the funding, please click here.

         

        EL - OSL - Kidney WC

        Kidney We Care Movement Fund

         Provides funding for initiatives that raise awareness about kidney failure or help improve the kidney failure patients and caregivers’ quality of life.

         

        To tap on the funding, please click here.

         

        All Community Sectors

        EL - OSL - NW WeCare

        North West WeCare Fund supports ground-up projects driven by volunteers from Institute of Higher Learning to build a caring community. Besides providing funding, the CDC will also extend project management expertise and advice, aggregate community resources and connect relevant partners together to support and build on these initiatives.

        To apply for the funding, the project/programme should have the following elements:

        • Community Impact: meets the needs or improves the lives of the local community by adopting local causes
        • Sustainable: go beyond one-off/ ad hoc activities
        • Multiplier Effect: partnering corporates, Grassroots Organisations (GROs), schools, Social Service Agencies (SSAs) or the community

        To tap on the funding, a formal application must be submitted to the SUSS Office of Service-Learning for endorsement at least 8 weeks before the proposed start date.


        Please click here to download a copy of the North West WeCare Fund Application form

        EL - OSL - OscarSG

        Oscar SG Fund

        Launched by Temasek Trust, the fund supports ground up initiatives responding to urgent community needs in Singapore arising from or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and which are aligned with the OSCAR values (ownership, sustainability, care, assurance, resilience).


        To tap on the funding, please click here.

         

        EL - OSL - CE Fund

        BinjaiTree Community Engagement Fund

        The BinjaiTree Community Engagement Fund seeks to empower and inspire SUSS students to continue to create sustainable endeavours for the community. The BinjaiTree Community Engagement Fund Committee represents the student body to collectively raise and disburse funds for SUSS students' community efforts. Supported by BinjaiTree Foundation, the grant enables individual student groups to concentrate their efforts on delivering quality community projects, reducing the diversion of precious resources to individual group fundraising.


        To find out more about the funding, please click here.

        Criteria for Application

        Must be community projects that demonstrate strong service-learning elements aligned with SUSS's service-learning objectives. In addition, the project team should fulfil the following criteria:

        • The project leader must be an existing SUSS full-time student.
        • The funded project should be undertaken in collaboration with community organisation(s).
        • The team must specify how they intend to design, devise, develop and deliver their projects and their desired outcomes based on their research and needs analysis with the identified community organisation.

        Quantum

        Up to $5,000 or 100% of the total costs of the project or whichever is lower.


        Application submission

        1. BinjaiTree CE Fund Application Form
        2. BinjaiTree CE Fund Project Budget
        3. Other supporting documents as required

        Post-Project Submission

        1. Post-Project Report
        2. Post-Project Statement of Accounts

        For enquiries and clarification, please contact suss.slfund@gmail.com.

        EL - OSL - SWYouth

        South West Youth Fund

        South West Youth Fund supports ground-up initiatives driven by youths that aid in promoting youth volunteerism, community ownership, and enhance capabilities among the youth.


        To apply for the funding, project/ programme should have the following elements:

        • Benefit the South West community and engage at least 50 beneficiaries; and
        • Be an initiative by a team of at least 5 members; aged 35 and below.

        To tap on the funding, please click here.

         

        EL - OSL - SWIF

        South West Innovation Fund (SWIF+)

        An initiative by the South West CDC, it aims to encourage community partners to facilitate ground-up projects that cannot be previously done due to resource constraints.

        To tap on the funding, please click here.

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