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
b) Children & Youth
c) Community Building
d) Diversity & Inclusion
e) Environment & Sustainability
f) Health & Wellbeing
g) All Community Sectors
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.
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.
Lively Places Fund
Supports community-driven place-making projects that help develop stronger place identity and sense of community among residents and stakeholders.
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.
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).
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 [email protected].
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.
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.
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:
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
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).
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.
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:
Quantum
Up to $5,000 or 100% of the total costs of the project or whichever is lower.
Application submission
Post-Project Submission
For enquiries and clarification, please contact [email protected].
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:
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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