Applications invited for Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge 2021

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International Enterprise Singapore and SPRING came together on 1 April 2018 as a single agency to form Enterprise Singapore.

Enterprise Singapore is the government agency championing enterprise development. We work with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate and internationalise. We also support the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and startups. As the national standards and accreditation body, we continue to build trust in Singapore’s products and services through quality and standards.

About the Event

Help build a brighter future for our planet with the Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge 2021! Enterprise Singapore (ESG) is collaborating with key industry partners to launch the third edition of the challenge with challenge statements in key sustainability areas such as sustainable materials, waste management, and many more.

Timeline

The application phase will run from August 20, 2021 (GMT+8) and will end on October 24, 2021 at 23:59 (GMT+8).

Innovators can register on the platform, choose a challenge statement to tackle, complete the participation form, and submit a 5 to 10 slide PDF proposal deck addressing the following areas:

• Details of Applicant
• Executive Summary: provide a summary of the solution, technology and deliverables – tangible and intangible outcomes of the project (in less than 500 words).

Detailed project proposal, including:

• Technical feasibility of solution and novelty
• Effectiveness in addressing the challenge (how the solution can address requirements).
• Potential benefits (e.g. how is this solution novel/different from what is available currently, potential cost and manpower savings).
• Operational feasibility: Potential end users/stakeholders onboarding plans.
• Business feasibility of solution (commercialisation and scale up strategy, estimated commercial price, operating/maintenance/life cycle cost/business model).
• Capacity and expertise to execute (capabilities and resources committed).
• Details on POC/MVP if applicable; Desired deliverables/milestones and outcomes of projects (including but not limited to tech specs, project/product development schedule, key challenges to overcome).
• Others (as specifically requested by Challenge Brief).

Feel free to tackle multiple challenge statements by creating new participations should you have more than one solution to submit!

The deadline of the submission will be on October 24, 2021 at 23:59 (GMT+8). Please note that all the deliverables must be submitted in English.

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