Strategic Sector Programme
SIIRD is proud to launch the Strategic Sector Programme, whereby R&D projects which involve at least one research performer from Israel/Singapore, can stand to receive enhanced funding support from SIIRD.
The Strategic Sector Programme is open to projects in the Climate Tech space, and the deadline for Full submissions is 31 March 2025. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their applications early in case of technical difficulties.
Climate tech will be defined as technologies that are explicitly focused on reducing GHG emissions or addressing the impacts of global warming.
Climate tech applications can be grouped into three broad sector-agnostic groups—those that:
– Directly mitigate or remove emissions.
– Help us to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
– Expand our Knowledge about climate change.
Please find the following examples of potential scopes relevant (but not limited) to this call:
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- Clean Energy & Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS)
- Low-Carbon Buildings & Green Construction & Built Environment
- Water Ecosystems & Extreme Weather Events & Precision Agriculture
- Waste Management & Circularity
- Food-tech\Future food technologies
- Eco-friendly Manufacturing
- Eco-friendly Transportation
*Note that Singapore applicants need to submit a preliminary application form by 24 March to indicate intention to submit an application . Thereafter, Enterprise Singapore will be in touch to provide more details on the application submission process. The full application must be submitted by 31 March 2025, to be considered for funding.
The support parameters and requirements for the Strategic Sector Programme are as follows:
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Grant co-funding |
Between 50% to 66% of the total qualified project cost, or a total of US$3M, whichever is lower |
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Maximum supportable project duration |
3 years (36 months) |
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Consortium composition requirements |
An applicant consortium must comprise of minimally:
Each country can involve at most 3 organisations, i.e. the maximum allowable size of an applicant consortium is 6 organisations. In sum, this means that consortiums have to be structured in one of the following ways:
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Special conditions |
Regardless of whether there are 1, 2, 3, or 4 researchers in the consortium, the budget allocated to research performers must not exceed 30% of the proposed total cost of the project. |
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Additional benefits |
Research performers will not be subject to any of SIIRD’s grant repayment obligations or mechanisms |
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