Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge 2026 (Over S$3,000,000 in support) – YOA

Deadline: January 30, 2026

Applications are open for the Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge 2026. Now in its seventh 12 months, the Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge (SOIC) by Enterprise Singapore invites startups and innovators from world wide to associate with main corporates in creating sensible, scalable options for a extra sustainable future.

This 12 months’s problem explores key themes together with Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind, Greener Industries, Sustainable Agrifood, and Sustainable Materials. Each theme displays urgent trade priorities and presents alternatives for innovators to pilot and scale transformative options in collaboration with main company companions. Each problem assertion additionally highlights the potential sustainability affect that may be achieved by means of a profitable resolution.

With over in pilot funding and help, together with from Hexagon Group, SOIC seventh Edition gives a novel platform for resolution suppliers to achieve entry to trade networks, mentorship, and alternatives to validate their concepts in actual-world environments.

Challenge Statements

• Main Track: The Main Track options problem statements from taking part company companions, every outlining particular sustainability challenges and providing engaging alternatives equivalent to pilot funding and in-kind help for profitable innovators. 
• Discovery Track: The Discovery Track options problem statements from corporates to uncover novel applied sciences. Participating innovators can profit from in-kind help, market entry, and the OPPORTUNITY to co-develop options with potential lengthy-time period enterprise affect. 

Benefits

Over S$3 million in pilot dedication and funding help accessible!

Prizes for profitable innovators embrace:

• Access to paid pilots and funding help with company companions to check and validate your resolution in actual-world settings
• Opportunities for co-innovation with trade companions, drawing on their intensive experience and assets
• Mentorship and trade networking to sharpen your worth proposition and open doorways for collaborations
• Additional publicity to SOIC associate programmes (please consult with the Discovery Track for extra data)

The company sponsor, Hexagon Group will award S$100,000 in prize cash to 1 chosen innovator in the Discovery Track

Eligibility

• Open to candidates worldwide. Startups, SMEs, and resolution suppliers from any nation are welcome to apply.
• Your resolution can have a neighborhood and regional focus earlier than being scaled globally.

Evaluation Criteria

• Technical Feasibility & Novelty
  • Does the answer exhibit progressive use of expertise, showcasing technical experience and creativity?
  • Is there a transparent rationalization of how the technical points of the answer deal with the sustainability problem, emphasising uniqueness and novelty?
• Business Feasibility
  • Is the enterprise mannequin scalable, demonstrating the answer’s potential for market acceptance and progress?
• Team Capacity & Expertise
  • Does the staff have various expertise, related experience, and a historical past of profitable collaborations, demonstrating their capability to ship progressive sustainability options?
• Details of POC / MVP
  • Does the POC / Pilot proposal cowl concerns relate to implementation, timeline, and price?

Application

Applications shut on Friday, 30 January 2026 at 11.59pm (GMT+8).

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge.