More about MOE Innovation Fund...
The MOE Innovation Fund (IF) aims to contribute to the Polytechnics' and Institute of Technical Education's (ITE) standing as innovative and world-class education institutions. It serves to encourage the Polytechnics and ITE to view innovation as part of their mission and fulfil the following specific objectives:
- Enable new innovations which will improve or develop new products, processes and systems that generate economic payoffs;
- Enable self-initiated applied research ideas to be developed to the point which demonstrates potential for product development or improvement that could attract industry funding;
- Support the Polytechnics in building up capabilities beyond the few selected niche areas of Centres of Innovation (COIs);
- Support the Polytechnics' and ITE's partnership with the industry, especially local SMEs, to augment technological capabilities; and
- Improve the overall quality of Polytechnic and ITE education by updating and developing staff expertise and providing realistic project work opportunities for students.
The MOE IF funds innovation projects on a competitive basis across the Polytechnics and ITE. Each IF proposal submitted should have a minimum total project value (TPV) of $100,000 over two or three years. Applications for the IF are open only to full-time staff of the Singapore Polytechnics and ITE. For more information on the IF guidelines, please click here.
