Applications will be open from Tuesday, 25 October 2022.

Applications will close on Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 11.59 (GMT+8).

You can register for the India OIC at https://india.innovation-challenge.sg using a valid email address. Then, click ‘Apply Now’. You will be presented with an application form, through which you can submit your proposal. The submission will be your official entry into this Challenge. Please feel free to upload any supporting documents to support your proposal.

You will receive a confirmation email upon successful registration. If you do not receive an acknowledgement upon registering, please write to [email protected] .

For the application phase, your company must complete an application form that will cover the following:

Details of Applicant

Executive Summary

• A quick summary of the solution, underlying technology and deliverables in 500 words. The summary should address the tangible and intangible outcomes of the project.

Detailed Project Proposal

• Technical feasibility and novelty of the proposed solution;
• Solution effectiveness, i.e. how well it addresses stated requirements;
• Potential benefits and impact, such as manpower or cost savings, etc;
• Operational feasibility, including details on how to onboard various stakeholders;
• Business feasibility, including commercialisation and scale-up strategy, estimated commercial pricing, life cycle costs, proposed business model;
• Capacity, resources, and expertise committed to the project;
• Details on the POC or MVP if available;
• Desired deliverables and / or outcomes of the project (including but not limited to tech specs, product development schedule, key challenges to overcome); and
• Others (as specifically requested in the challenge brief).

You are free to submit as many applications as there are challenge statements. However, do note that your last application for each challenge statement as on the application deadline will be considered for evaluation.

Your submission will be evaluated by the challenge statement owner concerned, along with invited industry experts organising the India Open Innovation Challenge, where necessary. Solutions should come with some form of proof-of-concept (POC), that can be used as a trial to address problems raised by participating companies. You may be contacted should the committee require more information.

During the evaluation of all submissions, we will consider the relevance, scalability, and feasibility of the proposed solution.

Public researchers can participate by either:

1. Registering a new spin-off to license the technology, lead by a committed and capable team; OR
2. Submitting a joint proposal with industry partners. The industry partner must co-develop the solution, lead the proposal submission, and eventually commercialise the proposed solution.

All background intellectual property rights are owned by the creators. Any commercialisation of IP generated during this Challenge shall be negotiated separately between the participant and respective challenge statement owners.

The protection of intellectual property rights in the submitted solution is the sole responsibility of the applicant. Once the solution is submitted and selected for trial with the challenge statement owner, a private agreement between the two parties.

Enterprise Singapore would not request for a stake in the IPs developed. If you would like to share intellectual property rights which may contribute to the value proposition of the solution, it will be advisable to consider getting appropriate legal advice prior to making any disclosures to the organisers.

We respect that the information provided by companies in the proposals could be sensitive and will be handled with care. However, we do not advise companies to submit information that is deemed confidential.

Participating companies should not disclose any information relating to the provisional patent until after it has been filed. Despite that, it is advisable that companies exercise caution in disclosing only necessary information for the purpose of submitting their proposal. We suggest that companies either IPOS or engage a patent attorney for professional advice.

Awarded innovators for each challenge statement stand to win an Open Innovation Challenge (OIC) grant of up to SGD20,000. The grant quantum will be subject to the achievement of agreed upon milestones as part of the pilot. Eligible innovators include Singapore startups and SMEs.

Foreign startups and SMEs that are currently not registered in Singapore will be required to do so as part of the grant conditions. You will also be required to conduct project developmental activities in Singapore or have demonstrated substantial innovation and business activity in Singapore.

For pilots arising from this challenge that are supported through Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), awared innovators are required to submit a proposal for the grant through the Business Grant Portal. More information on documents required for submission can be found in the application form in BGP. The proposal and agreement will then be reviewed by Enterprise Singapore to determine the final amount of funding.

Challenge Partner Contact
Name: Divakar Subramaniam
Email: [email protected]