Digital Trust Centre (DTC Singapore) Innovation Grant Call

The Digital Trust Centre (DTC Singapore) is a national centre for research in trust technology to spearhead efforts to develop trust technologies, including AI safety and strengthen Singapore’s status as a trusted hub in the digital economy. The key objectives of DTC Singapore, which also houses the Singapore AI Safety Institute are to advance scientific research capabilities to be at the forefront of trust technology, grow Singapore’s trust technology industry, and build a strong core of talent.

The DTC Singapore Innovation Grant Call is a competitive research funding initiative that seeks to support collaboration between Singapore-based Institute of Higher Learning (IHLs)/Research Institutes (RIs) and companies with presence in Singapore to co-develop Trust Tech solutions. The goal is to promote and facilitate innovation in Trust Tech, support digital transformation and translation into actual use cases. IHLs/RIs are required to collaborate with companies to form multi-disciplinary teams and consortia of industry domain experts, engineers, researchers, scientists, academics and other professionals to be eligible for this grant. The innovation grant call is scheduled to open for submissions from 17 June 2024 to 16 August 2024.

1. It will be open to all Singapore-based IHLs and RIs, with a mandatory requirement for each project to have one Project Sponsor (Industry Collaborator).
2. The proposed funding quantum would be up to $1 million per proposal (inclusive of 30% indirect cost) for a project duration of 12 months.

Evaluation criteria

Proposals from the Innovation Grant Call will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

1. Alignment to DTC Singapore’s objective and direction.
2. Concise problem statement for a well-defined real-life use case, where trust is a major concern and trust technology is critical to address the problem.
3. Potential benefit of co-developed solution to enable digitalisation and digital transformation, and impact on the sector or industry when scaled for other players.

Find out more details about the grant call and submit your proposals here!