The Liveability Challenge (Temasek Foundation)
The Liveability Challenge
Usually opens in January and February and March
Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.
Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.
Up to S$1 million in funding is made available to winning solutions addressing urban sustainability and decarbonisation challenges, awarded as grant and/or investment depending on the solution and company stage.
Temasek Foundation
private · national
Deadline: annual_call — Annual global open call. Submissions typically open in January and close around March, with the Grand Finale held in the middle of the year during Ecosperity Week.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Moderate — a form and supporting documents.
Who can apply
- Sectors: climate, energy, agri, social
- Stage: pre_seed, seed, series_a
Open globally; solutions must be deployable in Singapore and tropical Asia. Individuals, research teams and companies may enter.
How to apply
- Register on the challenge platform when the annual call opens.
- Submit the solution against the published problem statements (typically decarbonisation, food and water resilience).
- Shortlisting and mentoring rounds.
- Pitch at the Grand Finale; winners receive funding and deployment support.
What you will need
- Solution submission form
- Technical description and evidence of validation
- Team profile
- Deployment and commercialisation plan
Source. https://www.theliveabilitychallenge.org/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked
"The Liveability Challenge is a global search for solutions to urban sustainability, with up to S$1 million in funding."