Enabling Sports Fund

Who qualifies

• Organisation types: Natural person (worker, trainee, founder); Sole proprietorship; Limited liability partnership; Company limited by guarantee; Private limited company (Pte Ltd); Registered society; raiSE-registered social enterprise.
• Must be registered in Singapore.
• Individual applicants must be Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents; a majority of members in an informal group or collective must be Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents.
• Schools, including SPED schools and Institutes of Higher Learning, and National Sports Associations may apply.
• Projects must involve sport, fitness, physical activity or disability sport participation, clearly benefit persons with disabilities, reach or expand to new groups, and fulfil an ESF focus area (Programming, Sport Inclusivity, Coaching, or Innovation and Technology).
• Category C applicants (commercial entities) must have a formalised partnership with a disability-serving organisation and provide proof plus documentation of non-financial contributions.
• Projects cannot be completed before approval or receive other funding for the same project or programme component.

What it funds

• Community, arts, heritage, sports, social-good projects
• R&D, product development, prototyping, IP

Costs covered: Hardware, machinery, IT equipment; Space, incubation or facility rental; Course fees and trainer costs; Explain in notes.

Maximum support: up to 90%.

Up to 90% of qualifying costs for all three applicant categories.

Recorded cap: S$100,000.

Category A (non-commercial, track record): capped at S$100,000/year, up to 5 years, tapered from year 4. Category B (non-commercial, limited track record) and Category C (commercial/social enterprise with a disability-org partnership): capped at S$50,000/year, up to 3 years, one-year renewable.

Payment: Paid in tranches against milestones.

How to apply

Use the ESF Eligibility Checker, read the Application Guide, then submit through the OurSG Grants Portal before the closing date.

1. Check eligibility using the Eligibility Checker (go.gov.sg/esf-eligibility-checker).
2. Read the Application Guide and prepare the applicant, project, budget, outcomes, tracking and supporting-document information.
3. Submit your application through the OurSG Grants Portal before the closing date.
4. Await the outcome; applicants are informed by December 2026.

Before applying

• Do not make financial commitments or begin incurring costs on the assumption that funding will be approved.

Documents

• Application form — Submit through OurSG Grants; the Word template is for drafting only and is not accepted as a submission.
• Budget template — Required for submission through OurSG Grants; the linked XLSX did not render in the vault. Agency document ↗
• Risk management template — Required for submission through OurSG Grants.
• Organisation chart — Must show how the project team and manpower will be structured.
• CV and bios — For applicants, key project personnel and Board Executive Committee members, if any.
• Proof of partnership (if applicable) — Required for Category C applicants' partnership with an organisation primarily serving persons with disabilities.
• Documentation of non-financial contributions to the community (if applicable) — Required for Category C applicants; volunteer hours are an example.
• Other supporting materials (if applicable) — Examples include presentation decks, photos and videos of relevant past projects.

Processing time: Evaluation from September to November 2026; outcome by end-November or December 2026

Claiming support

For projects up to 12 months, SportSG disburses 60% upon signing the agreement and reimburses 40% at the agreed project end date after the final report and netting revenue or income. Multi-year projects repeat a 60/40 annual pattern, with the second tranche after approval of the progress report and proof of expenditure. Surplus must be refunded.

Depending on project duration

Contact: mailto:EnablingSportsFund@sport.gov.sg

Application window: 2026 grant call; the next cycle is not announced on the official pages.

Opens: 2026-08-01

Closes: 2026-08-31