About iN.LEARN 2.0
iN.LEARN 2.0 is a national initiative by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). It follows in the footsteps of iN.LEARN 2020, which was launched in 2015 to promote innovative and blended learning in the Continuing Education and Training (CET) ecosystem. The initiative has been refreshed to better foster supportive market conditions that can increase the rate and adoption of innovative training approaches and practices. CET providers can tap on iN.LEARN 2.0 for co-funding and co-sharing the risks of promising innovations, as well as receiving exemption from regulatory requirements.
iN.LEARN 2.0 will focus on four key areas to support the on-going transformation of the TAE sector:
- increasing the uptake of online and blended learning by individuals;
- amplifying enterprises’ adoption of innovative learning technology;
- developing effective remote assessment and proctoring solutions for individual and enterprise-led training; and
- developing effective placement solutions that tighten the industry-training nexus.
SSG has appointed IAL's Innovation Centre, which focuses on catalyzing learning innovation in Singapore’s TAE sector, as the Programme Manager to oversee and manage the innovation programmes.
The three programmes under iN.LEARN 2.0 include:
1) innovSpur
The innovSpur, the new anchor programme of iN.LEARN 2.0, will support innovators in scaling up minimum viable products to the commercialization stage, that is ready for the Learning and Development market. Applicants will be evaluated according to innovativeness, market and competition, impact, scalability, risks mitigation, track record and project team competencies.
Projects may be awarded a grant capped at SGD 500,000 per project, for up to one year. The successful applicants are required to co-fund 25% of the project’s eligible cost.
Click here to view the evaluation criteria for innovSpur.
2) Innovation Sandbox
The Innovation Sandbox provides innovators a conducive space for the experimentation and implementation of innovative CET solutions by granting time-limited regulatory waivers so that courses delivered using these innovative solutions can be eligible for SSG course fee funding and/or SkillsFuture Credit. If approved, CET courses using these innovative solutions could continue to be eligible for SSG course fee funding for up to two years.
3) innovPlus
The innovPlus is an ongoing programme of inlab. It will cover projects in the ideation stage to be developed into minimum viable products, or basic products that support must-have features.
Projects may receive up to SGD 200,000 per project over one year, to develop a minimum viable product. The project owners are required to co-fund 10% of the project’s eligible cost. Promising projects with the potential to scale may continue to participate in innovSpur.
A local organisation (with a valid UEN) could journey through iN.LEARN 2.0 by:
- participating as a challenge owner in InnovPlus and receiving up to SGD 200,000 grant for a year, to develop a minimum viable product (MVP).
- The same organisation can continue to participate in innovSpur (if eligible), for the development of the MVP into a Minimum Marketable Product (MMP).