The Singapore Prize recognizes individuals or organisations who have made outstanding contributions in pushing the limits of science, technology, and innovation. It serves both as public recognition of their efforts as well as an avenue for them to continue their pursuit of excellence and inspire others in doing the same.
The Prize seeks to foster national identity among Singaporeans and the broader global community, thus contributing to our nation’s development as a knowledge hub. With this objective in mind, its size has doubled and been expanded to include multimedia and artistic historical works as well as book titles in 2025-2027 before returning to Book Category from 2028-2031.
With this expansion comes an increase in prize endowment from S$50,000 to S$100,000. We hope this increase will spur on more impactful submissions that can reach wider audiences and spark conversations about our nation’s history.
An Arts and Multimedia Category has also been introduced to honour the diversity of our Singaporean histories. Submissions should address Singaporean history from any field, theme or time period – even those not written directly in English! – and should offer new insights and capture readers’ imaginations.
Submissions must have been produced between January 1 and December 31, 2021 in order to be eligible. These entries will then be assessed by a jury of experts composed of academics, business leaders and industry professionals who will assess them based on criteria including originality, creativity, depth and breadth of research as well as relevance; in addition the jury will consider how widely published or distributed they were.
Cash prizes of up to S$3 Million will be awarded to the winning team for their contributions in creating world-class innovations that drive economic development and social progress, in addition to awarding up to S$1.5 million each to three teams that demonstrate impact and scalability.
Emmy Award winner Hannah Waddingham and Sterling K. Brown will host a Gala Dinner to recognize this year’s prizewinners on May 24. In addition, performances by Bastille, OneRepublic, Cate Blanchett, Lana Condor Robert Irwin and Nomzamo Mbatha will take place throughout the evening.
Max Maeder of Singapore stands to gain more than Olympic gold when competing in France this month – his goal is also to be awarded with the highest payout from Singapore’s Major Games Award programme, which gives gold medalists up to $1 Million in Singapore dollars as payout. Although Singaporean gambling laws prohibit prize promotions or contests of this sort, as long as participation does not require payment and terms and conditions can be explained clearly to contestants before participation begins.