The SG Digital Scholarship is your gateway to global opportunities, hands-on experience, and lifelong networks. Explore frontier technologies and work with leading organisations driving the digital future. With the freedom to pursue your ambitions across industries, you’ll transform bold ideas into real impact in AI, technology, and media.
SG Digital Scholarship
We believe scholarships should open doors, not close them. That’s why the SG Digital Scholarship gives you the freedom to focus on what truly matters: exploring, learning, and creating impact. Whether you’re passionate about AI, media or technology, you’ll have the flexibility to serve your bond in any organisation or industry in Singapore.
Because shaping the nation’s digital future begins with empowering you to shape your own.
Applications open November 2025 to March 2026.
Benefits
Autonomy to chart your own future
Chart your own path with a rewarding career in technology or media. Serve your bond with any organisation or industry in Singapore.
Comprehensive sponsorship support
Study with confidence with full sponsorship of tuition, compulsory fees and living allowance. Receive extra support when you take on courses, certificates, overseas internships and exchange programmes.^[br/][br/] ^For full-time students, terms and conditions apply.
Internships & job opportunities
Gain access to internships and employment pathways with top employers in technology and media.
Grow your network
Be part of the Singapore Digital Leadership Accelerator — a community of digital leaders shaping Singapore’s digital economy and media landscape. Connect with leaders across all career stages and mentors who will help refine your skills, broaden your horizons, and gain valuable industry insights.
Exclusive invitations
Gain exclusive access to industry events and networking opportunities, connecting you with the brightest minds in technology and media.
Scholar spotlight
Joshua Wong[br/]Co-Founder & CEO of Hypotenuse AI[br/][strong]Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree[/strong]
Joshua Wong is the co-founder and CEO of Hypotenuse AI, a generative AI platform backed by top investors such as Y Combinator, January Capital, Cabra VC, as well as executives from ShopBack, Amazon and Carousell. With over 500,000 users globally, the platform generates marketing content for businesses within seconds, including blog articles, social media posts and product descriptions, in a way that matches a brand’s voice. Joshua’s contributions to the field of AI has not only earned him a spot on Tatler’s Gen.T List 2023, but also the Prestige 40 Under 40 list.
Amanda Chew[br/]VP of Product, Horizon Quantum Computing
Amanda is a VP of Product at Horizon Quantum Computing, where she leads the product vision, strategy, research, design, and development of tools for programming quantum computers. Previously, she was at Microsoft, where she last worked in product management on Visual Studio App Center. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from Brown University, and executive certifications from Stanford University, Wharton Executive Education and INSEAD Executive Education.[br/][br/] In 2023, Amanda was recognised for her contributions to the technology industry by being honoured in the Singapore Computer Society’s Singapore 100 Women in Tech list.
Derrick Lee[br/]CTO of Accredify[br/][strong]Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree[/strong]
Derrick Lee is the co-founder and CTO of Accredify, a start-up that supports companies in managing and verifying documents digitally. After receiving the SG Digital Scholarship in 2016, he went on to co-found Accredify, and in 2022, made his mark on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Accredify was recently recognised by HolonIQ as one of the Top 50 Southeast Asia EdTech Startups for the third consecutive year.
He Shuming[br/]Director[br/][strong]Golden Horse Awards Nominee[/strong]
He Shuming is a screenwriter and director. After receiving the SG Digital Scholarship awarded by IMDA, Shuming completed his MFA in Directing at the American Film Institute Conservatory in California. His debut feature film, Ajoomma, won Most Promising Project at the Southeast Asian Film Lab and garnered four nominations at the 59th Golden Horse Awards.
Contact us
For more information, please contact us at: Info@imda.gov.sg
Footnote
* Subject to IMDA’s approval.
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