The IBM Sustainability Accelerator is a social innovation program that supports communities facing environmental and economic stress around the world, through technologies like AI and an ecosystem of experts. The program is now accepting proposals for projects focused on sustainable consumption and production, driven by AI innovation.

Funding Organization: IBM

Research Scope: AI for sustainable consumption and production in any of the following themes:

• Fostering sustainable supply chain innovation
• Efficient use of natural resources
• Mitigating food loss and waste
• Reuse and recycling
• Resilient logistics and transportation systems

Eligibility: The IBM Sustainability Accelerator is open to nonprofit and government organizations globally.

Benefits:

• IBM collaborates with organizations to design, develop and deploy a technical solution directly benefiting communities. Throughout the experience, IBM provides access to platforms such as IBM watsonx and Granite AI models, IBM Cloud, IBM Environmental Intelligence and Red Hat open source technologies as well as technical mentorship to build long-term capacity. Organizations selected to participate must enter into an IBM grant agreement governing access to IBM technology, services and resources.
• In addition to support from IBM, the selected organizations will also receive support from Ernst & Young (EY) and ServiceNow. EY teams will provide general capacity building workshops and coaching to the cohort, supporting these innovative organizations on their mission. ServiceNow will provide participating organizations with the opportunity to be considered for ServiceNow Platform solutions such as IT Service Management (ITSM) and Customer Service Management (CSM) and implementation grants in addition to advisory support for business digital transformation efforts.

Application Process: Proposals must be submitted via the IBM Proposal Submission Portal: https://ibmsustainability.versaic.com/login

Application Deadline: 30 April 2025

Further information: https://www.ibm.com/campaign/2025/sustainability-accelerator-rfp

For more information, please contact
Ms. Panida Suwannatheerak
Ms. Mananchaya Pissaparn
Tel: 0 2470 9654
Email: researchfollowup@kmutt.ac.th