What is the EDGE Grant?

The EDGE Grant is an Enterprise Singapore grant that streamlines the Market Readiness Assistance, Productivity Solutions Grant and Enterprise Development Grant into one scheme. Businesses apply by the activity they plan, such as digitalising or expanding overseas, across eight business areas, with up to S$100,000 in total support each year.

When do EDG, PSG and MRA end?

Enterprise Singapore states that EDG, MRA and PSG cease on 29 September 2026, and that from 30 September 2026 businesses apply for business grant support under the EDGE Grant. It has not said whether applications can still be submitted on 29 September itself, so submit any application under the old schemes by 28 September.

What happens to my ongoing PSG, EDG or MRA application?

It continues. Enterprise Singapore says ongoing EDG, MRA and PSG submissions and projects will continue to be processed, and claims can be submitted when the project is complete. We have not seen anything published on unsubmitted drafts or quotations, so treat anything not submitted in time as a new EDGE application.

How much does the EDGE Grant fund?

Up to S$100,000 in total grant support per year, shared across all activities and refreshed on 1 April each year. Support levels differ by activity. Budget 2026 raised internationalisation support to up to 70 per cent for SMEs and up to 50 per cent for non-SMEs, but we could not confirm that those rates apply to every EDGE activity.

Can non-SMEs apply for the EDGE Grant?

Yes. Enterprise Singapore states that EDGE is available to all Singapore businesses, including non-SMEs. The applicant must be a business entity registered in Singapore, and other requirements may apply depending on the supportable activity. Enterprise Singapore said more details would be provided at launch.

Does the EDGE Grant fund hiring, training or job redesign?

None of the official EDGE material we have seen says it does, and none of the seven named EDGE business areas covers people. Job redesign support moved from the PSG to the SkillsFuture Workforce Development Grant (Job Redesign+), and salary support for new or reskilled roles sits with the Career Conversion Programme, both run by SWDA.

Can I sign a contract before applying for the EDGE Grant?

Avoid it. The PSG did not support applications where a payment or deposit was made before submission, the EDG did not support projects that had already started, and other Enterprise Singapore guidance also lists signing a contract beforehand. EDGE-specific rules are not yet confirmed, so obtain quotations but do not commit until you have applied.

EDGE Grant Singapore: what replaces EDG, PSG and MRA from 30 September 2026

Last updated: 23 September 2026

BizGrants Consulting · 23 September 2026 · 11 min read

The short answer: from 30 September 2026, Enterprise Singapore’s EDGE Grant replaces the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) and the Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) grant. EDG, MRA and PSG cease on 29 September 2026. Instead of working out which of the three grants a project belongs to, businesses apply for the activity they plan to carry out, across eight business areas, with up to S$100,000 in total grant support per year. Several details, including the support rate for each activity, were not in the official material we could find.

This guide sets out what Enterprise Singapore has confirmed, what is still open, and what EDGE does not cover. People costs are the main gap in the EDGE material we have seen: hiring, reskilling and job redesign sit with separate SkillsFuture schemes run by the Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA).

EDGE Grant at a glance

	What Enterprise Singapore has confirmed
Replaces	Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) and Market Readiness Assistance (MRA)
Old schemes cease	29 September 2026
Apply under EDGE from	30 September 2026
Who can apply	All Singapore businesses, including non-SMEs. The applicant must be a business entity registered in Singapore
Annual cap	Up to S$100,000 in total grant support per year, shared across all activities and refreshed on 1 April
Support levels	Differ by activity. Up to 70 per cent for SMEs and 50 per cent for non-SMEs was announced for internationalisation schemes
Scope	Eight business areas and over 100 supportable activities
Payment	Reimbursement, claimed once the activity is completed and fully paid for

What changes on 29 and 30 September 2026

Enterprise Singapore’s wording is short: “EDG, MRA and PSG will cease on 29 September 2026. From 30 September onwards, apply for business grant support under the EDGE Grant.” Until they cease, EDG, MRA and PSG applications are made through the Business Grants Portal at apply.gov.sg/grants/business.

If you have already submitted an application, or have an approved project under way, it carries on. Enterprise Singapore states that ongoing EDG, MRA and PSG submissions and projects will continue to be processed, and that claims can be submitted when the project is complete. What we have not seen published is whether new applications can still be submitted on 29 September itself, any cut-off time, or what happens to an application saved as a draft but not submitted. If you hold a quotation you intend to use under PSG, EDG or MRA, submit by 28 September. Our guides to the Enterprise Development Grant, the Productivity Solutions Grant and Market Readiness Assistance describe how the three schemes ran before this change.

The change was announced as part of the Budget 2026 package. Enterprise Singapore’s factsheet on the Business Refresh Package described EDGE as a single grant scheme that lets businesses “apply for funding based on their intended activities, such as enhancing digitalisation capabilities, expanding into new markets, or improving enterprise efficiencies,” instead of first deciding which grant their activities fall under.

What the EDGE Grant funds

Enterprise Singapore describes EDGE as a grant for Singapore companies starting new projects to upgrade capabilities, improve efficiency and expand overseas. It is organised into eight business areas. The EDGE page names seven of them:

Automation & Digitalisation
Business Strategy
Financial Management
Innovation
Internationalisation
Standards
Sustainability

The activity count differs between official sources. The EDGE page refers to over 100 activities, while a Ministry of Trade and Industry speech put it at over 150 supportable activities. Enterprise Singapore’s EDGE page says to refer to each activity for its details. We have not seen a full activity list with terms, so check the activity you plan on that page, or use the BizSG grant recommender from 30 September.

Two changes from the old schemes are already clear:

Overseas expansion no longer has to target a new market. Under EDGE, the “new market” criterion for activities previously supported under MRA is removed, so enterprises can also deepen their presence in overseas markets they already serve.
Pre-approved digital solutions are carrying over in a new format. IMDA requires each of its pre-approved vendors to submit a change request moving every pre-approved solution to a flexible package structure in preparation for EDGE, and says a solution will be delisted if no change request is submitted. IMDA also says solutions will be listed on EDGE when it goes live, “October 2026 onwards”. If you plan to buy a pre-approved solution under EDGE, ask the vendor whether its package has been migrated and when it will appear.

How much the EDGE Grant funds

The confirmed figure is the cap: up to S$100,000 in total grant support per year, across all activities. The cap is refreshed on 1 April each year. Grant support is paid by reimbursement, and a claim can be submitted once the activity is completed and full payment has been made.

The support rate is less clear than many summaries suggest. Enterprise Singapore’s EDGE page says support levels differ by activity. The rates of up to 70 per cent for SMEs and up to 50 per cent for non-SMEs that appeared in Budget 2026 were announced for schemes that help businesses go overseas, such as MRA, the Business Adaptation Grant and the Global Innovation Alliance. In the official material we could check, they were not stated as a rate for every EDGE activity, although some summaries present them as the EDGE headline rate. The EDGE page tells applicants to refer to each activity for details, so confirm the rate for your specific activity before relying on any single percentage.

Companies that need more support than the standard amount, for example for customised projects, can submit their applications to Enterprise Singapore, which assesses them case by case.

Who is eligible for the EDGE Grant?

EDGE is available to all Singapore businesses, including non-SMEs. Before EDGE, the PSG was built around SMEs, the EDG funded non-SMEs at up to 30 per cent, and from 1 April 2026 the MRA was extended to local non-SMEs at up to 50 per cent. The only EDGE company criterion we have seen in Enterprise Singapore’s material is that the applicant must be a business entity registered in Singapore. Enterprise Singapore adds that other requirements may apply depending on the supportable activity, and that more details would be provided at launch.

The old grants used tests that may or may not carry over. EDG required at least 30 per cent local equity held by Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents. PSG and MRA defined an SME by that local equity test plus group annual sales of up to S$100 million or group employment of up to 200. Enterprise Singapore has not yet confirmed which definition EDGE uses to set the SME rate, so check the terms of the specific activity before you rely on it.

How to apply

We could not confirm where EDGE applications are submitted on launch day. Two things are known. First, the Business Grants Portal, at apply.gov.sg/grants/business, handles EDG, MRA and PSG applications until they cease. Second, the Ministry of Trade and Industry announced that the new BizSG portal goes live on 30 September, with a grant recommender that points a business to relevant grants and activities from Enterprise Singapore and SWDA based on its needs and goals. From 30 September, start from Enterprise Singapore’s EDGE Grant page or the BizSG grant recommender to find your activity and where to apply. The Business Grants Portal itself is due to move to a new system, BGP 2.0, by end-2026.

One rule is worth assuming until EDGE’s own terms say otherwise. Under the predecessor grants, the PSG did not support applications where a payment or deposit had been made before submission, and the EDG did not support projects that had already started. Other Enterprise Singapore guidance, which we could not tie to a specific scheme, also rules out applications where a contract had been signed with the consultant or vendor before submission. Collect quotations, but do not sign or pay until you have applied.

Hiring, reskilling and job redesign: look outside EDGE

None of the named EDGE business areas is about hiring, reskilling or redesigning jobs, and none of the official EDGE material we have seen says it funds them. That support sits in separate workforce schemes, each with its own caps:

Job redesign. Job redesign support used to sit inside the PSG, as PSG-JR, which closed on 31 December 2025. It was replaced by the SkillsFuture Workforce Development Grant (Job Redesign+), which funds up to 70 per cent for SMEs and 50 per cent for non-SMEs, capped at S$150,000 per enterprise. So job redesign does not carry into EDGE through the PSG.
Salary support for new or reskilled roles. The Career Conversion Programme funds salary support while a new hire or an existing employee is trained into a new or redesigned role, with higher salary support of 90 per cent for long-term unemployed or mature jobseekers aged 40 and above.
The SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit. The current credit lists EDG, MRA and PSG among the programmes it offsets. Final claims under the current credit are due by 30 November 2026, and from 1 December 2026 a redesigned credit run by SWDA gives eligible employers a fresh S$10,000 for workforce transformation. Whether either version can offset your share of an EDGE project has not been stated. Our SFEC expiry guide covers the deadline.

In practice, a transformation project often needs both halves. EDGE can fund the system or the overseas push, while the workforce grants fund the redesign of roles and the salaries of people being trained into them. Plan the two tracks together, and keep each cost item under one grant only. Our workforce transformation page sets out the people side.

What to do this week

Submitting under PSG, EDG or MRA? Submit on the Business Grants Portal by 28 September, not on 29 September. Portal access is through the ApplyGov e-service in Corppass, so check your company’s Corppass roles for the portal now. Ongoing submissions continue to be processed.
Mid-way through an approved project? Carry on. Enterprise Singapore says ongoing projects continue and claims are made on completion.
Planning something you will not submit by 28 September? Get quotations, but do not sign, pay a deposit or start work before applying under EDGE from 30 September.
Holding current SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit? Final claims for programmes it supports, such as EDG, MRA and PSG, are due by 30 November 2026, and unused credit is forfeited when it expires.
Redesigning roles or hiring into them? Look at WDG(JR+) and the Career Conversion Programme, not EDGE.

What is still not confirmed

As at 23 September 2026, the following have not been set out in the official material we could find. Check them against Enterprise Singapore’s EDGE page before committing spend:

The support rate for each activity, and whether any rate applies across EDGE as a whole
The SME definition EDGE uses to set the SME rate
The name of the eighth business area
Whether EDGE applications are submitted through the Business Grants Portal, the BizSG portal or both
Processing times for applications and claims
Whether the S$100,000 cap applies per company or per group, and whether PSG, EDG or MRA grants approved since 1 April 2026 count towards it
Whether new PSG, EDG or MRA applications can still be submitted on 29 September itself, and what happens to drafts not submitted before the schemes cease
Whether change requests, extensions and claim deadlines on ongoing EDG, MRA and PSG projects follow the old scheme’s terms or EDGE’s
Which entity types qualify, such as sole proprietorships and partnerships

IMDA’s vendor guidance also refers to EDGE launching in October 2026, while Enterprise Singapore states that businesses apply under EDGE from 30 September 2026. Use Enterprise Singapore’s date for applications, and check with your vendor before assuming a pre-approved digital solution can be selected on 30 September.

Frequently asked questions

Q: What is the EDGE Grant?
A: The EDGE Grant is an Enterprise Singapore grant that streamlines the Market Readiness Assistance, Productivity Solutions Grant and Enterprise Development Grant into one scheme. Businesses apply by the activity they plan, such as digitalising or expanding overseas, across eight business areas, with up to S$100,000 in total support each year.
Q: When do EDG, PSG and MRA end?
A: Enterprise Singapore states that EDG, MRA and PSG cease on 29 September 2026, and that from 30 September 2026 businesses apply for business grant support under the EDGE Grant. It has not said whether applications can still be submitted on 29 September itself, so submit any application under the old schemes by 28 September.
Q: What happens to my ongoing PSG, EDG or MRA application?
A: It continues. Enterprise Singapore says ongoing EDG, MRA and PSG submissions and projects will continue to be processed, and claims can be submitted when the project is complete. We have not seen anything published on unsubmitted drafts or quotations, so treat anything not submitted in time as a new EDGE application.
Q: How much does the EDGE Grant fund?
A: Up to S$100,000 in total grant support per year, shared across all activities and refreshed on 1 April each year. Support levels differ by activity. Budget 2026 raised internationalisation support to up to 70 per cent for SMEs and up to 50 per cent for non-SMEs, but we could not confirm that those rates apply to every EDGE activity.
Q: Can non-SMEs apply for the EDGE Grant?
A: Yes. Enterprise Singapore states that EDGE is available to all Singapore businesses, including non-SMEs. The applicant must be a business entity registered in Singapore, and other requirements may apply depending on the supportable activity. Enterprise Singapore said more details would be provided at launch.
Q: Does the EDGE Grant fund hiring, training or job redesign?
A: None of the official EDGE material we have seen says it does, and none of the seven named EDGE business areas covers people. Job redesign support moved from the PSG to the SkillsFuture Workforce Development Grant (Job Redesign+), and salary support for new or reskilled roles sits with the Career Conversion Programme, both run by SWDA.
Q: Can I sign a contract before applying for the EDGE Grant?
A: Avoid it. The PSG did not support applications where a payment or deposit was made before submission, the EDG did not support projects that had already started, and other Enterprise Singapore guidance also lists signing a contract beforehand. EDGE-specific rules are not yet confirmed, so obtain quotations but do not commit until you have applied.

Where to check current terms

Figures here reflect the official material we could find as at 23 September 2026. Confirm current terms with Enterprise Singapore’s EDGE Grant page, Enterprise Singapore on Budget 2026, the Business Refresh Package factsheet, and the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s SME Centre Conference 2026 speech, and IMDA’s Flexi-CR guidance for pre-approved vendors. For the workforce side, see WDG(JR+).

This article is general information, not financial or legal advice.