EDG, PSG and MRA Replaced by EDGE: The Complete Guide to Singapore's New Business Grant

What is the EDGE Grant?

The EDGE Grant is Singapore's new consolidated enterprise support scheme, announced at Budget 2026. It merges three long-standing programmes — the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) and Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) — into one grant administered by Enterprise Singapore.

For more than a decade, a Singapore business looking to upgrade systems, build new capabilities and expand overseas typically had to work with three separate schemes: three sets of criteria, three application journeys, three funding caps and three internal owners of the paperwork. In practice, many smaller firms simply picked whichever one they had heard of, and left funding on the table for the other two.

EDGE changes the unit of application from scheme to activity. Instead of asking "which grant do I fit into?", a business states what it is trying to do — digitalise an operation, raise productivity, build a new capability, enter or deepen an overseas market — and applies against that objective. The scheme boundaries move to the back office.

The shift is from a scheme-centric model to an objective-centric one. Businesses describe the outcome they want; Enterprise Singapore maps it to the right support.

Note that Enterprise Singapore has not published an official expansion of the acronym "EDGE". Third-party articles that confidently spell it out are guessing. Treat the name as a brand until EnterpriseSG says otherwise.

Why Singapore consolidated EDG, PSG and MRA

The consolidation responds to a complaint that has been consistent in SME feedback for years: the support existed, but the navigation cost was too high. Three grants with overlapping edges produced predictable friction.

• Scheme confusion. A digital tool that also improved productivity could plausibly sit under PSG or EDG. Businesses guessed, and guessed wrong.
• Fragmented caps. Separate ceilings meant a coherent growth plan had to be artificially chopped into three applications.
• Repeated documentation. The same ACRA records, financials and quotations were submitted repeatedly across schemes.
• Eligibility gaps. PSG and MRA were effectively SME-only, leaving mid-sized firms just above the threshold without an obvious route.
• Artificial restrictions. MRA's "new market" rule funded a first entry into a country but not the harder, often more valuable work of scaling in a market where a business already had a foothold.

Alongside EDGE, the Government also signalled tighter service standards on the administrative side. The SME Pro-Enterprise Office is working to a 30-working-day processing standard, against roughly 80% of applications currently meeting that mark — an acknowledgement that speed of decision is part of the value of a grant, not a detail.

What actually changes for businesses

Strip away the branding and five substantive changes matter.

1. One application, not three

A single activity-based application replaces navigating between EDG, PSG and MRA. For a business running a digitalisation project and an export push in the same year, that is a material reduction in administrative load.

2. Overseas expansion support rises sharply

Support for international expansion moves to up to 70% of qualifying costs for SMEs, up from 50%. Non-SMEs move from 30% to up to 50%. For an export-focused firm, this is the single largest financial change in the package.

3. The "new market" restriction is removed

Under MRA, funding was tied to entering a market you were not already in. EDGE removes that constraint, so a business can fund deepening its presence in an existing overseas market — hiring in-market, localising, building distribution, running sustained in-market marketing. Realistically, this is where most export revenue is won.

4. Eligibility widens beyond SMEs

EDGE is intended to be available to Singapore-registered businesses generally, including non-SMEs. Firms that outgrew PSG and MRA thresholds regain access to consolidated support.

5. A single annual cap you can plan against

A company-level cap of up to S$100,000 per year across eligible activities is simpler to budget around than three separate ceilings with three separate reset rules — while larger projects retain a route through case-by-case assessment.

Funding levels, support rates and the S$100,000 cap

The headline figure is up to S$100,000 per company per year, covering the full basket of eligible activities rather than a single project. Businesses with larger or more complex plans — a substantial capability build, a multi-market expansion, a significant transformation programme — can approach Enterprise Singapore for case-by-case assessment above that ceiling. The cap is a default, not a hard ceiling on ambition.

Support rates for non-internationalisation activities such as digitalisation and productivity have not been published in full detail at the time of writing. What has been confirmed publicly is the uplift for overseas expansion. Anyone modelling a 2027 budget should treat other rates as pending and build in a sensitivity range.

Who is eligible for the EDGE Grant

Detailed criteria are still to be confirmed, but the direction is clear. Expect the baseline to look like this:

• Singapore-registered business entity. An ACRA-registered operating entity is the foundational requirement.
• SMEs and non-SMEs both eligible. The SME-only framing of PSG and MRA is being dropped.
• Foreign-owned companies included, provided the applying entity is registered and operating in Singapore.
• Financial viability. As with EDG today, expect a requirement to show the business is in a position to start and complete the project.
• Activity-specific conditions. Individual activities will carry their own requirements — for example minimum local shareholding, headcount or revenue thresholds for certain categories.

What the EDGE Grant will fund

EDGE is expected to inherit the combined coverage of the three schemes it replaces, organised around business objectives rather than scheme names.

Digitalisation and technology adoption

Pre-approved IT solutions, equipment and software; e-commerce platforms; websites and digital storefronts; CRM, ERP and accounting systems; cybersecurity tooling; and increasingly, AI-enabled applications. This is broadly the territory PSG covers today.

Productivity and efficiency

Process redesign, automation, workflow and operational improvement — including the equipment and systems that make those gains stick.

Capability and capacity building

Business strategy development, brand and identity work, financial management capability, human capital development, product development, standards adoption and certification, innovation and R&D. This is the traditional EDG territory.

Overseas market expansion

Market research and entry planning, overseas business development, in-market marketing and promotion, overseas business partner identification, and — newly — deepening presence in markets where you already operate. This is where the enhanced 70% rate applies for SMEs.

EDG vs PSG vs MRA vs EDGE: side-by-side

Timeline and transition: what happens to existing applications

Will an approved project be affected?

Enterprise Singapore has not issued formal transition guidance. Based on how previous scheme consolidations in Singapore have been handled, projects already approved are expected to continue under the terms of their original letter of offer, including agreed support rates, milestones and claim deadlines. That is a reasonable expectation rather than a published guarantee — if a large commitment rests on it, confirm directly with EnterpriseSG.

Should you rush an application in before the switch?

The answer depends on the project, not the calendar:

• Apply now if your project is already scoped, quoted and ready to start. The current schemes are operational, their rules are known, and waiting means holding a ready project for months against criteria nobody has seen yet.
• Wait for EDGE if your plan depends specifically on an EDGE enhancement — most obviously, expanding in an overseas market you are already in, which MRA does not currently fund.
• Do neither yet if the project exists mainly because a grant exists. That has never been a good reason to start a project, and it is not one now.

Related Budget 2026 measures worth knowing

EDGE did not arrive alone. Several adjacent measures change the arithmetic for growing and internationalising firms:

• Double Tax Deduction for Internationalisation (DTDi): the qualifying expenditure cap rises from S$150,000 to S$400,000. For companies spending seriously on overseas market development, the tax deduction may be worth more than the grant itself — and the two are typically used in combination.
• Enterprise Financing Scheme – Green: extended for a further five years, supporting businesses building green capabilities and accessing sustainability-linked financing.
• Faster processing standards: the SME Pro-Enterprise Office is targeting a 30-working-day turnaround standard for applications.

The practical takeaway: plan grant support, tax deductions and financing as one funding stack rather than three unrelated conversations.

What Singapore businesses should do right now

• Submit ready projects under the existing schemes. If a digitalisation or market-entry project is scoped and quoted, EDG, PSG and MRA are open today with known rules.
• Write down your 12–24 month growth priorities. Map each to an activity category: digitalisation, productivity, capability, overseas expansion. When EDGE opens, you will be applying against objectives — so define them now.
• Clean up your corporate records. Current ACRA particulars, up-to-date financial statements, active Corppass roles, tidy vendor quotations. This is the most common cause of avoidable delay.
• Re-examine overseas markets you already serve. The removal of the new-market restriction opens funding for scaling in existing markets. If you have a beachhead in Malaysia, Indonesia or Vietnam, that is now fundable territory.
• Model the S$100,000 annual cap into your budget. Sequence projects across financial years rather than clustering them and hitting the ceiling.
• Build projects on business logic first. Grants improve the return on a sound project. They do not rescue an unsound one — and assessors are good at telling the difference.
• Track EnterpriseSG announcements. Full criteria will be published closer to launch. Being ready in week one is a genuine advantage when demand is high.

Common mistakes to avoid

Starting the project before approval

Costs incurred before a grant is approved are generally not claimable. Signing a vendor contract or paying a deposit early is the fastest way to disqualify otherwise eligible spending.

Pausing everything to wait for EDGE

"We'll wait for the new grant" can quietly cost a business two or three quarters of progress against criteria that have not been published. The existing schemes remain open for a reason.

Treating the S$100,000 as guaranteed

It is a cap, not an entitlement. Actual support depends on the activity, the support rate applied to it, and the assessment of your project.

Reverse-engineering a project from the grant

Projects designed around what is fundable rather than what the business needs tend to score poorly on assessment and deliver poorly in reality.

Relying on unofficial sources for final criteria

Plenty of commentary online — including confident expansions of the EDGE acronym and precise support rates — is inference rather than published policy. Enterprise Singapore is the authority for the final rules.

Frequently asked questions

Are EDG, PSG and MRA really being replaced by the EDGE Grant?

Yes. Announced at Budget 2026, EDGE consolidates all three into a single scheme under Enterprise Singapore, expected to launch in the second half of 2026. Until then, the existing schemes remain open and applications continue through the Business Grants Portal.

How much funding can a company receive under EDGE?

Up to S$100,000 per company per year across eligible activities, based on what has been announced. Larger projects can be brought to Enterprise Singapore for case-by-case assessment.

What support level applies to overseas expansion?

Up to 70% of qualifying costs for SMEs (raised from 50%) and up to 50% for non-SMEs (raised from 30%).

Can non-SMEs apply for the EDGE Grant?

Yes. EDGE is intended to be open to Singapore-registered businesses generally, including non-SMEs — a widening compared with the SME-focused PSG and MRA.

Does EDGE cover website development and e-commerce?

Digitalisation is one of the core activity areas EDGE is expected to support, inheriting coverage from PSG and EDG — which today includes e-commerce platforms, digital storefronts and business systems. Specific supportable solutions and vendor arrangements will be confirmed by Enterprise Singapore at launch.

What happens to a project already approved under EDG, PSG or MRA?

Approved projects are expected to continue under their original letter-of-offer terms, consistent with how previous consolidations were handled. Formal transition guidance has not yet been published, so confirm your position with EnterpriseSG.

Where will EDGE applications be submitted?

Through the Business Grants Portal using Corppass, as with the current schemes. Full application details will be published closer to launch.

What does EDGE stand for?

Enterprise Singapore has not published an official expansion. Treat "EDGE" as the scheme name until confirmed.