Grants & Compliance
Grants & tax incentives — what’s realistic.
Some OTG engagements may qualify for Singapore government co-funding (the EDGE Grant, which replaced PSG, EDG and MRA on 30 September 2026) or tax incentives (EIS). None are guaranteed — every scheme requires application and approval. Here’s what realistically applies, in honest order.
Updated 4 November 2026
Grants & tax incentives
EDGE Grant (from 30 September 2026)
Enterprise Singapore's EDGE Grant replaced EDG, MRA and PSG on 30 September 2026. It supports new projects to upgrade capabilities, improve efficiency and expand overseas, across more than 150 activities in eight business areas, including Automation & Digitalisation, Business Strategy, Innovation and Internationalisation. Support levels vary by activity. It is paid as a reimbursement: you claim after the activity is completed and fully paid. Whether a particular OTG engagement qualifies is Enterprise Singapore's decision, so we don't promise it; we'll tell you honestly how the work is scoped and give you the documents a claim needs.
PSG, EDG and MRA (closed to new applications)
The Productivity Solutions Grant, Enterprise Development Grant and Market Readiness Assistance stopped taking new applications on 29 September 2026. New projects apply under the EDGE Grant. If you applied before then, Enterprise Singapore continues to process the application, and you claim on completion as before.
Enterprise Innovation Scheme (EIS)
EIS is a tax incentive — not a co-funding grant. Singapore companies can claim 400% tax deductions on qualifying AI expenditures (software, tools, implementation). Whether your specific spend qualifies depends on IRAS criteria; we'll help you assess but the determination sits with your tax agent.
Corporate Income Tax Rebate (YA 2026)
Not AI-specific, but stackable with other support. Reduces the effective cost of any qualifying corporate income at the bottom line.
How to actually claim them
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Scope first, grant second. We agree the engagement scope and budget. Don’t pick a grant first and bend the project to fit it — that’s how engagements lose their original purpose.
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We map applicable schemes. Based on scope, we look at which EDGE Grant activity and business area the work fits, and whether EIS applies. Enterprise Singapore decides eligibility, not us.
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You apply. Follow the steps on Enterprise Singapore’s EDGE Grant page (it also offers a session with an advisor). We provide the quote and technical documentation.
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Build runs in parallel where possible. Where a grant is in play, we plan the timing around your application and build milestone reporting into the engagement plan.
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Claim after completion. The EDGE Grant is a reimbursement: you claim after the activity is completed and fully paid. We provide the invoices, deliverables and outcome metrics the claim needs.
PDPA & data residency
Data residency
We default to Singapore-region hosting on Vercel, AWS Singapore, or comparable SG-region infrastructure. Data does not leave the region without explicit agreement.
PDPA-aligned by default
Our standard build patterns enforce purpose limitation, retention controls, and access logging. We can produce a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) summary on request.
LLM provider posture
We use enterprise tiers of Anthropic Claude and OpenAI where available, with no-training-on-data configurations. For sensitive workflows we recommend SG-resident model deployments via approved partners.
What we don't do
We don't store client data on personal accounts, run sensitive workloads on consumer LLM tiers, or share data across engagements. Project data is segregated and access-controlled per engagement.
We’re happy to provide a written compliance summary or DPIA template before the engagement starts. Just ask on the discovery call.
Want help mapping grants to your project?
Email haojun@ontheground.agency. We’ll scope the engagement and identify the grants that apply.