If you’ve ever stared at Singapore’s business grants and struggled to work out whether your project belongs under PSG, EDG, or MRA, there’s good news: the government is about to collapse all three into one. The new scheme is called EDGE, and it’s arriving in the second half of 2026.
For any SME planning a digital, transformation, or overseas-expansion project — the kind of web development Singapore SMEs use these grants for — this is a change worth understanding now, because it affects both how you’ll apply and when it makes sense to do so. Here’s the honest breakdown: what’s changing, what’s confirmed, what’s still up in the air, and what to actually do about it today.
What EDGE actually is
EDGE stands for Enterprise Development and Growth for Enterprises. It’s part of Enterprise Singapore’s “Business Refresh Package” announced in Budget 2026, and it merges three of the country’s best-known schemes — the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG), and the Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) grant — into a single, streamlined grant administered through the Business Grants Portal.
The core idea is a smarter way to apply. Today, you first have to figure out which grant your project falls under before you can even start — a genuine headache when, say, a new HR system might plausibly qualify under either PSG or EDG. Under EDGE, you’ll apply based on what you’re trying to do — digitalise, expand overseas, build capability, improve productivity — rather than which administrative box it fits. One application, one portal, aligned to your actual business goal.
Why it’s a genuine improvement
Three changes stand out as real wins for SMEs.
One application instead of three. The biggest practical benefit is simply less friction. Founders juggling several projects at once no longer need to navigate three different schemes with three different rule sets — a meaningful reduction in the administrative load that currently causes many businesses to miss out on support they qualified for.
Broader eligibility. For the first time, the scheme is set to be open to all Singapore-registered businesses, including non-SMEs. PSG and MRA were previously restricted to SMEs, so this opens government co-funding to mid-sized and larger companies that were shut out before.
Better support for going overseas. The enhancements already applied to MRA carry into EDGE: up to 70% co-funding for SMEs on internationalisation activities, and the removal of the old “new market” restriction — meaning you can use it to deepen your presence in markets you’re already in, not just brand-new ones.
What’s confirmed — and what’s still pending
Here’s where honesty matters, because plenty of commentary online is stating things that haven’t actually been finalised.
Reasonably confirmed: the merger itself; a second-half-2026 launch; the shift to a single, activity-based application via the Business Grants Portal; broader eligibility including non-SMEs; an overall support cap in the region of S$100,000 per company per year; and the enhanced 70% overseas-expansion support with the new-market restriction lifted.
Still pending: the exact launch date, the full list of supported activities, the precise support percentages for non-overseas work (the digitalisation component is expected to continue at up to around 50%, but that isn’t locked), the detailed pillar structure, and the support levels for non-SMEs. Enterprise Singapore has said more details will come when the scheme launches — so anyone quoting you precise EDGE figures for a digital project today is getting ahead of the official facts.
What it means for a digital, web, or AI project
For the kind of work we do — websites, e-commerce, AI and automation, overseas digital marketing — the practical picture is this. Custom transformation projects (the EDG-style work) and pre-approved digital solutions (the PSG-style work) will still be supported, most likely at up to around 50%. Overseas-facing digital work — a localised site, international SEO, AI-search visibility in a new market — carries the stronger 70% support. The throughline is that EDGE, like the grants it replaces, funds projects framed around real business outcomes, not “design for design’s sake.” A web or AI project scoped around measurable results (more conversions, new market entry, real efficiency gains) is the kind that stands up.
Should you apply now, or wait for EDGE?
This is the question every owner with a project in the pipeline is asking, and the honest answer is: it depends, and it’s worth thinking through rather than defaulting either way.
The case for waiting is simply that EDGE will be easier to apply for. If your project isn’t urgent and you’d value the simpler, single-application process, waiting has appeal.
The case for applying now, under the existing EDG, PSG, or MRA, is stronger than many expect. The current schemes remain fully open until EDGE launches, their terms and timelines are well understood, and grants approved before the transition generally continue under their existing rules. Many grant advisors point out that consolidation often brings tighter criteria in the early phase, and there’s no guarantee EDGE’s terms will be as favourable as today’s — so if you have a project that’s ready, moving under the known framework can be the safer bet.
Which is right depends on your specific project, timeline, and finances — and since this is a genuine judgement call with money attached, it’s worth confirming against Enterprise Singapore’s official guidance, or with a grants advisor, before you decide. (We can help you think it through from the project side, but we’re not your grants consultant or financial adviser.)
Where Oasis Web Asia comes in
Whichever way the framework lands, the part that makes any of these grants work is the same: a digital project scoped around real business outcomes and documented properly. That’s our half. We help Singapore SMEs shape web, e-commerce, AI, and overseas-marketing projects that are built to deliver measurable results — and to sit cleanly within whatever grant framework applies, current or EDGE. It’s the kind of web development Singapore SMEs can rely on to turn government funding into an actual return, rather than a form that gets rejected. And we’ll always flag the sequence that protects a claim: scope and quote first, apply before you commit, then build.
If you’ve got a project in mind and you’re weighing up the grant landscape as it shifts, that’s exactly the conversation we like to have.
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