18 open schemes. Not sure where to start? Check your eligibility.
Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA)
Helps employers cover manpower costs when they send employees for SWDA-funded courses. Claimed after the course is completed.
Support: $4.50 per training hour for SC/PR/LTVP+ employees, capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year. For Workfare Skills Support employees: 95% of hourly…
Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA), Programme partners such as e2i, NTUC LearningHub, IHLs and trade associations
Salary support for employers who hire and reskill mid-career Singapore Citizens and PRs (or reskill existing staff) into growth job roles in around 30 sectors, through Place-and-Train, Attach-and-Train or Job Redesign Reskilling.
Support: Up to 70% of monthly salary during CCP training (cap $5,000/month) for SC/PR trainees below 40; up to 90% (cap $7,500/month) for mature SC/PR trainees aged 40+…
Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA)
Course fee subsidies for employers who sponsor Singapore Citizen, PR and LTVP+ employees for SWDA-funded courses. The subsidy is applied upfront by the training provider, so the employer pays only the nett fee.
Support: Tier 1 courses (emerging skills/employability, e.g. SkillsFuture Series, WPLN): up to 70% baseline; up to 90% for SCs aged 40+ (Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy) or…
Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA)
Higher course fee subsidies for SMEs that sponsor their SC, PR or LTVP+ employees for SWDA-funded courses. Subsidy is applied upfront.
Support: Up to 90% of course fees for Tier 1 courses; up to 70% for Tier 2 courses.
IRAS
400% tax deductions (or a 20% non-taxable cash payout) on qualifying R&D, IP registration, IP acquisition/licensing, approved training and innovation projects with polytechnics/ITE, YA 2024 to YA 2028. AI adoption spending is added for YA 2027-2028.
Support: 400% deduction on first S$400,000 per activity for: R&D in Singapore, IP registration, IP acquisition/licensing (combined; revenue < S$500m), SWDA-supported…
Enterprise Singapore
Subsidised leadership and business transformation programme of about 7 months for founders, owners and successors of growing SMEs. NUS and SMU are the programme managers.
Support: The course fee is about S$18,500 per participant before subsidy. Subsidy-eligible companies pay about S$7,600 per participant (incl. GST). Partner sites cite…
Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA, formerly SSG/WSG)
A one-off $10,000 credit for eligible employers that offsets up to 90% of out-of-pocket costs for supported enterprise and workforce transformation programmes and SWDA-funded courses. The current tranche expires on 30 November 2026 and is replaced by the redesigned SFEC (Enhanced) from 1 December 2026.
Support: Up to 90% of out-of-pocket costs (after other government subsidies) for supported programmes. $10,000 per enterprise. No sub-cap for workforce transformation;…
Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA), Singapore Business Federation (Anchor Programme Partner), Singapore National Employers Federation (Anchor Programme Partner)
Funds workforce transformation and job redesign projects done with pre-approved consultants: workforce consultancy, capability building for HR and line managers, and workforce HR tech tools. Launched March 2026 and replaces PSG-JR.
Support: 70% for SMEs, 50% for non-SMEs, capped at $150,000 per enterprise. Component caps: Workforce Consultancy up to $50,000; Capability Building Initiatives up to…
Enterprise Singapore
EnterpriseSG's umbrella for sustainability support for SMEs. It covers subsidised sustainability courses, playbooks, the SME Sustainability Hub, partner and TAC programmes, and links to the EEG, the SME Sustainability Reporting Programme and EDGE Sustainability.
Support: Subsidised courses: foundational S$450, decarbonisation S$480 and sustainable finance S$300 per participant (before GST), for up to 3 participants per course…
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
Co-funds maritime companies for manpower development (training, attachments, management associates), business development (new set-ups, new lines, internationalisation) and productivity/digitalisation ecosystem projects.
Support: Co-funding; rates and caps vary by component and are not published on the MPA overview page (contact MCF Secretariat).
NTUC, e2i (Employment and Employability Institute)
Co-funds business transformation projects that a Company Training Committee (management plus NTUC/worker representative) plans, where workers get better outcomes such as higher wages, a skills allowance or a career development plan.
Support: Up to 70% of qualifying project costs. In-house training funded at $9 per hour per worker; external non-SSG/SWDA-supported courses up to 70% of course fees.…
MDDI, IMDA
Umbrella programme announced at COS 2026 to help 10,000 enterprises adopt AI over three years and make 100,000 workers 'AI bilingual', through more PSG-supported AI tools, DLAB, and TeSA AI training.
Support: No standalone grant quantum. Delivered via pre-approved AI solutions with PSG support, DLP/DLAB, and enhanced TeSA programmes.
SG Enable
Course fee subsidies for disability inclusion training for employers and co-workers, and for skills training of employees with disabilities.
Support: Workplace Disability Inclusion Training: 90-100% course fee subsidy (Disability Awareness Talk and Introduction to Disability Management fully funded; other…
Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA)
Redesigned SFEC launching 1 December 2026 under the Enterprise Workforce Transformation Package. Eligible companies get a fresh $10,000 credit in an online wallet that offsets out-of-pocket costs upfront at enrolment, instead of by reimbursement.
Support: $10,000 credit per eligible company. For WDG(JR+), the credit can offset up to 90% of the out-of-pocket cost. Offset rates for other programmes depend on the…
Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA)
An umbrella grant that brings existing workforce transformation schemes, such as Career Conversion Programmes and NACE Workplace Learning Projects, into one application channel on the Business Grants Portal. It is being rolled out in phases from 2026, with free advisory from SBF and SNEF.
Support: Depends on the scheme accessed (e.g. WDG(JR+) up to 70% for SMEs; CCP salary support up to 90%). Advisory from Anchor Programme Partners is free.
Infocomm Media Development Authority
About S$200m, three-year IMDA programme supporting development, production (incl. co-productions) and distribution of Singapore film and TV content and talent.
Support: Production and co-production co-funding plus an Overseas Development Grant; rates and caps are in IMDA's call-for-proposal guidelines (not verified here).
EDB
EDB grant supporting training programmes that build employees' capability in new technologies, industrial skills and professional know-how, typically tied to EDB-supported investment projects.
Support: Case-by-case; EDB does not publish rates.
Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSH Council), Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
A 5-step WSH capability programme (Levels 1-4 and STAR) that helps companies build risk management capability. bizSAFE Level 3+ is often required by main contractors and buyers. Not a cash grant; free assistance visits for eligible firms and subsidised WSQ training.
Support: Free WSH Assistance Visit (one-time) and WSH Learning Journey for bizSAFE Level 3+ companies. WSQ courses may get SWDA course fee subsidies (e.g. ETSS for…