What is MRA Grant

Local businesses looking to go worldwide can apply for the Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) Grant, a program provided by Enterprise Singapore. Companies that incur costs on eligible activities when they expand their business abroad are eligible for the grant supported by the government.

Eligibility / Requirement

A company has to fulfill the following criteria to be eligible for the MRA grant:

• • Business entity is registered/incorporated in Singapore
  • New market entry criteria, i.e. target overseas country whereby the applicant has not exceeded S$100,000 in overseas sales in each of the last three preceding years
  • At least 30% local shareholding
  • Group Annual Sales Turnover of not more than S$100 million; OR Company’s Group Employment Size of not more than 200 employees

Benefits of the Grant

The MRA grant offers funding equal to 50% of the third-party costs that companies incur on qualifying activities when they venture overseas. Capped at S$100,000 per company per new market *from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023 that covers:

• Overseas market promotion (capped at S$20,000)
• Overseas business development (capped at S$50,000)
• Overseas market set-up (capped at S$30,000)

Each application is limited to one activity in a single overseas market (e.g. market entry, or participation in a trade fair)

Qualifying Activities

• Overseas marketing and PR activities
• Participation in Overseas Physical and Virtual Trade Fairs NOT supported under LEAD International Fairs & Missions (LEAD)
• Business matching
• Overseas Marketing Presence (OMP)
• In-market Business Development
• Market Entry

Application Process:

• Sign-in to the Business Grant Portal / (BGP). with your CorPass 1
• Apply for MRA through the BGP.
• Application must be submitted no earlier than 6 months of project start date.

Claims:

• All claims must be submitted within 3 months from project end date.
• All claims must be verified by an independently appointed auditor.
• If ESG appointed auditors are used, 70% of the audit fee (capped at $500) will be covered.
• All claims are strictly on reimbursement basis.

Note:

• Applications will not be accepted if the following events took place before the application date:
  1. Signed an engagement letter with the third party consultant.
  2. Made the first payment to the third party consultant.
  3. Commenced the project with the third party consultant.

Source:

www.imda.gov.sg/

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on MRA grant or the list of supportable activities

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