What Happens to Your Existing EDG, PSG or MRA Approval After the 29 September 2026 Sunset?

If your company already has an approved Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) or Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) project running, the headlines about the 29 September 2026 sunset and the new EDGE Grant probably raised an immediate, practical question: does my approval still count? Singapore business owners have understandably focused on how to apply under the new unified EDGE framework, but far fewer have asked what happens to the money and milestones already committed under the old schemes.

This matters because grant-funded projects rarely finish overnight. A digitalisation rollout under PSG, a market entry study under MRA, or a multi-phase transformation project under EDG can easily run six, twelve or eighteen months from approval to final claim. With the cutover date falling in the middle of many live projects, business owners, finance teams and the vendors delivering these projects need clarity on continuity, claims and the timelines they signed up to.

This article looks specifically at what happens to a project that has ALREADY been approved before 29 September 2026, distinct from how to apply for a new project under EDGE. If you are still preparing a fresh application, our separate guides on the Enterprise Development Grant, Productivity Solutions Grant and Market Readiness Assistance grant cover common mistakes and rejection reasons at the application stage. This piece picks up where those leave off: after approval, through to final claim.

What Actually Changes on 29 September 2026

Enterprise Singapore has confirmed that EDG, MRA and PSG will cease for new applications on 29 September 2026. From 30 September 2026, businesses starting new projects apply instead under the EDGE Grant, the new consolidated framework covering eight business areas and more than 100 supportable activities under a single structure, with a shared cap of up to S$100,000 in total grant support per company per year. We have covered the mechanics of the new framework itself in our EDGE Grant explainer and in our separate piece on common mistakes under the EDGE framework.

Crucially, the sunset date is a cutoff for new applications, not a cutoff for existing ones. Enterprise Singapore’s own published guidance on the EDGE Grant page states plainly: “If you have ongoing EDG, MRA or PSG submissions or projects, these will continue to be processed and you may submit your claims upon project completion.” That single sentence is the anchor for everything else in this article, so it is worth reading twice. It covers two distinct groups: applications still being assessed (submissions), and projects that have already received a Letter of Offer and are underway (approved projects).

The Core Rule: Existing Approvals Continue on Their Original Terms

Based on Enterprise Singapore’s published transition guidance, a company with an EDG, PSG or MRA project approved before the sunset date does not need to migrate that project to EDGE, does not need to reapply, and should not expect the terms of its Letter of Offer to change simply because the underlying scheme has closed to new applicants. The project continues to be administered under the scheme it was approved under, including its approved scope, funding support level, and qualifying cost items, through to completion and final claim.

This is consistent with how Enterprise Singapore has handled scheme transitions in the past: a Letter of Offer is a contractual commitment between the agency and the grantee, and closing a scheme to new entrants has not historically meant unwinding commitments already made to existing grantees. That said, the precise operational detail, such as whether minor scope variations or extension requests on a legacy project will still be entertained after the sunset date, has not been spelled out in the public guidance we could verify at the time of writing. Businesses with a live project should treat Enterprise Singapore’s FAQ page and their assigned case officer, rather than general commentary (including this article), as the definitive source on any scope or timeline changes requested after 29 September 2026.

EDG, PSG, MRA and EDGE: A Side-by-Side Transition Snapshot

The table below summarises how each scheme is treated through the cutover, based on Enterprise Singapore’s published position as at September 2026.

Submissions still being assessed as at 29 September 2026

If your application was submitted before the sunset date but has not yet been approved, Enterprise Singapore’s guidance indicates it will continue to be processed under the scheme it was submitted against, rather than being converted to an EDGE application or rejected outright for arriving too close to the deadline. If your submission is still pending, it is worth checking directly with your case officer on expected assessment timelines, since a submission in limbo close to the cutover is precisely the scenario where clear written confirmation from Enterprise Singapore is worth having on file.

How Claims and Disbursements Proceed for a Legacy-Approved Project

For a project that already has a Letter of Offer, the practical mechanics of claiming should not change because of the sunset. Grant support under EDG, PSG and MRA has always been disbursed on a reimbursement basis, meaning the company pays the vendor in full first, then submits a claim with supporting invoices, proof of payment and deliverables against the approved milestones. That basic structure carries over unchanged for legacy projects completing after 30 September 2026.

What businesses should not assume is that the claims processing team, portal, or supporting document checklist will remain frozen in time purely because the scheme has closed to new entrants. Government systems tend to consolidate backend processing even while honouring existing commitments on the front end, so a legacy claim submitted in, say, March 2027 could conceivably go through a slightly different portal workflow even though the underlying entitlement is unchanged. Keep your original Letter of Offer, the approved project scope, and all cost breakdowns organised and ready, since these remain the reference documents an assessor will check your claim against regardless of which system it is filed through. Our guide on grant claims, audit and clawback risk and its companion piece on documents required for grant claims cover this in more depth and remain fully applicable to legacy EDG, PSG and MRA claims.

The Practical Trap: When Your Project Timeline Straddles the Cutover

The scenario most likely to catch business owners out is not the sunset date itself, but a project milestone that falls awkwardly around it. Consider a PSG-approved digital solution with a project completion date of, say, 15 October 2026, where the vendor’s implementation slips by a few weeks into November. The approval itself does not lapse simply because completion happened after 29 September 2026; the concern is more mundane and more important: keeping your documentation, invoicing and payment evidence tightly aligned to the ORIGINAL approved scope and timeline in your Letter of Offer, because that is what any assessor will check a legacy claim against, not the newer EDGE activity list or support levels.

A second, subtler trap is scope creep. If a vendor suggests expanding or varying a legacy project (adding a module, extending a phase) once EDGE is live, that variation needs to be assessed against the ORIGINAL scheme’s rules and your existing Letter of Offer, not against EDGE’s activity list or support caps, which is a materially different framework. Mixing the two risks a claim being rejected for falling outside the approved scope entirely. If in doubt, raise any proposed scope change with Enterprise Singapore in writing before proceeding, rather than assuming continuity of treatment.

What to Do Now, Depending on Where Your Project Stands

If you have an already-approved EDG, PSG or MRA project

Continue executing against your existing Letter of Offer. There is no need to reapply under EDGE, and no indication that doing so would even be permitted for a project that already has an active approval. Focus instead on staying within your originally approved scope, cost items and timeline, and on assembling clean documentation ahead of your claim.

If you have a submission still pending assessment

Confirm with your Enterprise Singapore case officer, in writing, that your submission will continue to be assessed under the original scheme rather than redirected. Keep a copy of that confirmation with your project file. If assessment is taking unusually long as the sunset date approaches, a polite follow-up is reasonable and prudent.

If you have not yet submitted an application

For any project not yet submitted, plan on applying under EDGE from 30 September 2026 rather than rushing an EDG, PSG or MRA submission purely to beat the deadline. A rushed application under a closing scheme is not obviously better than a properly prepared one under EDGE, particularly given EDGE’s broader activity coverage across eight business areas.

Practical Action Checklist

• Locate your original Letter of Offer for any live EDG, PSG or MRA project and confirm the approved scope, cost items, support level and completion date.
• Do not treat 29 September 2026 as an expiry date for your approval; it is a cutoff for new applications only.
• Flag any project milestone or vendor delivery date falling close to the cutover to your finance team, so claim documentation is prepared against the correct (original) scheme’s requirements.
• Avoid mixing legacy project scope with new EDGE-eligible activities in a single claim or invoice.
• Get any proposed scope variation on a legacy project confirmed in writing with Enterprise Singapore before proceeding.
• If you have a submission still pending as at the sunset date, request written confirmation of its continued processing under the original scheme.
• Keep invoices, proof of payment and deliverable evidence organised throughout project execution, not just at claim time, since audit and clawback risk does not diminish for legacy claims.
• For any new project not yet submitted, prepare to apply under EDGE from 30 September 2026 rather than rushing a submission under a closing scheme.

Conclusion

The sunset of EDG, PSG and MRA on 29 September 2026 is, in practical terms, a closure of the front door to new applicants rather than a reset of commitments already made. Based on Enterprise Singapore’s own published guidance, approved projects and pending submissions continue to be honoured and processed under their original terms, with claims submitted upon completion in the usual way. The real risk for business owners is not losing an approval, but mismanaging the documentation and scope discipline around a project that happens to straddle the cutover date, or confusing legacy scheme rules with the new EDGE framework when timelines overlap.

If your company has a live grant project moving through this transition, or you are weighing up whether to rush a submission before the deadline or wait for EDGE, it helps to have a second set of eyes on your paperwork and timeline before you claim. For broader business investment planning around how grant support fits into your wider growth budget, and for ongoing coverage of Singapore grant developments, resources such as Singapore grant updates are a useful supplementary read alongside Enterprise Singapore’s own EDGE Grant page.

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The Editorial Team, Raffles Corporate Services