Can I submit an appeal if my application is rejected?
If your application is rejected, you will not be able to appeal but you can check with the processing agency on the reason for rejection.
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If your application is rejected, you will not be able to appeal but you can check with the processing agency on the reason for rejection.
Navigate to the ‘Completed’ tab under ‘My Applications’. Select the grant you wish to terminate. Click on ‘Terminate Grant’.
Only your company’s Acceptor in Corppass can accept the Letter Of Offer (LOF). Viewers and Preparers are not authorised to accept the LOF.
To find out what your Corppass role is, look for the role label next to your login account name, in the masthead.
If you are the Acceptor for your company, click to the approved grant from the ‘ Updates Required’ tab on the ‘My Grants’ page.
Click on the ‘Letters And Documents’ section to get to your Letter Of Offer.
Download and read the LOF, then click ‘Accept’ to accept the terms and award of the grant.
If you are the company’s Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer or equivalent and would like to change your role from Preparer to Acceptor, your Corppass admin can assign the appropriate e-service role for you.
The applicant company’s CorpPass Admin would need to add in the “MTI – Business Grant Portal (BGP)” digital service:
Login at www.corppass.gov.sg
Go to ‘e-Services’ -> ‘Select Entity e-Services’
Type “bgp” in the search bar to the right (next to ‘filter’)
Tick the box on the left of “BGP”, then press ‘Next’ a. If there is no checkbox to tick, you may skip ahead to Step 7 below.
Press ‘Next’ and ‘Submit’
Press ‘Return to Homepage’.
After adding BGP for the company, the Admin would then need to assign it to the relevant staff:
Go to ‘e-Services’ -> ‘Assign selected e-Services’
Tick the box next to the relevant staff’s name and press ‘Next’.
Type “bgp” in the search bar to the right (next to ‘filter’)
Tick the box on the left of “BGP”, then press ‘Next’ a. Select the “Acceptor” role. b. “Authorization Effective Date” can be today. c. “Authorization Expiry Date” can be left blank.
Press ‘Next’ and ‘Submit’
If you are unsure of who your Admin is, you may use your SingPass to check on the identity of your entity’s CorpPass Admins and Sub-Admins:
Go to www.corppass.gov.sg
Click on ‘Services’ > ‘Find Your CorpPass Admin’
Login to SingPass
Enter the company’s UEN
Press ‘Search’ (the respective admins’ names will be displayed)
For further enquiries regarding CorpPass roles, please refer to the CorpPass User Guide.
Your company’s Corppass administrator just needs to assign your new CEO/MD the Business Grants Portal acceptor role, so that they can accept the Letter Of Offer.
If you haven’t submitted your grant application, update your Letter Of Offer addressee.
If you have submitted your application and it hasn’t been approved, contact the processing agency. They will return your application, so you can update it.
If you have already received a Letter Of Offer, your new CEO/MD will be able to accept it when your Corppass administrator assigns them the rights. Do remember to update the grant processing agency and ACRA of the change in management.
You can submit a change request after you have accepted the Letter Of Offer for a grant and before you have made a claim.Change requests include changes to the project duration, change in project scope and an increase in the funding amount.
You can submit a change request for the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) and Business Improvement Fund (BIF). If you need to make changes to your approved Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) application, you can do so when you submit your claims.
Change requests take up to 4-6 weeks to process.
You can submit claims for the Business Improvement Fund (BIF), Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) and the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) in the Business Grants Portal.
For the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG), you can submit a one-time claim extension before your claim is due:
For the Business Improvement Fund (BIF), Enterprise Development Grant (EDG) and Market Readiness Assistance (MRA), you will need to submit a Change Request to extend a claim due date.
If you miss the claim due date, your claims will lapse. Note that reminder emails will be sent to the main contact person before the claim due date.
Claim disbursements take up to 4-6 weeks to process.
If you don’t have a GIRO account, you will need to print and complete the GIRO form relevant to your processing agency. You will need to get your bank to verify the completed form. Once verified, mail the original verified form to the agency’s finance department.
Here are the links to the processing agencies’ GIRO forms: