Sector-specific

Adopt standards relevant to your industry to improve market access, drive profitability, speed up innovation, and ensure quality and consistency for your company.

• Up to 50% support for SMEs or 30% support for non-SMEs
• Support for this activity counts towards your company's overall annual grant cap of S$100,000
• Application outcome in 10 weeks
• Projects must be completed within 12 months from date of approval
• Costs incurred from date of application are covered upon approval

• Professional consultancy costs
• Certification/Testing costs - Conformity assessment body should be accredited by the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) or an internationally recognised accreditation body (listed in ILAC MRA / IAF MRA / APAC MRA).

Include but are not limited to:

• Goods and Services Tax (GST)
• Software costs
• Certification/Testing costs – Surveillance and renewal costs after first year certification/testing are not supportable.

Check your company's eligibility on BusinessSG.

• Business entity registered and operating in Singapore.
• At least 30% Singaporean(s) and/or Singapore PR(s) ownership (direct or indirect, determined by the ultimate individual ownership.
• Must not have previously applied for grant support for the same standard, regardless of the standard’s version.
• Must not have started work or have made any payment or deposit to a supplier, vendor, or third party prior to application submission.

At the end of your project, submit the relevant supporting documents:

• Final report demonstrating the extent of capability building achieved (including training records, if any) and benefits realised from standards adoption.
• Accredited certificate, testing or compliance reports issued by a third-party conformity assessment body accredited by the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) or an internationally recognised accreditation body (listed in ILAC MRA/IAF MRA/ APAC MRA).

1. Vendor's proposal, quotation, and SS 680 certification
2. Third-party conformity assessment body's quotation
3. Assessment body's certification
4. Projection of expected revenue growth as a result of project, for 1 year after project completion
5. Projection of new jobs created (overall and Singaporeans only) with gross monthly salary above S$5,000 for 1 year after project completion