How to apply on the Business Grants Portal (BGP 2.0)

The short answer

To apply on the Business Grants Portal, your company's Corppass administrator first gives you a role under the ApplyGov e-Service. You then log in with Corppass, fill in the application, and track it from the My grants dashboard. Only the company's Acceptor can accept a Letter of Offer.

Last reviewed: 12 October 2026. Official source: the BGP 2.0 FAQ.

This guide shows the BGP 2.0 log-in. The portal asks you to choose "BGP" or "BGP 2.0", and each log-in lists a set of grants, so check which log-in lists yours. As of 12 October 2026, the Business Grants Portal page at apply.gov.sg listed the EDGE Grant under the BGP 2.0 log-in. On that date, the same page listed other grants under the BGP log-in, including three that had closed to new applications: the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), the Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) grant and the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG). Some screens differ on the BGP log-in, for example where the Letter of Offer sits (Step 5).

Key facts

What the BGP portal is

• Answer: the portal that "brings government grants for businesses into one place, so it's easier to find and apply for the grants you need". BGP 2.0 is the newer, beta version for selected business grants.
• Official source: the BGP 2.0 FAQ.

Where to log in

• Answer: the Business Grants Portal page at apply.gov.sg. Choose "BGP 2.0" to follow this guide.
• Official source: the Business Grants Portal page.

The move to BGP 2.0

• Answer: the official FAQ says the Business Grants Portal "will be moving to a new system (BGP 2.0) by end-2026".
• Official source: the BGP 2.0 FAQ.

How you log in

• Answer: with a Corppass account, which the official FAQ says you need to use BGP 2.0. Corppass is the account your staff use to act for the company with government digital services.
• Official source: the BGP 2.0 FAQ.

Who gives you access

• Answer: your company's Corppass administrator, or a Corppass Sub-Administrator, under the e-Service called ApplyGov. An e-Service is Corppass's name for one government digital service.
• Official source: the BGP 2.0 FAQ and Corppass.

Who can accept a Letter of Offer

• Answer: only the company's BGP Acceptor, a role that should go to the Managing Director (MD), Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or equivalent. The Letter of Offer is the document that sets out the terms of an approved grant.
• Official source: the BGP 2.0 FAQ.

Step 1: Get the right Corppass role

You need a Corppass account to use the portal. If your company has no Corppass administrator yet, appoint one first through Corppass.

Your administrator gives you one of three roles. Pick each role by what the person will do. For the Acceptor, that means someone with authority to accept the Letter of Offer for the company.

BGP Viewer

• Who it is for: staff who monitor or report on grant information.
• What they can do: view.

BGP Preparer

• Who it is for: the person overseeing the project and acting as the point of contact for the grant. A Preparer makes declarations on behalf of the company.
• What they can do: view, create, edit and submit.

BGP Acceptor

• Who it is for: the MD, CEO or equivalent, with authority to accept the Letter of Offer for the company.
• What they can do: everything a Viewer and a Preparer can do, plus accept the Letter of Offer.

Good to know: the BGP 2.0 FAQ says that since 4 November 2024 the Corppass e-Service for the portal is called ApplyGov instead of BGP. Existing roles still work, and the same roles open both BGP and BGP 2.0.

Our guide to Corppass roles for the Business Grants Portal covers who gets which role.

Step 2: How the Corppass administrator assigns the role

1. Log in to Corppass and open the e-Service Access tab.
2. Choose Assign selected e-Services.
3. Tick the staff member who needs access and click Next.
4. Select ApplyGov under Government Technology Agency of Singapore and click Next.
5. Choose the role (BGP Viewer, BGP Preparer or BGP Acceptor) and the start and end dates, then click Next. You can leave the end date blank.
6. Check the details and click Submit.

The staff member can now log in to the portal through Corppass with that role. A company registered outside Singapore registers a Corppass administrator account first.

If ApplyGov does not appear in step 4, the administrator adds it to the company first. Go to e-Services, then Select Entity e-Services, search for "ApplyGov", tick "GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY AGENCY OF SINGAPORE - ApplyGov", then press Next and Submit. If there is no box to tick, skip that step and go on to assign the role.

Our guide to giving staff access in Corppass has the full steps and the common errors.

Step 3: Log in and find your way around My grants

Go to the Business Grants Portal page at apply.gov.sg, choose the BGP 2.0 log-in and log in with Corppass.

The illustration shows three of the four tabs. After you log in, the My grants page has four tabs:

• Updates required: anything waiting for you, such as a form the officer has sent back or an offer to accept.
• Drafts: applications you have started but not submitted.
• All grants: everything your company has submitted, with its status.
• My recent actions: where you follow the progress of a bulk action (Step 4).

Your role appears next to your name at the top right of the page. Check it before you start, because a Viewer cannot create or submit forms.

If an agency has invited you to apply for a scheme, you get an email with a link. Log in and accept the invitation within 90 days, or it expires. You can reject an invitation, but you cannot open it again once rejected.

After you accept, your draft appears in the Drafts tab. If the link shows an "Invalid page" message, the invitation may have been removed or may have expired, so contact the agency named in the email.

Step 4: Submit, then track the status

Only a Preparer or an Acceptor can submit an application (see Step 1).

Before you submit, check the documents your grant asks for in our grant application documents checklist.

Draft

• What it means: you have started the form and not submitted it.
• Where to find it: the Drafts tab.

Application Submitted

• What it means: you have submitted the application. The BGP 2.0 FAQ does not say more about this status.
• Where to find it: the All grants tab, in the Status column.

Pending Re-submission

• What it means: the officer has asked for changes, usually by email. Their comments sit at the top of the form.
• Where to find it: the Updates required tab, then Edit form.

Approved

• What it means: a Letter of Offer is waiting for the Acceptor.
• Where to find it: the Updates required tab, then View offer.

If you have many submissions to move at once, the Updates required tab has a Bulk action button, which the BGP 2.0 FAQ calls Bulk Transit. It takes up to 50 submissions at a time, and every submission you select must have "the same lifecycle, form version and state code". You follow its progress in My recent actions.

Step 5: Accept the Letter of Offer

Only the company's BGP Acceptor can accept a Letter of Offer. Viewers and Preparers cannot.

On the BGP 2.0 log-in:

1. The Acceptor logs in and opens the Updates required tab.
2. Click View offer on the approved application.
3. Download the Letter of Offer and read it in full.
4. Click Accept. This confirms, for the company, that you have read the terms, that the application is true and correct, and that the company will comply with the terms.

On the BGP log-in, the steps differ: the Business Grants Portal FAQ on GoBusiness says to open the "Letters And Documents" section to find the Letter of Offer.

If the MD or CEO holds a Preparer role, the Corppass administrator changes it to Acceptor under the ApplyGov e-Service. If the person who should accept has left the company, the administrator assigns the Acceptor role to their replacement. Remember to update the grant agency and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), the company registry, about the change in management.

Our guide to accepting a Letter of Offer covers what you are agreeing to.

Step 6: Changes, claims and advances after you accept

From the All grants tab, open the approved grant with View project. Choose Submit new next to the form you need:

• Change request: to ask to change the project, such as its dates. The Business Grants Portal FAQ on GoBusiness says you can submit one after you accept the Letter of Offer and before you make a claim.
• Claim: to claim the approved costs.
• Cash advancement: to request an advance, where your grant offers one.

Each grant limits what a change request can cover, so check your Letter of Offer. For example, as of October 2026, Enterprise Singapore's EDGE Grant FAQ allows a change request only for the project end date and the claim due date.

Only a Preparer or an Acceptor can create and submit these forms.

Our guide to grant claims and reimbursement explains the claim step.

Not sure yet what your project is? The Grant Project Planner turns a few short answers into a draft project brief in about three minutes. It is free, with no documents or login.

Before you apply: three things people get wrong

1. Starting the work too early. In the grants we checked, the cut-off was submitting the application, not approval. EDG, MRA and PSG closed on 29 September 2026 (as of October 2026), and each drew that line while it ran. EDG counted a project as started if the company had begun work, paid a third party named in the application or signed a contract with one before the application date. MRA did not support a project that had started, or where a payment had been made or a contract signed with the consultant or vendor, before the application was submitted. MRA made one exception, for overseas physical and virtual trade fairs, where a company could pay or sign with the show organiser or a third-party vendor before submitting, because it might need to secure booth space in advance. PSG did not support an application where the company had paid, or paid a deposit, before submitting it. PSG let a company start after submitting, but a company that did so could not claim if the application was unsuccessful. Check the rule of the grant you apply for. Our advice, not an official rule: wait for your Letter of Offer before you sign or pay a supplier.
2. Opening the portal before the project is defined. Our advice, not an official rule: decide what you will deliver, by when, at what cost and with what result before you start the form. EDG, which has since closed, said it assessed applications on project scope, project outcomes and the competency of the service provider. Our guide to writing a grant project proposal shows what past official templates asked for.
3. Expecting a discount. The grants we checked paid back approved costs after the company had paid and claimed. EDG and MRA projects were supported on a reimbursement basis. As of October 2026, Enterprise Singapore's EDGE Grant page says grant support is disbursed on a reimbursement basis. Plan your cash flow for the full amount.

Plan your project before you open the portal

Everything in this guide is work your own company does. Your staff hold the roles, and your Managing Director, CEO or equivalent accepts the Letter of Offer. The portal steps are the easy part. The harder part is the project: what you will deliver, by when, at what cost and with what result.

Plan it free first. Our Grant Project Planner asks a few short questions about your business and the bottleneck you want to fix, then gives you a draft project brief on screen in about three minutes. No documents, no login.

Want us alongside you? If the project spans several systems or vendors, or you would rather not run the project alone, tell us about it and check if we're a fit. We look up your company before we reply, and we reply within one working day, Singapore time. If you know something is wrong, but not yet what to fix, a Blueprint is a paid diagnosis that ends with a costed plan.

Disclaimer. Admiral Systems is not associated with any Singapore government agency. This guide reflects our understanding of the official BGP 2.0 FAQ and the other official pages linked here, as of 12 October 2026, and is not professional, legal or financial advice. Grant outcomes are decided solely by the agency that runs each grant. For the official answers, see the BGP 2.0 FAQ.