NEHR Connect Grant

Who qualifies

• Applicant must hold a valid licence under the Healthcare Services Act (HCSA) to provide Licensable Healthcare Services, or a valid retail pharmacy licence under the Health Products Act.
• Applicant must be required to contribute to the NEHR under the Health Information Act.
• Applicant must not be a government agency or MOHH-owned entity, except for Vanguard Nursing Homes.
• Applicant must not have previously received similar MOH funding under the same Healthcare Institution (HCI) code, such as the General Practitioner IT Enablement (GP ITE) Grant or NH IT Funding / Nursing Home IT Enablement Programme (NHELP).

What it funds

• Adopting digital tools, software, e-commerce, cybersecurity
• Meeting regulatory, licensing or standards requirements

Costs covered: Software licences and SaaS.

Maximum support: up to 40%.

Percentage support applies only to some sectors: 40% of cost for acute and community hospitals, clinical laboratories, outpatient renal dialysis and retail pharmacy. Other service types receive a fixed quantum instead. For providers on subscription-based HIMS, MOH says the grant covers roughly two years of subscription costs.

Recorded cap: S$200,000.

Quantum per licensee varies by service type: acute and community hospital 40% capped at $200k; clinical laboratory 40% capped at $140k; outpatient renal dialysis 40% capped at $29.3k; retail pharmacy 40% capped at $16.9k; radiology laboratory $12k fixed; nursing home $14.4k fixed; nuclear medicine service, outpatient medical services, contingency care service, assisted reproduction, ambulatory surgical centre and outpatient dental $8.4k fixed. cap_sgd records the highest of these.

Payment: Not stated on official pages.

How to apply

Check eligibility, choose a HIA-compliant HIMS from the certified HIMS provider directory, then complete and submit the application online through the OurSG Grants (OSG) Portal at oursggrants.gov.sg. The grant appears on the portal only once the window for your service type has opened.

1. Check eligibility against the four NCG criteria.
2. Select a HIA-compliant HIMS by comparing provider features, costs and support services against the certified HIMS provider directory.
3. Complete and submit the application online through the OurSG Grants Portal at https://oursggrants.gov.sg.
4. Receive the Letter of Award (LOA) issued on application approval.
5. Work with the HIMS provider to complete implementation and start contributing to NEHR.
6. Meet the data quality requirements during the monitoring window of up to 2 months after the mandatory contribution date.
7. Submit the required finance documents to receive the payout.

Before applying

• The applicant's service-type application window must be open; NCG appears on the OurSG Grants Portal only after it opens.

Claiming support

After the Letter of Award, complete implementation and start contributing to NEHR, pass the data quality monitoring window of up to 2 months after the mandatory contribution date, then submit the required finance documents. The final payout is processed within 2 months of meeting all requirements and submitting all required documents.

Contact: NEHR.grants@synapxe.sg

Application window: Application windows are staggered by healthcare service type: Outpatient Medical Service (GP) opens 1 July 2026, deadline 31 August 2027; acute and community hospital, clinical laboratory, radiology laboratory and nuclear medicine service open 1 November 2026, deadline 31 August 2027; outpatient medical service (specialist), nursing home, outpatient renal dialysis and contingency care service open 1 August 2027, deadline 31 August 2028; outpatient dental, ambulatory surgical centre, assisted reproduction and retail pharmacy open 1 May 2029, deadline 28 February 2030.

Opens: 2026-07-01

Closes: 2030-02-28