Migrant Workers’ Engagement Grant

Who qualifies

• Must be registered in Singapore.
• Applicant must have organised at least one similar-scale event for at least 100 migrant workers within the last three years.
• Applicant must source and secure a proposed site and operate the pop-up space at least twice a month on Sundays or public holidays for the 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027 pilot.
• The pop-up space must operate for a minimum of three hours per day of operation.

What it funds

• Community, arts, heritage, sports, social-good projects

Costs covered: Hardware, machinery, IT equipment; Internal staff salary attributable to the project; Marketing, advertising, trade-fair booth costs; Physical materials and consumables consumed by the funded project (e.g. construction materials, prototypes); Third-party consultant or professional service fees; Explain in notes.

Recorded cap: S$250,000.

Up to $250,000 over the six-month operating period, banded by total visitorship target — Tier 1 3,300 visits up to $100,000; Tier 2 5,000 up to $150,000; Tier 3 6,700 up to $200,000; Tier 4 8,300 up to $250,000. No single item may exceed $10,000. Venue rental and cash prizes are not supported.

Payment: Paid in tranches against milestones.

How to apply

Read the funding agreement, sign in with the organisation's CorpPass, and submit a separate FormSG application for each proposed pop-up space before the deadline.

1. Read the funding agreement for pop-up spaces under the MWE grant.
2. Secure the proposed site and state it in the grant application.
3. Use the organisation's CorpPass to submit the FormSG application.
4. Submit a separate application for each proposed pop-up space.

Before applying

• The organisation must meet the Singapore-registration and prior-event experience requirements.

Documents

• MWE grant application form — Submitted through FormSG using CorpPass. Agency document ↗

Claiming support

Disbursement is in three stages — up to 50% before operations for initial setup, up to 40% after the operational period and completion of requirements, and up to 10% based on visitorship performance. Operators submit e-invoices and supporting documents; MOM pays by Inter-bank GIRO within 30 days after receiving the last satisfactory required document or by the scheduled date, whichever is later.

Initial-tranche documents by 31 August 2026; completion and KPI-tranche documents by 30 April 2027

Contact: NG_Jia_Yu@mom.gov.sg

Application window: The application deadline was 13 August 2026 at 11:59pm.

Opens: 2026-07-01

Closes: 2026-08-13