Heritage Grants Scheme - Minor Project Grant

Who qualifies

• Organisation types: Natural person (worker, trainee, founder); Registered charity or Institution of a Public Character; Registered society; Company limited by guarantee.
• Eligible: SC/PR aged 18+ residing in SG; locally registered non-profits, interest groups, clans/associations; MOE-purview schools; informal groups with a nominated individual or legally constituted org taking legal/financial responsibility.
• Not eligible: publicly-funded agencies/institutions (except MOE schools), existing Heritage Grants recipients or those with outstanding repayments, for-profit organisations, applicants not directly owning/operating the entity.
• Only one application per grant cycle; awarded applicants cannot apply again until their project is completed.

What it funds

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

Maximum support: up to 80%.

Raised from 50% to 80% for applications submitted from April 2026 onwards, per NHB notice dated 15 December 2025.

Recorded cap: S$50,000.

Major Project Grant (separate scheme on the same page) is capped at S$150,000.

Payment: Paid in tranches against milestones.

How to apply

Apply via the OurSG Grants (OSG) Portal. Individuals use Singpass; organisations must use a valid Corppass account (Singpass-only accounts cannot apply on behalf of an organisation).

1. Register for Singpass or Corppass if not already registered.
2. Submit the application via the OurSG Grants Portal within the application window, by 2359h on the closing date.
3. If successful, accept the Letter of Award (LOA) within 14 days of issuance.

Before applying

• The grant does not support completed projects, done deals, retrospective costs, or costs incurred before the LOA start date.

Documents

• Proposal Form — Use the latest template downloaded from the OurSG Grants Portal.
• Publication Form (if applicable) — Mandatory for publication/book projects; use the latest OSG template.
• Heritage Space / Exhibition Form (if applicable) — Mandatory for heritage-space and exhibition projects; use the latest OSG template.
• Audio/Audiovisual Form (if applicable) — Mandatory for projects with audio/audiovisual outputs; use the latest OSG template.
• Budget Form — Use the latest OSG template and give detailed breakdowns for qualifying costs.
• CVs and/or portfolios of involved parties — CVs of team members and, where relevant, portfolios of writers, researchers, fabricators, etc.
• Samples of work and supporting documents — Examples include drafts, scripts, chapter write-ups, designs, mock-ups, storyboards, concept briefs and tentative quotations.
• Lesson and/or activity plans, as part of curriculum (if applicable) — Mandatory only for school heritage spaces.

Processing time: Notification of results by end July (for the 4 Mar-15 Apr window) or end December (for the 4 Aug-15 Sep window).

Claiming support

Create a claim in the OurSG Grants Portal and upload the required deliverables. Funding is normally paid in two or three instalments against agreed deliverables; initial tranche(s) are advances and the final tranche is reimbursement.

Submit reports and deliverables according to the Letter of Award's project/disbursement schedule; complete the project within 24 months from the grant award date.

Contact: nhb_heritagegrants@nhb.gov.sg

Application window: Two annual windows (4 Mar-15 Apr, 4 Aug-15 Sep), closing 2359h regardless of weekends/holidays; late applications not accepted. Current cycle closes 15 Sep 2026.

Opens: 2026-08-04

Closes: 2026-09-15