Landscape and Animal Sector Productivity Grant

Who qualifies

• Must be registered in Singapore.
• Landscape, orchid and ornamental fish companies with a valid licence or registration issued by NParks. The applicant must hold a valid Landscape Company Register entry or NParks licence.
• Standard Scheme: equipment must be on the pre-approved list (aerator, drones, electric or hybrid landscape equipment, fleet management system hardware, mobile elevating work platform or boom lift or spider lift, robotic or wireless or autonomous mower, sensors for measurement, stump grinder, tractor hedge cutter, tree management systems, tree diagnostic equipment) or proposed by the applicant ('Propose your own'); all applications are reviewed case by case.
• Standard Scheme: applicants are advised not to apply for equipment previously supported under earlier NParks grant tranches for their own or related companies, multiple units of the same type of equipment, or widely used equipment such as lorry cranes, excavators, forklifts and buggies.
• Standard Scheme: equipment with several vendors in the market needs 3 comparative quotes with the same technical specifications and a justification for the vendor chosen; equipment from a sole distributor needs a copy of the sole distributorship appointment letter showing its validity period, plus any available price comparison (for example from GeBIZ or public tenders); customised solutions need 3 quotes, or 3 quotes for the basic equipment without customisation if comparative quotes are not available.
• Innovation Scheme: for innovative equipment and solutions not readily available in the market; companies may work with Institutes of Higher Learning or third-party service providers.
• Innovation Scheme: NParks assesses a brief project proposal first and invites eligible companies to submit the full application on the Business Grants Portal.

What it funds

• Automation, robotics, equipment upgrades for productivity
• Adopting digital tools, software, e-commerce, cybersecurity
• R&D, product development, prototyping, IP

Costs covered: Hardware, machinery, IT equipment.

Maximum support: up to 50%.

Standard Scheme: up to 50% of total equipment cost. Innovation Scheme: up to 50% of total project cost. Applicants must show at least 30% productivity improvement (Standard) or at least 50% (Innovation) in the business proposal.

The page states no dollar cap. All applications are reviewed case by case.

Payment: Not stated on official pages.

How to apply

Standard Scheme: apply online on the Business Grants Portal, choosing your sector and the productivity grant option. Innovation Scheme: email a brief of your project to NParks first; if NParks invites you, apply on the Business Grants Portal with the listed documents.

1. Check that you hold a valid Landscape Company Register entry or an NParks licence or registration.
2. Standard Scheme: pick equipment from the pre-approved list or propose your own, and get the quotations required for it.
3. Standard Scheme: apply on the Business Grants Portal. Select your sector (Landscape; Agriculture/Non-Food Animals; or Agriculture/Orchid and Plant Nurseries), then 'Upgrade key business areas, such as adopt technology, improve business processes or raise service standards', then the grant option the NParks page names by the grant's former name (exact label in notes), and click Apply.
4. Innovation Scheme: email a brief of your innovation project proposal to NParks_Industry@nparks.gov.sg to start the application.
5. Innovation Scheme: NParks contacts you for clarifications or more information and evaluates the proposal.
6. Innovation Scheme: eligible companies are then invited to submit the application on the Business Grants Portal with the supporting documents.

Before applying

• Valid Landscape Company Register entry or NParks licence.
• Innovation Scheme: the project proposal brief has been sent to NParks and NParks has invited the company to apply.

Documents

• Valid Landscape Company Registration or Farm Licence issued by NParks — Innovation Scheme invited application.
• Updated company ACRA records — Innovation Scheme invited application.
• Latest one-year financial statement — Innovation Scheme invited application.
• Farm and project layout plans (if applicable) — Innovation Scheme invited application; if applicable.
• Brochures and quotations for the cost of project items — Innovation Scheme invited application.
• Project Proposal and Project Outcomes — Innovation Scheme invited application. The Standard Scheme business proposal must show at least 30% productivity improvement; the Innovation Scheme at least 50%.
• Comparative quotations (3) with the same technical specifications, with justification for the chosen vendor (if applicable) — Standard Scheme, for equipment with multiple vendors. Sole-distributor equipment needs the distributorship appointment letter instead; customised solutions need 3 quotes.

Contact: NParks_Industry@nparks.gov.sg

Application window: The NParks page states no opening or closing date.