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End-to-End Grants Facilitation
At RIC, we are not just proposal writers or paper pushers. We partner with clients through every stage of the grant journey - from shaping strategy and building government relationships, to navigating submissions, evaluations, and claims.
Pure-play End-to-End Grant Management
Real Inbound Consulting focuses purely in helping businesses navigate the complexities of applying and claiming for strategic business grants. While we support mainstream grants such as the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG) by Enterprise Singapore (previously known as CDG grant from Spring Singapore and GCP grant from IE Singapore), MRA by Enterprise Singapore and the CTC grant by NTUC e2i - we also have success with niche ones from sectorial agencies like MAS, NEA, STB, MPA, and IMDA. We can help with most of the grants listed on Singapore's national grant listing portal GovAssist, which serves as the most updated reference source for grants available.
We Take Ownership of The Full Spectrum
Phase 1: Discovery & Grant Matching
One to two weeks
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Grant Discovery & Matching: Understanding the Client's project and plans, shortlisting suitable grants and recommending the best one to apply go.
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Grant Roadmapping: Plan a future roadmap of grants to secure beyond the first one, aligning with each growth stage of the Client's business.
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Agency Touchpoint Identification: Identify the right agency officer or touchpoint before submission, so the company can seek early directional input instead of relying only on a portal-based application.
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Pre-Submission Engagement: Engage relevant agencies early to clarify project fit, sharpen positioning and reduce wasted effort before a full application is prepared.
Phase 2: Application Preparation
One to two weeks
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Application Planning: Provide professional advice on critical components of the grant application to improve the likelihood of Client’s success.
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Application Preparation: Build all application assets – including project proposals, costing tables, financial forecasts and any other as required by the government. Check and organize documents provided by the Client to ensure suitability for submission.
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We design effective proposals and project impact calculations to justify, knowing what matters to each grant agency.
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Application Submission: Step-by-step navigation on dedicated online portal, like the Business Grants Portal (BGP), following the government’s defined channels and procedures.
Phase 3: Application Evaluation
Two to twelve weeks
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We help navigate the assessment process with grant agencies, anticipating questions
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Application Evaluation: Supporting clients in preparing factually-accurate and appropriate responses to every round of enquiry from the grant evaluators
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Project Management & Chasers: Support with follow-ups on applications revisions, upon request by grant evaluators
Phase 4: Offer Letter Award & Review
One week
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Approval Administration: Assess the offer letter and highlight key terms and deliverables required of Client to follow.
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Acceptance: Co-ordinate offer acceptance procedures.
Phase 5: Project Execution
Duration depends on Project
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Project Check-in: Periodically check-in with Client to ensure project is progressing per the grant offer timeline and stipulations
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Milestones-based Disbursements: Prepare, apply and claim for milestone-based disbursements at every milestone hit, if allowed for by the grant agency
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Ensure all documentation are compliant with the conditions in the Offer Letter - i.e. Qualifying Period, Qualifying Expenditure amounts, Deliverables, etc. Examples of such documentations are signed quotations, invoices, payslips, delivery orders, etc.
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Ad-hoc requests Support: These include administering Project Timeline extension, Project Scope amendment. Each of these typically requires a formal process of raising Project Amendment requests through grant portal, answering the agencies' questions and getting approval for the ammendement.
Phase 6: Final Claims Preparation
One to two weeks
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We manage the entire claims process, helping avoid pitfalls that could invalidate disbursements.
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Claims Preparation: On project completion, assist Client in preparing for claims. This includes checking all vendor invoices and bank statements in relation to expenses paid, completing final project reports, and engaging claims auditors.
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Consolidate & prepare all other relevant paperwork required for claims submission
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Support the submission of claims on grant agency’s dedicated portal, in accordance to their process
Phase 7: Final Claims Evaluation
One to eight weeks
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Claims Evaluation Support: Expert guidance in drafting all responses to every round of enquiry from the claims auditors. Facilitate engagement of external grant auditor, answering auditor’s questions till satisfaction
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Ensure clearance of all grant claims audits
Phase 8: Claims Disbursements
One to two weeks
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Disbursement Administration: On claims being approved, help Client with all administrative steps for the disbursement of claims money into the Client's bank account.
Why Choose RIC for Grants Facilitation
Our expertise enables us to handle grants much faster than clients could if they were to do these themselves, leading to significantly quicker approvals, optimal support levels and smooth reimbursements.
Specialist Grant Advisory Focus
RIC is focused on structuring and facilitating grant-supportable projects. Our team brings experience across grant advisory, government-related work, accounting, technology consulting and project execution.
End-to-End Grant Lifecycle Support
RIC supports the full grant journey, from eligibility assessment, project scoping and proposal preparation to evaluator clarifications, offer-letter review, claims submission, audit support and reimbursement follow-through.
Certified Professional Expertise
RIC’s consultants include Professional Singapore Certified Management Consultants certified by TUV SUD and recognised under Enterprise Singapore’s Consultant Quality Initiative, strengthening the professionalism behind our advisory work.
Stronger Applications, Smoother Claims
We help clients prepare clearer proposals, stronger project impact calculations and more complete supporting evidence, while managing the claims process where documentation gaps and compliance issues often arise.
Track Record Across Project Sizes
We have supported 500+ grant-backed projects ranging from smaller growth initiatives to multi-million-dollar transformation projects, serving startups, SMEs, scale-ups, MNCs and listed companies across industries.
Success-Aligned Engagement
Where suitable, RIC works on a success-aligned fee model, meaning our commercial interest is tied to successful grant outcomes rather than paperwork alone.
Grant Pathways We Commonly Support
RIC supports companies across a range of Singapore grant and incentive pathways. The right pathway depends on company profile, project objective, budget, timing, eligibility and readiness to execute.
CCP New Hire
Career Conversion Programme — New Hire
Supports employers hiring mid-career Singapore Citizens or PRs into growth roles through structured on-the-job training and salary support.
Up to 70% salary support, or up to 90% for eligible mature or long-term unemployed trainees.
Salary support capped at S$5,000 or S$7,500 per month.
RIC
Refundable Investment Credit
Supports significant new or expanded investments in Singapore across areas such as headquarters activities, centres of excellence, R&D, innovation, decarbonisation and strategic economic activities.
10%, 30% or 50% of qualifying expenditures, depending on project profile.
Funding quantum varies by project and approved qualifying expenditures.
EDG Automation
Enterprise Development Grant — Automation
Supports Singapore companies adopting or developing automation and technology solutions to improve resource efficiency, integrate systems and achieve measurable productivity or sustainability outcomes.
Up to 50%
Funding quantum varies by project and qualifying costs.
RIS(C)
Research and Innovation Scheme for Companies
Supports companies building R&D and innovation capabilities in Singapore through new or improved products, services, applications or processes.
Up to 60% for local manpower; up to 30% for foreign manpower and equipment.
Funding quantum varies by project. Cost-category caps and milestone commitments may apply.
How We Bring Value To All Stakeholders in A Grant Project
We operate on a success-based model that de-risks client engagements, while taking full ownership of the grant process end-to-end. We eliminate administrative burden, structure and justify funding requests to achieve optimal support levels, manage grant authority queries, and ensure smooth claims, audit, and reimbursement execution to protect timelines and cash flow.
