The NAC provides sustainable funding infrastructure in support of the arts community to achieve our vision of Singapore as home to diverse and distinctive arts that inspire our people, connect our communities and position Singapore globally.

The Council funds artists and arts organisations across various fields, who are actively engaged in one or more of the following:

• Establishing new or existing arts organisations;
• Producing or presenting art and/or encouraging participation in the arts;
• Training, research & development;
• Market and audience development (locally and/or internationally).

In line with Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) and all its agencies, have partnered Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) to develop an online portal, the OurSG Grants Portal (OSG), rebranded from the MCCY Grants Portal (MGP) since 21 August 2020. NAC. Our transition to the OurSG Grants Portal represents a move towards becoming a one-stop portal for community-building grants across government agencies. All the features  with the MCCY Grants Portal will remain, with new enhancements planned for roll-out in the coming months.

Since April 2019, the Presentation & Participation (P&P) Grant, the Market and Audience Development (MAD) Grant, Creation Grant and Production Grant have been on-boarded unto the OSG.  The Capability Development Grant will be on-boarded by 15September 2020. NAC is working to migrate the other grant types unto the MGP OSG.  NAC is working to migrate the other grant types unto the OSG throughout 2020 and 2021.

Applicants can download the following user guide to facilitate navigation on the OurSG Grants Portal for grant applications.

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Since 15 April 2019, NAC has also revised the grant cycles for: 

• The Presentation & Participation (General), Presentation & Participation (Publishing), Market & Audience Development (MAD) and Capability Development (CD) Grants, to three cycles per year
• The Presentation & Participation Grant (Extended Play / Full-Length Album), to one cycle per year
• The Research Grant to one cycle per year.

^ ^ Specific to this cycle, applications will open from 15 September 2020, instead of 15 August 2020. 

To sustain support for digitalisation efforts and capability development needs as the time-limited schemes for Digital Presentation Grant for the Arts (DPG) and Capability Development Scheme for the Arts (CDSA) will phase out, we will be making some adjustments to the P&P, MAD and CD Grants. The enhanced grant schemes will open for application from 15 September 2020, instead of 15 August 2020, for projects commencing 15 April 2021. Please refer to the grant guidelines uploaded onto the respective grant pages to find out more.

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In line with efforts to encourage greater governance over grant monies, the following will apply to all project grants awarded from 1 April 2020 (P&P, CD, MAD, Creation, Production and Research Grants):

• Grants $10,000 and above will require their Statement of Accounts to be certified by an accountant registered with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) or equivalent international body. 

• Grants $100,000 and above will continue to require their Statement of Accounts to be independently audited by a public accountant registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) or equivalent international body. 

• As part of the submission during grant closure, the proof of the accountant's registration with ISCA, ACRA or any equivalent international body (e.g. ISCA Membership ID) should be provided as well. 

Should you have any queries or need clarifications, please email us at NAC_Feedback@nac.gov.sg and we will respond via email or assign an NAC officer to speak with you.