MATRADE Grants Temporarily Suspended
Due to the very enthusiastic response for Services Export Fund Grant 4 (for Export Promotion Activities), the funds set aside have been fully utilized. Please note that MATRADE will no longer be accepting applications for Grant 4 for all eligible activities undertaken from 1 December 2009. The following grants have also been suspended, effective 18 […]
[Nanyang Siang Pau] Government Grants (Part 1)
[BFM] KASS Series: Taxes, Grants & Incentives
Malaysian Goverment Pushes For Innovation: How to Benefit From Tax Incentives
During the recent Budget announcement for the fiscal year 2010, our Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak voiced his views on the change of Malaysia from a manufacturing country to one of a high-income economy. “We need a strong foundation in research, development and commercialization (R&D&C) activities.” Datuk Seri Najib said. He stated that […]
Goverment Rolls Out Comprehensive IP Commercialisation Rules
The Malaysian Government has rolled out its Intellectual Property Commercialisation Policy for Research & Development Projects funded by the Government in June 2009 (“IPCP”). To facilitate innovation with subsequent commercialisation in mind, the Government is providing funding to Universities and Public Research Institutions. The IPCP lays out who shall own the resulting IP – the […]
Brand Promotion Grant
Our Government has allocated a total fund of RM 200 million aside for companies who are taking their brand global. Called the “Brand Promotion Grant”(“the Grant”), the Government launched the Grant in 2003 under the Government’s new stimulus package to boost the economy. According to Mr. Zakaria Kamarudin, the Senior Director of the Exporters Development […]