Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) — Scotland

What it is

CLOSED to new enquiries - Scottish Enterprise is developing a replacement capital grant it says 'will be launched very soon'. When operating, RSA was a discretionary grant from £150,000 for capital investment projects in Scotland's Tier 2/3 Assisted Areas that create or safeguard at least 10 jobs, covering up to 35% of eligible costs for SMEs (15% for large enterprises) on projects lasting 6-36 months.

⚠️ ingest normalisation 2026-08-22: capture set to fixed £150,000 = the scheme's stated minimum when operating; scheme is CLOSED so the paywall guard zeroes it anyway. Verified 2026-08-21 on scottish-enterprise.com: RSA is 'now closed to new enquiries' and Scottish Enterprise is 'developing a new capital grant... This new grant will be launched very soon' - watch for the successor scheme rather than RSA reopening. Verified terms while it ran: minimum grant £150,000; up to 35% of eligible costs for SMEs, 15% for large enterprises; minimum 10 jobs created or safeguarded; projects 6-36 months; primarily privately funded; Fair Work (Real Living Wage, union channels) and net-zero-by-2045 conditions. Geography the engine cannot express: Tier 2/3 Assisted Areas only, which EXCLUDE the Highlands & Islands and Southern Scotland regions. rolling:true + deadline:null is a schema convention for no-published-deadline schemes - there is no live application window. No maximum award published (historically £250k+ awards were made); capture uses the stated 35% SME intervention rate.