Grants in India
Explore grants for companies in India. This directory includes national and regional funding from Indian innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in India, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at India come first.
Showing 1-24 of 855 grants
4th Akash ESIIP: EPAM Social Impact Innovation Program
🇮🇳AIC-IIITH · India
Gives revenue-stage Indian GreenTech startups up to Rs 5L in equity-free funding.
PM SVANidhi Startup Challenge
🇮🇳MoHUA · India
Funds DPIIT-recognized Indian startups up to Rs.20 lakh to build tech for street vendors.
D.E.S.I.G.N. for BioE3 Challenge
🇮🇳DBT · India
Pays India's top biotech concept entries ₹1 lakh each month, with grants to build them.
AI for Transformative Social Impact
🇮🇳RAFT · India
Funds Indian nonprofits building AI-native tools for measurable social impact.
iDEX Open Challenge
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Pays Indian startups and MSMEs up to ₹1.5 crore to pitch defence and aerospace technology.
India-Finland Joint Innovation Call 2026
🇮🇳DST India · India
Grants Indian-Finnish R&D consortia up to Rs.2.5 crore per project for joint tech development.
Honda Innovation Challenge 2.0
🇮🇳Honda · Japan
Pays Indian startups up to 40 lakh rupees to co-build mobility and safety tech with Honda.
Yuva Yodha Energy Tech Hackathon
🇮🇳Schneider Electric · France
Pays student teams in India up to ₹20,00,000 to build working energy and sustainability prototypes at a national hackathon.
Assistance for Capital Investment to Uplift the Economic Condition of Artisans/Persons
🇮🇳Industries Dept (DNH&DD) · India
Gives SC/ST/OBC/EWS artisans in the union territory free tools and equipment for their trade.
Research Development and Innovation Fund
🇮🇳TDB · India
Funds Indian companies and startups scaling RDI-intensive technologies through concessional loans and equity.
ACIC Community Innovator Fellowship
🇮🇳AIM · India
Funds community innovators in India with a fellowship path for startup experimentation via ACIC incubation support.
BIG Grant (Biotechnology Ignition Grant)
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds early-stage Indian biotechnology ventures through proof-of-concept support and startup development stages.
BIPP Grant (Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme)
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds Indian biotechnology partnerships with industry to pursue frontier life-science breakthroughs at early stage.
INSPIRE — Fellowships & Scholarships
🇮🇳DST India · India
Runs students and early career scholars with mentoring support for INSPIRE Fellowships & Scholarships in biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and materials science.
NGIS — Software-Product Incubation
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds Indian software-product teams through NGIS incubation routes and early-stage financial support.
NIDHI — Incubation Support
🇮🇳DST India · India
Supports deep-tech and science-based startups through a network of Indian incubators and prototype centers.
NIDHI PRAYAS Prototype Grant
🇮🇳DST India · India
Funds innovators and startups building prototypes through NIDHI PRAYAS.
SAMRIDH Matching Investment — Cohort-Based
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds Indian startups with matching-investment support via accelerator cohort routing.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (Annual Cycle)
🇮🇳CSIR India · India
Helps teams delivering high impact prototypes with milestone support for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in biotechnology, materials science, and energy systems.
TDB Technology Commercialisation Soft Loan
🇮🇳TDB · India
Funds technology commercialisation in India through concessional TDB soft loans and selected equity participation for scalable innovation.
TIDE 2.0 Incubator-Routed Support
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds Indian startups routed through incubators for AI and digital product commercialization.
Wadhwani Innovation Network — Center of Excellence Research Grants
🇮🇳Wadhwani · India
Funds Indian Center of Excellence teams working on deep technology and bioengineering commercialization.
NIDHI Entrepreneur-in-Residence
🇮🇳DST India · India
Funds entrepreneurs and innovators developing technology business ideas through NIDHI EIR.
DBT EFB
🇮🇳DBT · India
Funds investigator-led biotechnology projects in India advancing frontier biology through competitive grant pathways and programme review cycles.