Aerospace grants in India
Explore Aerospace grants for companies in India. This list brings together funding for aircraft, propulsion, avionics, drones and advanced air mobility 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 Aerospace in India come first.
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Google for Startups Accelerator: India
🇮🇳Google · United States
Backs India-based AI startups with a three-month, equity-free accelerator program.
HackNexus'26
🇮🇳Droidecks · India
Pays a ₹70,000 total cash prize, split among winning student teams, in a three-round national online hackathon for Indian college students.
Naaripreneur for Her Program Cohort 2
🇮🇳IIMV FIELD · India
Awards up to INR 5 lakh total in grants plus 6 months' incubation to women-led Indian startups.
NIDHI Seed Support Program (NIDHI-SSP) — Call 2
🇮🇳IKP EDEN · India
Pays Indian tech startups up to Rs. 1 crore in seed funding to hit product and market milestones.
NIDHI-Seed Support System (SSS)
🇮🇳Amity Incubator · India
Funds up to Rs. 50 lakh in equity-free seed money for early-stage startups.
Scheme for Assistance for Start Ups/Innovation (Gujarat)
🇮🇳Gujarat Industries Dept · India
Funds Gujarat startups up to ₹50 lakh across seed, social-impact and acceleration tracks.
Startup Srujan Seed Support (S4) – Cohort 3
🇮🇳i-Hub Gujarat · India
Funds Gujarat student and startup prototypes with ₹2.5-10 lakh grants to reach market.
Startup World Cup 2026 — Bangalore Regional
🇮🇳Pegasus · United States
Lets Bangalore-based founders pitch for a spot at the global Startup World Cup Grand Finale in Silicon Valley, where the ultimate winner receives a ₹9.3 crore investment award with no equity taken.
Sustenance Allowance (Scheme for Assistance for Start Ups/Innovation, Gujarat)
🇮🇳Gujarat Industries Dept · India
Funds Gujarat startups up to ₹30 lakh for prototyping, market research and event costs.
TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Scheme
🇮🇳IIMV FIELD · India
Awards up to INR 4 lakh in grants plus a year of incubation to India-based tech startups.
SIDBI Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS)
🇮🇳SIDBI (Small Industries Develo · India
Funds India's startup ecosystem indirectly by committing government-backed capital to qualified fund managers in a mother fund structure.
Stand-Up India Scheme
🇮🇳SIDBI (Small Industries Develo · India
Supports socially underrepresented founders in India with blended term and working capital loans for new greenfield enterprises.
Global Quantum + AI Challenge 2026
Resonance Alliance · Canada
Offers $200,000 in prizes across five enterprise challenge streams for teams building quantum, AI and HPC solutions to real industrial problems.
Go Make 2027: Advanced Carbon Materials with ExxonMobil
Greentown Labs · United States
Runs a climatetech accelerator that pairs carbon-materials startups with ExxonMobil for validation and collaboration, including a needs-based stipend to support participation.
Defence Rapid Impact
UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Funds innovators from any country developing near-term defence technology prototypes at TRL 6 or 7 through the MOD Defence Innovation Fund.
BlindFlight Resilience Challenge
EDGE · United Arab Emirates
Awards $25,000 for a UAV navigation system that survives GNSS jamming and spoofing.
Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox
DND Canada · Canada
Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.
GENIUS NY 2024 Competition
GENIUS NY · United States
Invests up to $1 million in seed-stage uncrewed-systems and air-mobility startups.
Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge (9th Edition)
Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational
Pays a 100,000-euro equity-free grand prize to early-stage deep tech startups globally.
RF Architectures Applying Photonic Timing and Routing (RAAPTR)
DARPA · United States
Funds three to five teams from a $58 million pool to build defense-grade RF systems that use optical timing instead of conventional microwave generation.
XPRIZE Wildfire — Finals Phase
XPRIZE · United States
Funds teams building autonomous wildfire sensing and suppression systems for faster emergency response.
Wadhwani Entrepreneurship Initiative
🇮🇳Wadhwani · India
Supports entrepreneurs through Wadhwani's Entrepreneurship Initiative with training, mentorship, and investor access.
South Summit Brazil Startup Competition
South Summit · Spain
Offers pitch time, mentoring and investor exposure to five category-winning startups.
Tufts New Ventures Competition
Derby E-Center · United States
Awards up to $250,000 in cash and in-kind prizes to Tufts-affiliated founders.