AI grants in India
Explore AI grants for companies in India. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI 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 AI in India come first.
Showing 25-48 of 287 grants
MeitY GENESIS EIR Program
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds Indian entrepreneurs-in-residence with up to Rs. 10 lakh and mentorship at FiiRE Goa.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR)
🇮🇳iTIC Incubator · India
Pays Indian idea-stage founders up to INR 4 lakh as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence stipend.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant
🇮🇳iTIC Incubator · India
Pays Indian prototype-stage startups up to INR 7 lakh in grant support plus incubation.
NIDHI PRAYAS
🇮🇳DST India · India
Funds prototyping for physical-product ideas through India's NIDHI PRAYAS scheme.
NIDHI Seed Support Program
🇮🇳DST India · India
Funds deserving startups through NIDHI incubators and technology business incubators.
Performance Linked Grant Scheme for Smaller Business Units
🇮🇳Goa IT Dept · India
Pays fast-growing Goa IT companies a cash grant worth 5% of their net income, capped at ₹25 lakh.
READY Program (Pre-seed Incubation)
IHFC · India
Gives IIT Delhi students and grads up to Rs 5 lakh in a 6-month deep-tech incubation.
Salary Subsidy Scheme
🇮🇳Goa IT Dept · India
Matches part of the salary Goa IT companies pay to freshers for up to two years.
Smt. Rajkumari Jain Seed Fund for Innovation
🇮🇳PIEDS · India
Funds BITS Pilani student and alumni startups with up to ₹50 lakh for innovation in AI, semiconductors, sustainability and other emerging sectors.
TDIP: Program for Pilot, Testing and PoC of Telecom Products and Solutions
🇮🇳DoT · India
Funds Indian telecom startups and MSMEs up to 80% (max Rs.50 lakh) to pilot and validate solutions.
TIDE 2.0 EiR Grant Program
🇮🇳JIC · India
Grants Indian early-revenue startups Rs. 7 lakh plus mentoring under MeitY's TIDE 2.0.
TiHAN PRAYAS/EiR Program
🇮🇳TiHAN · India
Pays Indian idea-stage deep-tech founders up to INR 10 lakh through a monthly fellowship and grant.
AI & AgriTech Innovation Center - Track 1: Discovery & Ideation
🇮🇳Govt. of Maharashtra · India
Funds AI and AgriTech prototypes tackling agricultural challenges in Maharashtra.
AI & AgriTech Innovation Center - Track 2: Pilot & Validation
🇮🇳Maha Agri-AI Center · India
Funds field pilots of AI-driven agriculture solutions in Maharashtra, up to Rs 2 Cr.
Bharat Safety: Design. Deploy. Deliver.
🇮🇳AIC IIT Delhi & Honda · India
Pays up to Rs 10 lakh, equity-free, to startups building road-safety tech.
BIRAC Research, Development & Innovation Fund (RDIF)
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds Indian deep-tech biotech startups, SMEs and large industries scaling indigenous manufacturing.
Breakthrough Solutions and Cost-Disruptive Innovations for Screening and Diagnosis
🇮🇳GCI · India
Funds India-based teams building ultra-low-cost infectious-disease screening tools.
BUILD (Boeing's University Innovation Leadership Development Program)
🇮🇳Boeing · India
Offers Indian students and entrepreneurs mentoring and a shot at a ₹10 lakh grant.
Call for R&DI Funding Proposals
🇮🇳TIHAN · India
Funds researchers and institutions up to ₹25 lakhs for autonomous-navigation R&D projects.
DBT-BIRAC Bio-AI Call under BioE3 Policy
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds Indian companies and startups developing Bio-AI platforms for high-performance biomanufacturing.
DBT-BIRAC Bio-AI मूलांकुर Hubs Rolling Call
🇮🇳DBT · India
Supports India-wide Bio-AI hub development through grants for teams building translational biomanufacturing platforms and partnerships.
DeepTech Bharat Hackathon
🇮🇳DPIIT · India
Awards ₹1.25 lakh across 5 winning deep-tech ideas plus mentoring and incubation support.
Digi-SAPNE 2.0
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Grants up to Rs 80 lakh to North East Indian startups scaling tech solutions.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence Programme (EiR)
🇮🇳IITTNiF · India
Pays up to INR 30,000 a month for 12 months to first-time geospatial-tech founders.