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 49-72 of 284 grants
Gen AI Accelerator
🇮🇳PIEDS · India
Awards up to Rs 10 lakh in seed funding to early-stage Indian Gen AI startups.
GENESIS — Sub-Track (PILOT and Matching Investment)
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds Indian startups through GENESIS Pilot and matching investment pathways for growth.
GENESIS at iHub-AWaDH, IIT Ropar
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds Tier-II/III India deep-tech startups incubated at IIT Ropar's AWaDH hub.
Genesis EIR (Entrepreneur-in-Residence) Program
🇮🇳IIMUIC · India
Pays early-stage Indian founders up to Rs 10 lakh under the GENESIS EiR scheme.
GENESIS EIR Cohort-3
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds early-stage Indian tech founders with incubation, mentorship and grant support.
Grand Challenges India Screening and Diagnosis Innovations
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds Indian startups and R&D organizations developing infectious-disease screening and diagnosis innovations.
GrowX Acceleration Program 2026
🇮🇳AI CoE · India
Backs India's AI-first and DeepTech startups moving from pilot to real deployment.
Ignition Grant under the NIDHI iTBI Scheme at AdtU
🇮🇳NIDHI iTBI AdtU · India
Pays up to INR 10 lakh for early healthcare and ICT prototype innovations.
India-Canada Collaborative Industrial Research & Development Programme 2025
🇮🇳DST India · India
Funds joint India-Canada industrial R&D projects with a grant up to INR 1.5 crore per project.
India-Finland Joint Innovation Call
🇮🇳TDB · India
Funds Indian companies collaborating with Finnish partners through bilateral innovation grants.
India-Sweden Collaborative Industrial Research & Development Programme 2025
🇮🇳DST India · India
Funds joint India-Sweden R&D on the green transition in steel and cement, up to Rs150 lakhs.
IndiaAI Startups Global — International Acceleration Program (2026, 2nd Cohort)
🇮🇳IndiaAI Mission · India
Funds Indian AI startups with prize money for a Paris-based European market accelerator.
Kaya AI IIT India Hackathon 2026
🇮🇳Kaya · India
Pays a ₹3,50,000 cash prize pool, no equity taken, to Indian students, developers and tech enthusiasts who build AI, IoT or enterprise solutions in a virtual hackathon.
MeitY GENESIS EiR — Cohort 3
🇮🇳MSH · India
Funds up to ₹10 lakh for early-stage Indian tech founders through GENESIS EiR.
MeitY GENESIS EIR Cohort 3
🇮🇳MSH · India
Pays up to INR 10 lakh to Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at AIC ISB under GENESIS.
MeitY GENESIS EIR Program
🇮🇳Runway Incubator · India
Grants Indian innovators in Tier II/III cities up to Rs. 10 lakh to build a market-ready product.
MeitY GENESIS EiR Program at MUTBI Manipal
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds Tier II/III India deep-tech founders building prototypes with up to Rs. 10 lakh.
MeitY Startup Hub GENESIS EIR
🇮🇳MSH · India
Pays a yearly stipend of up to Rs. 10 lakh to entrepreneurs under India's GENESIS scheme.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR)
🇮🇳IIMA Ventures · India
Pays Indian entrepreneurs up to Rs 4 lakh to validate an idea into a PoC.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR)
🇮🇳AIC-Pinnacle · India
Pays a stipend of up to ₹4 lakh as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence under MeitY TIDE 2.0.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR)
🇮🇳IIITB-IC · India
Pays Indian entrepreneurs up to ₹4 lakh to validate an idea into a proof of concept.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Startup Grant
🇮🇳IIITB-IC · India
Funds Indian startups up to ₹7 lakh to take a PoC to product and beyond.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Startup Grant Support
🇮🇳AIC-Pinnacle · India
Funds up to Rs. 7 lakh, equity-free, for startups with a working MVP or PoC.
NIDHI Seed Support Program at VJTI TBI Foundation
🇮🇳DST India · India
Gives DST NIDHI-incubated Indian startups Rs 20–50 lakh in equity-free seed funding.