Climate Tech grants in India
Explore Climate Tech grants for companies in India. This list brings together funding for decarbonization, carbon removal, clean industry, adaptation and climate data 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 Climate Tech in India come first.
Showing 1-24 of 204 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.
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.
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.
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.
Research Development and Innovation Fund
🇮🇳TDB · India
Funds Indian companies and startups scaling RDI-intensive technologies through concessional loans and equity.
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.
NIDHI Entrepreneur-in-Residence
🇮🇳DST India · India
Funds entrepreneurs and innovators developing technology business ideas through NIDHI EIR.
Akash Coherent ImpactTech Program
🇮🇳AIC-IIITH · India
Gives Indian deep-tech founders tackling social problems up to Rs 2.2L, equity-free.
Bharat ClimateTech Initiative
🇮🇳IIMA Ventures & MUFG · India
Backs up to eight early-stage Indian climate-tech startups with up to ₹40 lakh.
Blockchain India Challenge
🇮🇳MeitY & C-DAC · India
Pays Indian startups up to ₹50 lakh to build blockchain solutions for government use.
DEEP LEAP
🇮🇳LIVE · India
Offers up to INR 30 lakh in funding and mentorship to Indian deep-tech startups.
IGNITE Incubation Programme on Sustainable Business Solutions
🇮🇳IDFC First · India
Pays a CSR grant, up to Rs 25 lakh for top performers, to sustainability startups.
India Accelerator Program
🇮🇳CRF · Global / Multinational
Offers India-based carbon dioxide removal startups an eight-month, two-stage accelerator that ends with a EUR 15,000 purchase agreement instead of an equity investment.
Indian Innovation Icons 2027
🇮🇳MIF · India
Offers Indian for-profit and non-profit innovators six months of mentorship from Marico's leadership, investor introductions and national visibility, with no cash prize and no equity taken.
Kotak BizLabs Accelerator Programme
🇮🇳Kotak · India
Pays early-revenue startups up to INR 30 lakh in grants plus a year of acceleration.
Kotak BizLabs Accelerator Programme — Season 3
🇮🇳Kotak · India
Pays revenue-stage Indian startups up to ₹30 lakh in equity-free CSR accelerator grants.
NIDHI Seed Support Program
🇮🇳DST India · India
Funds deserving startups through NIDHI incubators and technology business incubators.
NIDHI-PRAYAS Program
🇮🇳TIDES · India
Offers Indian innovators up to Rs 10 lakhs to build a hardware prototype from a proof of concept.
Renewable Energy Incubation Centre
🇮🇳NSRCEL · India
Supports Indian renewable-energy and climate-tech startups with a free, 12-month incubation cohort.
SAAF Cities 2.0
🇮🇳Parivartan · India
Backs 3–4 Indian urban-waste startups with a shared INR 2.4 crore grant pool.
SAFFAL Climate Tech for Women
Massive Earth · India
Funds women-led South Asian SMEs tackling climate change with capacity building and funding.
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.
TIDE 2.0 E-i-R Grant / Seed Fund for Women Entrepreneurs
🇮🇳AIC Banasthali · India
Gives Indian women tech founders seed grants up to Rs 7 lakh to build an MVP.