Defense grants in India
Explore Defense grants for companies in India. This list brings together funding for dual-use technology, defense research and security challenges 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 Defense in India come first.
Showing 1-24 of 123 grants
Call for Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) Proposals
🇮🇳TIHAN · India
Funds graduating students with a ₹3 lakh, six-month fellowship to build autonomous-navigation startups.
Call for SSS Proposals from Entrepreneurs
🇮🇳TIHAN · India
Funds proven Indian startups up to ₹25 lakhs to build autonomous-navigation technology.
Call for Startup Proposals
🇮🇳TIHAN · India
Funds Indian autonomous-navigation startups up to ₹15 lakhs for a 12-month project.
SIDBI iDEX Startup Seed Fund
🇮🇳PIEDS · India
Gives Indian defense-tech startups up to ₹1.5 crore in seed funding to cover prototyping, trials and market entry.
Technology Development Fund (TDF) Scheme
🇮🇳DRDO · India
Grants up to 90% of costs to Indian firms building indigenous defence technology.
ADITI 2 Re-Open — Adaptive Camouflage for A and B Vehicles
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Funds Indian startups, MSMEs and innovators up to Rs. 25 crore to develop adaptive camouflage for defence vehicles.
Bharat Startup Grand Challenge 2026 - Delhi
🇮🇳MASA Forum · India
Offers up to ₹5 lakh plus mentorship to Indian startups building indigenous defence tech.
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.
DeepTech Bharat Hackathon
🇮🇳DPIIT · India
Awards ₹1.25 lakh across 5 winning deep-tech ideas plus mentoring and incubation support.
DISC 12 Re-Open — Inflight Urination Device for Female Fighter Pilots
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Funds Indian innovators up to Rs. 1.5 crore to build a female-pilot inflight urination device.
iCreate Drone Challenge 2025
🇮🇳iCreate · India
Pays for India's fastest, strongest and most enduring drone prototypes with ₹2 crore.
iDEX DISC 12 (Re-Open) - IAF
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Funds Indian MSMEs, startups and individual innovators up to Rs 1.5 crore to solve an Indian Air Force helicopter landing-system challenge.
iDEX Open Challenge
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Pays Indian startups and MSMEs up to ₹1.5 crore to pitch defence and aerospace technology.
iDEX Prime Re Open
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Funds Indian MSMEs, startups and innovators up to Rs 10 crore to solve two Indian Air Force defence technology challenges under iDEX Prime.
Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
🇮🇳GoI · India
Funds DPIIT-recognized Indian startups developing technology products through incubator-disbursed seed support.
TattvaX Cohort 2
🇮🇳i-Hub & SanchiConnect · India
Backs Indian deeptech startups in space, defence and drones with mentorship and pilots.
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.
Barbershop Renovation Grant
🇮🇳BCDD · India
Grants traditional Kerala barbers up to Rs25,000 to modernize their shop.
Campus Founders
🇮🇳NSRCEL · India
Backs Indian student founders with milestone funding up to INR 5 lakh for top ventures.
Chief Minister's Startup/Innovation Projects/New Industries Scheme
🇮🇳HP Industries Dept · India
Pays Himachal Pradesh startups a monthly sustenance allowance plus marketing and patent grants.
Design Scheme (MSME Innovative Scheme)
🇮🇳MoMSME · India
Pays up to 75% of an MSME's product-design project cost, capped at Rs. 40 lakh.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at Sandip TBI
🇮🇳Sandip TBI · India
Grants early-stage Indian innovators up to Rs. 4 lakh to build and validate a proof-of-concept.