Hardware grants in India
Explore Hardware grants for companies in India. This list brings together funding for electronics, devices, sensors, prototyping and hardware startups 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 Hardware in India come first.
Showing 25-48 of 142 grants
Samsung Mobile Advance
🇮🇳SRI-B & SRI-N · India
Gives Indian mobile-tech startups up to $50,000 in zero-equity grant funding.
Samvardhan 2026 Design Accelerator
🇮🇳PIEDS · India
Funds Indian healthcare-hardware startups up to Rs. 10 lakh via a 6-month design accelerator.
TattvaX Cohort 2
🇮🇳i-Hub & SanchiConnect · India
Backs Indian deeptech startups in space, defence and drones with mentorship and pilots.
AI for Transformative Social Impact
🇮🇳RAFT · India
Funds Indian nonprofits building AI-native tools for measurable social impact.
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.
Financial Assistance to Ex-Convicts
🇮🇳Kerala SJD · India
Pays Kerala ex-convicts a one-time Rs15,000 grant to start a small trade.
Gadiya Lohar Raw Material Purchase Grant-in-aid Scheme
🇮🇳Rajasthan SJE Dept · India
Pays Rajasthan's Gadiya Lohar community a one-time Rs10,000 grant for raw materials.
Gramam Thorum Puthozhil (GTP)
🇮🇳TANSIM · India
Pays a INR 1 lakh equity-free seed grant to rural entrepreneurs across 100 Tamil Nadu villages.
herSTART 5.0
🇮🇳GUSEC · India
Backs Indian women-led startups with mentorship, incubation and accelerator support.
Impact Orbit - Skilling and Livelihood Innovations
🇮🇳NSRCEL · India
Incubates for-profit and non-profit ventures building skilling and livelihood solutions for underserved Indians, with grants of up to Rs 12.5 lakhs for selected ventures.
Jeevanam Self-Employment Scheme to Dependents of Crime Victims
🇮🇳Kerala SJD · India
Pays Kerala crime-victim dependents a one-time Rs20,000 self-employment grant.
Karnataka Acceleration Network (KAN) — Cohort 3
🇮🇳KDEM · India
Runs a six-month accelerator for Karnataka startups with mentorship and investor access.
Launchpad
🇮🇳NSRCEL · India
Awards up to Rs. 5 lakh grant money to the top 2 startups in its flagship 5-month program.
Matching Grant Scheme
🇮🇳Goa IT & Electronics · India
Matches up to 25% of a Goa startup's private funding round, capped at ₹25 lakh.
MSME Innovative Scheme — Design Component
🇮🇳MoMSME · India
Funds Indian MSMEs' product design projects with grants of up to Rs. 40 lakh.
Mukhyamantri Anusuchit Jati / Anusuchit Janjati Udyami Yojana
🇮🇳Bihar Industries Dept · India
Gives Bihar's SC/ST entrepreneurs a non-repayable grant of up to ₹5 lakh to start a business.
Mukhyamantri Ati Pichhada Varg Udyami Yojana
🇮🇳Bihar Industries Dept · India
Gives Extremely Backward Class entrepreneurs in Bihar a non-repayable grant of up to ₹5 lakh.
Mukhyamantri Hunar Vikas Yojana - Self-Employment/Business
🇮🇳Rajasthan SJE Dept · India
Pays Rajasthan's Palanhar-scheme trainees up to Rs50,000 to start their own business.
Mukhyamantri Mahila Udyami Yojana
🇮🇳Bihar Industries Dept · India
Gives women and transgender entrepreneurs in Bihar a non-repayable grant of up to ₹5 lakh.
NIDHI – Promoting and Accelerating Young and Aspiring Innovators and Startups (PRAYAS)
🇮🇳DST India · India
Gives young innovators up to INR 10 lakh to build an early prototype.