IoT & Edge grants in India
Explore IoT & Edge grants for companies in India. This list brings together funding for connected devices, sensor networks, edge AI and industrial IoT 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 IoT & Edge in India come first.
Showing 25-48 of 151 grants
8th Open Challenge Program (OCP)
🇮🇳EP-BBSR · India
Offers seed funding and incubation support to India's ESDM startups.
Bharat Safety: Design. Deploy. Deliver.
🇮🇳AIC IIT Delhi & Honda · India
Pays up to Rs 10 lakh, equity-free, to startups building road-safety 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.
Gen AI Accelerator
🇮🇳PIEDS · India
Awards up to Rs 10 lakh in seed funding to early-stage Indian Gen AI startups.
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.
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.
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 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)
🇮🇳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 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 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 PRAYAS
🇮🇳IIEC · India
Gives Indian innovators up to INR 10 lakh to build a working prototype.
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.