Grants in India
Explore grants for companies in India. This directory includes national and regional funding 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 India come first.
Showing 217-240 of 855 grants
IIITD-IC FinTech Grand Challenge
🇮🇳IIITD-IC · India
Offers DPIIT-recognised Indian FinTech startups a Rs 5 lakh prize pool, equity-free.
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.
Investor Readiness Program (IRP) – Cohort 4
🇮🇳Kotak Alternate AM · India
Gives Indian healthcare startups an equity-free ₹5 lakh grant plus investor-readiness mentoring.
IT Applications in Graphic Design Open Challenge Program (OCP 8.0)
🇮🇳STPI · India
Backs graphic-design startups with seed funding, mentoring and incubation at STPI's Kohima CoE.
Karnataka Acceleration Network (KAN) — Cohort 2
🇮🇳KDEM · India
Offers mentorship, infrastructure and investor access to Karnataka growth-stage startups.
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.
KrishiTech Synapse 2026
🇮🇳IHFC · India
Funds agritech projects with up to ₹2 Cr solo or ₹5 Cr as a consortium.
KSHITIJ (ICAR-CIRCOT Startup Incubation Programme)
🇮🇳CIRCOT · India
Backs Indian farm-tech and agri startups with mentoring, testing and IP support.
Logistics Innovation Challenge
🇮🇳Shree Cement · India
Pays Indian startups up to Rs. 1 lakh to solve cement logistics challenges.
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 Cohort-2
🇮🇳MSH · India
Provides up to Rs. 10 lakh, equity-free, to founders and students in Tier II/III cities.
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)
🇮🇳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)
🇮🇳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)
🇮🇳IIMCIP · India
Pays Indian innovators Rs 4 lakh over 12 months to validate an ICT-enabled idea.
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 at IIM Calcutta Innovation Park
🇮🇳IIMCIP · India
Pays Indian innovators a one-year grant to develop an ICT-enabled idea, plus incubation.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant
🇮🇳IIMCIP · India
Pays Indian teams Rs 7 lakh over 12 months to build an MVP from a working PoC.