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 121-144 of 884 grants
Sustenance Allowance
🇮🇳Jharkhand IT Dept · India
Pays Jharkhand founders a monthly stipend of INR 5,000 for up to a year.
TDIP: Program for Pilot, Testing and PoC of Telecom Products and Solutions
🇮🇳DoT · India
Funds Indian telecom startups and MSMEs up to 80% (max Rs.50 lakh) to pilot and validate solutions.
Technology Development Fund (TDF) Scheme
🇮🇳DRDO · India
Grants up to 90% of costs to Indian firms building indigenous defence technology.
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.
TIDE 2.0 EiR
🇮🇳CIIF · India
Pays up to INR 30,000 a month for a year to validate an early-stage startup idea.
TIDE 2.0 EiR Grant Program
🇮🇳JIC · India
Grants Indian early-revenue startups Rs. 7 lakh plus mentoring under MeitY's TIDE 2.0.
TiHAN PRAYAS/EiR Program
🇮🇳TiHAN · India
Pays Indian idea-stage deep-tech founders up to INR 10 lakh through a monthly fellowship and grant.
Uttarakhand Startup Policy 2023
🇮🇳Uttarakhand MSME Dept · India
Gives recognised Uttarakhand startups a monthly allowance plus up to ₹12.5 lakh in seed funding.
Vishesh Katan, Vankari & Vanat Sahay (Spinning & Weaving Assistance Scheme)
🇮🇳Gujarat Khadi Board · India
Pays Gujarat's Khadi spinners and weavers a per-unit top-up on their central assistance.
WE-Escalate: Women in Life Sciences Acceleration Program
🇮🇳BBC · India
Backs Karnataka's women-led life sciences startups with mentorship and a deployment grant.
Women/Transgender Productization Grant
🇮🇳KSUM · India
Funds women- and transgender-led Kerala startups an extra ₹5 lakh in productization support.
Womenpreneur For Bharat
🇮🇳PIEDS · India
Backs women-led startups in smaller Indian cities with up to ₹15 lakh in funding plus mentorship, incubation and strategic support.
XCITE Rural Business Incubation Programme
🇮🇳NABARD · India
Backs rural entrepreneurs in eastern India with mentorship and a milestone-linked grant up to ₹5 lakh.
Atal New India Challenge
🇮🇳AIM · India
Funds Indian startups and MSMEs productizing advanced technologies through AIM milestone grants.
8th Open Challenge Program (OCP)
🇮🇳EP-BBSR · India
Offers seed funding and incubation support to India's ESDM startups.
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.
Agri Sandbox 2025 - Technology Validation Grant
🇮🇳AgHub · India
Funds Agritech pilot validation on real farms, up to Rs. 20 lakh, for post-MVP solutions.
AI & AgriTech Innovation Center - Track 1: Discovery & Ideation
🇮🇳Govt. of Maharashtra · India
Funds AI and AgriTech prototypes tackling agricultural challenges in Maharashtra.
AI & AgriTech Innovation Center - Track 2: Pilot & Validation
🇮🇳Maha Agri-AI Center · India
Funds field pilots of AI-driven agriculture solutions in Maharashtra, up to Rs 2 Cr.
AI for Transformative Social Impact
🇮🇳RAFT · India
Funds Indian nonprofits building AI-native tools for measurable social impact.
ANKUR (Seed Stage Program)
🇮🇳R-ABI · India
Funds Maharashtra and Goa agri-startups building MVPs with seed-stage grants.
ARAMBH (Student Program)
🇮🇳R-ABI · India
Funds Maharashtra and Goa student agri-entrepreneurs building a proof of concept.
ArthX – HDFC Parivartan
🇮🇳Parivartan · India
Grants up to INR 10 lakh to revenue-stage Punjab startups building sustainability solutions.
Assistance to Enroll and Participate in Acceleration Program (Gujarat Startup Scheme)
🇮🇳Gujarat Industries Dept · India
Funds Gujarat startups up to ₹3 lakh to join a recognized acceleration program.