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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 145-168 of 884 grants

Industries and Mines Department, Government of Gujarat logo
Closed

Assistance to Startups having a Significant Impact on Society (Gujarat)

🇮🇳Gujarat Industries Dept · India

Funds Gujarat startups building innovative projects that create a measurable social impact.

₹1M
AI
Closed

Bharat Safety: Design. Deploy. Deliver.

🇮🇳AIC IIT Delhi & Honda · India

Pays up to Rs 10 lakh, equity-free, to startups building road-safety tech.

MobilityIoT & Edge+1
₹1M
MSME And Startups Accelerator Forum logo
Closed

Bharat Startup Grand Challenge 2026 - Delhi

🇮🇳MASA Forum · India

Offers up to ₹5 lakh plus mentorship to Indian startups building indigenous defence tech.

Defense
₹500K
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) logo
Closed

BIRAC Research, Development & Innovation Fund (RDIF)

🇮🇳BIRAC · India

Funds Indian deep-tech biotech startups, SMEs and large industries scaling indigenous manufacturing.

BiotechMedtech+7
₹50M – ₹2B
Venture Catalysts++ (BluePrint, run under N. L. Dalmia Institute's Synapse fest, supported by Startup India and DPIIT) logo
Closed

BluePrint Startup Funding & Incubation Program

🇮🇳Venture Catalysts++ · India

Offers mentorship, incubation and a pledged USD 500,000 pool to India-wide founders.

AV
Closed

Bosch-BMU Innovation Challenge

🇮🇳ACIC VGU · India

Funds early-stage mobility startups and innovators through a 16-week prototyping challenge.

MobilityEnergy Tech
₹1M
Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL) logo
Closed

BRBNMPL-Venture Center CSR Collaboration

🇮🇳BRBNMPL · India

Funds prototype and proof-of-concept work in sustainability tech with grants up to INR 5 lakh.

Climate TechEnergy Tech
₹500K
Grand Challenges India (Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council) logo
Closed

Breakthrough Solutions and Cost-Disruptive Innovations for Screening and Diagnosis

🇮🇳GCI · India

Funds India-based teams building ultra-low-cost infectious-disease screening tools.

MedtechAI
Boeing India logo
Closed

BUILD (Boeing's University Innovation Leadership Development Program)

🇮🇳Boeing · India

Offers Indian students and entrepreneurs mentoring and a shot at a ₹10 lakh grant.

AerospaceDefense+8
₹1M
C-CAMP Centre of Excellence for Sustainability & Climate Action (with Ashraya Hastha Trust) logo
Closed

Call for Climate Solutions 2026

🇮🇳C-CAMP CoE Climate · India

Offered up to INR 50 lakh and incubation to Indian climate-tech startups.

Climate TechBiotech+2
₹5M
TIHAN – IIT Hyderabad logo
Closed

Call for R&DI Funding Proposals

🇮🇳TIHAN · India

Funds researchers and institutions up to ₹25 lakhs for autonomous-navigation R&D projects.

AerospaceAgritech+6
₹2.5M
BG
Closed

CarbonEDGE Accelerator Program

🇮🇳BGIIES · India

Funds India's DPIIT-registered carbon-removal startups up to Rs 30 lakh.

Climate TechAgritech+1
₹3M
AssisTech Foundation logo
Closed

cATalyst Startup Acceleration Programme

🇮🇳ATF · India

Funds up to Rs. 50 lakh, equity-free, for assistive-tech startups serving disabled users.

₹5M
IKEA Foundation logo
Closed

Circular Economy & Social Impact Programme for Entrepreneurship Support Organisations

🇮🇳IKEA Foundation · Netherlands

Pays ESOs in India and Kenya up to EUR 50,000 to run a circular-economy entrepreneur programme.

Climate Tech
€50K
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR India) logo
Closed

CSIR-USISTEF Critical Minerals and Quantum Technology Grant

🇮🇳CSIR India · India

Funds joint U.S.-India applied R&D teams working on Critical Minerals and Quantum Technology through the USISTEF competitive grants program.

Advanced MaterialsQuantum
₹15M
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India logo
Closed

D.E.S.I.G.N. for BioE3 Challenge

🇮🇳DBT · India

Pays India's top biotech concept entries ₹1 lakh each month, with grants to build them.

BiotechAgritech+4
₹100K
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) logo
Closed

DBT-BIRAC Bio-AI Call under BioE3 Policy

🇮🇳BIRAC · India

Funds Indian companies and startups developing Bio-AI platforms for high-performance biomanufacturing.

BiotechAI+3
Department of Biotechnology, Government of India logo
Closed

DBT-BIRAC Bio-AI मूलांकुर Hubs Rolling Call

🇮🇳DBT · India

Supports India-wide Bio-AI hub development through grants for teams building translational biomanufacturing platforms and partnerships.

AIBiotech+3
Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti (with IIT Madras) logo
Closed

DDWS Innovation Challenge 2025-26

🇮🇳DDWS · India

Pays up to INR 3 lakh for rural water-testing and sanitation innovations.

₹300K
DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) logo
Closed

DeepTech Bharat Hackathon

🇮🇳DPIIT · India

Awards ₹1.25 lakh across 5 winning deep-tech ideas plus mentoring and incubation support.

AIIoT & Edge+8
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology logo
Closed

Digi-SAPNE 2.0

🇮🇳MeitY · India

Grants up to Rs 80 lakh to North East Indian startups scaling tech solutions.

AgritechAI
₹8M
Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) logo
Closed

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.

DefenseMedtech
₹15M
DP
Closed

DPCC Innovation Challenge for Air Pollution Reduction

🇮🇳DPCC · India

Pays up to INR 50 lakh for tested air-pollution-reduction technology in Delhi.

Climate Tech
₹500K – ₹5M
AI
Closed

DST NIDHI Seed Support (SS) Program

🇮🇳Agri Innovation Hub · India

Provides up to Rs. 40 lakh, equity-free, to agritech startups already incubated at AgHub.

Agritech
₹4M

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