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 169-192 of 884 grants
DST NIDHI Seed Support Scheme (SSS) at IIMK LIVE
🇮🇳LIVE · India
Awards up to INR 1 crore in milestone-based seed funding to IIMK LIVE incubatees.
DTC Accelerate -- ClimateTech (Agri and Water Tech)
🇮🇳AWaDH · India
Funds climate, agri, and water-tech startups from a shared pool of up to Rs. 25 lakh.
Elevate (BPCL Ankur Fund Cohort)
🇮🇳BPCL · India
Funds Indian green-tech and energy-cybersecurity startups through BPCL's Ankur Fund.
ELEVATE Shakti 2026
🇮🇳KITS · India
Awards women-led Karnataka startups up to INR 50 lakhs in early-stage seed grant-in-aid.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) on Social Innovation at IPTIF
🇮🇳IPTIF · India
Pays a monthly stipend plus up to INR 2.5 lakh in grants to social-impact founders.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence Programme (EiR)
🇮🇳IITTNiF · India
Pays up to INR 30,000 a month for 12 months to first-time geospatial-tech founders.
Excelium-SINE DeepTech Innovation Grant Program
🇮🇳Excelium · India
Grants Indian deep-tech startups up to INR 20 lakh for product development and validation.
Future Stars U25 Grant
🇮🇳IKP · India
Pays five under-25 Indian founders up to Rs. 5 lakh each to build their idea.
Gen AI Accelerator
🇮🇳PIEDS · India
Awards up to Rs 10 lakh in seed funding to early-stage Indian Gen AI startups.
GENESIS — Sub-Track (PILOT and Matching Investment)
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds Indian startups through GENESIS Pilot and matching investment pathways for growth.
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.
GIFT IFIH Residential Program (Batch 2)
GIFT IFIH · India
Pays selected fintech founders a milestone stipend for a 12-week equity-free residency in India.
Google for Startups Accelerator: India
🇮🇳Google · United States
Backs India-based AI startups with a three-month, equity-free accelerator program.
Grand Challenges India Screening and Diagnosis Innovations
🇮🇳BIRAC · India
Funds Indian startups and R&D organizations developing infectious-disease screening and diagnosis innovations.
Grant for Energy & Environment Technologies
🇮🇳Cummins India Foundation · India
Awards Indian energy and environment startups up to Rs 10 lakhs for pilot trials and field testing.
GREAT Scheme for Technical Textiles
🇮🇳IC IIT Patna · India
Equity-free grant funds Indian technical-textiles startups up to Rs. 50 lakh plus incubation and lab access.
Green Energy & Climate Action Challenge under Bharat Startup Grand Challenge
🇮🇳DPIIT · India
Pays up to INR 5 lakh to Indian climate-tech and green-energy startups.
Greenovation Green Steel Challenge
🇮🇳EarthON · United States
Awards up to ₹25 lakh in cash for green-steel decarbonisation pilots in India.
Greenovation Renewable Energy for Livelihood Challenge (DRE Challenge 2.0)
🇮🇳EarthON · United States
Funds rural clean-energy innovation in India with up to ₹20 lakh non-dilutive awards.
Greenovation Urban Climate Resilience Challenge
🇮🇳EarthON · United States
Awards up to ₹20 lakh cash for urban climate resilience innovation in India.
GrowX Acceleration Program 2026
🇮🇳AI CoE · India
Backs India's AI-first and DeepTech startups moving from pilot to real deployment.
HackNexus'26
🇮🇳Droidecks · India
Pays a ₹70,000 total cash prize, split among winning student teams, in a three-round national online hackathon for Indian college students.