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 193-216 of 884 grants
Hair & Beauty Innovation Challenge
🇮🇳MASA · India
Funds Indian beauty and haircare innovators up to ₹5 lakh, equity-free.
HCLTech Grant
🇮🇳HCLFoundation · India
Funds Indian NGOs driving rural water, biodiversity, health and education projects.
Healthcare Incubation Program
🇮🇳NSRCEL · India
Backs early-stage Indian healthcare startups with a grant of up to Rs. 1 crore.
herSTART 5.0
🇮🇳GUSEC · India
Backs Indian women-led startups with mentorship, incubation and accelerator support.
Honda Innovation Challenge 1.0
🇮🇳Honda · Japan
Pays Indian startups up to 10 lakh rupees to co-develop and pilot a mobility solution with Honda.
Honda Innovation Challenge 2.0
🇮🇳Honda · Japan
Pays Indian startups up to 40 lakh rupees to co-build mobility and safety tech with Honda.
HST Grand Challenge
🇮🇳IIT Mandi Catalyst · India
Awards up to INR 2 lakh per theme to startups pitching at the HST Grand Challenge.
iAccelerate 4.0 (Tamil Nadu Hardware Accelerator for Prototype & Product Startups)
🇮🇳iTNT Hub · India
Gives Tamil Nadu hardware startups government-backed design vouchers worth up to Rs. 15 lakh.
iCreate Drone Challenge 2025
🇮🇳iCreate · India
Pays for India's fastest, strongest and most enduring drone prototypes with ₹2 crore.
Ideathon 2.0 -- Startup & MSME Innovation Grant
🇮🇳AWaDH · India
Funds up to Rs. 5 lakh per startup for tech products under India's NM-ICPS scheme.
iDEX DISC 12 (Re-Open) - IAF
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Funds Indian MSMEs, startups and individual innovators up to Rs 1.5 crore to solve an Indian Air Force helicopter landing-system challenge.
iDEX Open Challenge
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Pays Indian startups and MSMEs up to ₹1.5 crore to pitch defence and aerospace technology.
iDEX Prime Re Open
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Funds Indian MSMEs, startups and innovators up to Rs 10 crore to solve two Indian Air Force defence technology challenges under iDEX Prime.
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.
IIITD-IC FinTech Grand Challenge
🇮🇳IIITD-IC · India
Offers DPIIT-recognised Indian FinTech startups a Rs 5 lakh prize pool, equity-free.
Impact Orbit - Skilling and Livelihood Innovations
🇮🇳NSRCEL · India
Incubates for-profit and non-profit ventures building skilling and livelihood solutions for underserved Indians, with grants of up to Rs 12.5 lakhs for selected ventures.
India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS)
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds Indian BPO/ITeS companies up to ₹1 lakh per seat to set up outside big cities.
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-Finland Joint Innovation Call 2026
🇮🇳DST India · India
Grants Indian-Finnish R&D consortia up to Rs.2.5 crore per project for joint tech development.
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.
Indian Innovation Icons 2027
🇮🇳MIF · India
Offers Indian for-profit and non-profit innovators six months of mentorship from Marico's leadership, investor introductions and national visibility, with no cash prize and no equity taken.
Investor Readiness Program (IRP) – Cohort 4
🇮🇳Kotak Alternate AM · India
Gives Indian healthcare startups an equity-free ₹5 lakh grant plus investor-readiness mentoring.