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 855 grants
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.
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
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.
Hair & Beauty Innovation Challenge
🇮🇳MASA · India
Funds Indian beauty and haircare innovators up to ₹5 lakh, equity-free.
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 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.