Startup Grants & Funding for Academic Institution Companies in India 2026

Startup Grants & Funding programs for Academic Institution Companies in India

Academic institutions including universities, research labs, and IITs/IIMs qualify for DST-FIST infrastructure grants, MHRD's SPARC program, and BIRAC's university innovation grants. Institution-linked startups benefit from dedicated incubation centres, NIDHI-TBI funding, and faculty entrepreneurship schemes under the National Education Policy 2020.

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AWS Campus Fund Grand Challenge 2025 by AWS and Campus Fund

AIC-RNTU Foundation

Startup Grants & Funding programs for Academic Institution Companies in India

AWS Campus Fund Grand Challenge 2025 by AWS and Campus Fund

MeitY GENESIS EIR Grant 2.0 at AIIC

DTC Accelerate - ClimateTech (Agri and Water Tech) at iHub - AWaDH, IIT Ropar

Sustainable Solutions for Hilly Region Development & Livelihood Promotion Challenge at BIC

NIDHI-Seed Support System (SSS) at Amity Innovation Incubator

Future Stars U25 Grant at IKP Knowledge Park

Healthier India Program at FITT, IIT Delhi

NIDHI Seed Support Program (NIDHI-SSP) at CIBA

NCPEDP-Mphasis Assistive Technology (AT) Hub Startup Pitch Day

ELEVATE 2025 Challenge (Grant-in-Aid) by Startup Karnataka

DST NIDHI Seed Support (SS) Program at AgHub PJTAU

IT Application in Graphic Design Open Challenge Program (OCP) 8.0

TIDE 2.0 Challenge Grant at SIIC, IIT Kanpur

TIDE 2.0 EiR Grant Program at JECRC Incubation Centre

Himalayan Startup Trek (HST) Grand Challenge 2025 at IIT Mandi Catalyst

IKP-BFI-BIOME Fellowship Program at IKP Knowledge Park

5G/6G Centre of Excellence (CoE) Program at IIT Kanpur

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at IIMA Ventures

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at IIMA Ventures

UN Women Care and Climate Entrepreneurship Accelerator

iDEX Open Challenge

WISE SNDTWU Incubation Cohort (Startup India Seed Fund Scheme, MSIS, SIDBI)