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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Startup Grants & Funding programs for Academic Institution Companies in India

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at IIM Calcutta Innovation Park

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at IIM Calcutta Innovation Park

MEITY TIDE 2.0 EiR & Grant at Chitkara

TIDE 2.0 EIR and Grant at GUSEC

MeitY TIDE 2.0 EiR at IIM Calcutta Innovation Park

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Scheme at IIMV FIELD

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant Scheme at IIMV FIELD

Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at SANDIP TBI

Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Grant at Sandip TBI

India Accelerator Program for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Startups

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at SINE IIT Bombay

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at SINE IIT Bombay

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at iTIC Incubator

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at iTIC Incubator

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at IIITB-IC

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Startup Grant at IIITB-IC

MediSarthi CSR Grant by FITT, IIT Delhi

NIDHI Accelerator Program for Agri Startups at AIC ISB

NIDHI PRAYAS Program at DERBI Foundation

HP Udgam Cohort 2025 (Round-1) by HPCL

Karnataka Grassroot Innovation Programme

Envalior CSR Grant at Venture Center