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.
Showing 402+ programs for Indian startups
IHFC, IIT Delhi
Incubation for Indian deeptech startups in Cyber Physical Systems, Robotics, IoT, and AI.
Campus Fund, Google Cloud
Investment platform and accelerator contest for student-led AI startups.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Nationwide challenge by Thermo Fisher for early-stage and growth-stage biotech startups registered with DPIIT.
Freelancing Females, Heartbeat
Grant for women founders, freelancers, entrepreneurs, and community builders. Open to all genders aligned with the mission of empowering women in business.
IHFC, IIT Delhi & India Accelerator
Up to ₹5Cr for medtech & healthcare startups with scalable solutions
NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore
5-month sector-agnostic pre-incubation with ₹5L grants for top 3 teams at NSRCEL IIM Bangalore.
MANAGE Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship
Grant up to ₹4L for students with agri-innovation ideas
Wadhwani Innovation Network (WIN) Centre of Excellence, IIT Hyderabad
Up to ₹1Cr for TRL-4+ deeptech startups with IIT Hyderabad collaboration
IFAD, IDB Lab
Open innovation challenge for growth-stage enterprises in agritech, climate, and rural development.
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
National blockchain and Web3 startup challenge for citizen-centric solutions
IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre (IIML EIC)
₹1 lakh grant accelerator for AgriTech startups expanding in Uttar Pradesh
UNDP, Citi Foundation, Atal Innovation Mission, T-Hub Foundation
Jagriti Enterprise Centre Purvanchal
Incubation for MSMEs & startups in Purvanchal; women-led priority
EarthON Foundation, Greenovation Hub
LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) BioNEST Incubator, All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS)
UK Government
InFED, IIM Nagpur
Up to ₹10L for first-generation deeptech founders at ideation or prototype stage.
IIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation
Up to ₹1 Cr for TRL 2–4 to TRL 5–6 deeptech projects.
IHH Healthcare, Fortis Healthcare
Hospital pilot program for healthcare startups with hospital-ready solutions.
Atal Incubation Centre - Shiv Nadar University
PayU
Zero-equity fintech accelerator for MVP-stage startups raising Seed–Series A.
BOSCH and BML Munjal University
Sustainable mobility innovation challenge.