3 Month Pre-Incubation Program for Future Founders - AIC IIT Delhi
By AIC IIT Delhi (Atal Incubation Centre, IIT Delhi)
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Quick Answer
Free 3-month pre-incubation at AIC IIT Delhi for students and innovators (TRL 0-3); up to ₹3L prototype, ₹10L Haryana seed pathway.
Results & next round
Applications for this round closed on 31 May 2026. The organiser has not published a selection list that we can verify yet.
Selections for this programme are announced by AIC IIT Delhi (Atal Incubation Centre, IIT Delhi). Official links are listed under Sources below.
We update this page when results are published, and when the next round opens.
About this grant
The 3 Month Pre-Incubation Program for Future Founders is run by AIC IIT Delhi, the Atal Incubation Centre at IIT Delhi. It is built for first-time founders at the earliest possible stage , students, researchers, and young innovators with an idea but no company yet, sitting at TRL 0 to 3.
The program runs in two phases. Phase 1 is a five-day residential boot camp at IIT Delhi's Sonipat campus from 15 to 19 June 2026, covering vision and startup mindset, business model and revenue strategy, design thinking, rapid prototyping, market validation, customer discovery, and pitching fundamentals. Phase 2 is a three-month structured mentorship and validation track that begins after the boot camp, supporting selected participants as they sharpen their idea and test it with customers.
Selected participants get prototype development support of up to ₹3 lakh to take their idea from concept to a tangible early build. Beyond that, the program opens a path to apply for grant support of up to ₹10 lakh under the Startup Haryana Seed Fund Policy, subject to applicable norms and approvals. Participants also get a direct pathway to incubation at AIC IIT Delhi after the program, plus workspace and ecosystem access at IIT Delhi.
Participation is free of cost with limited seats. For students and researchers who want to test whether an idea can actually become a startup , with mentors, capital pathways, and an IIT-backed environment , this is one of the few structured early-stage programs that takes pre-MVP innovators seriously.
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Grant providers
AIC IIT Delhi is an Atal Incubation Centre set up at IIT Delhi's Technopark (I-TEC) in Sonipat, Haryana. It is registered as a Section 8 non-profit company and is one of the incubation centres funded by the Atal Innovation Mission under NITI Aayog. The Centre was established in…
Learn moreBenefits & Funding
- Amount
- ₹3L – ₹10L
- Fund type
- Grant
- Equity
- Equity-free
What You Get
Participants receive prototype development support of up to ₹3 lakh — an equity-free grant to take their idea from concept to a tangible early build. The program also opens a path to apply for grant support of up to ₹10 lakh under the Startup Haryana Seed Fund Policy, subject to applicable norms and approvals. In addition, the program provides a five-day residential boot camp at IIT Delhi's Sonipat campus, a three-month structured mentorship and validation track covering business model, design thinking, rapid prototyping, market validation and pitching, plus workspace and ecosystem access at IIT Delhi and a direct pathway to incubation at AIC IIT Delhi. Participation is free of cost.
How to apply
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See the questions before you start
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Submit on the official portal
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Follow up
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Sources
Data on this page is compiled from official program and provider references.
