Grants & Funding Opportunities

C-CAMP Wadhwani Innovation Network Centre of Excellence

Sector: Healthcare, Drugs, Medical Devices, Diagnostics, Industrial Biotechnology and Agriculture

Fund: Upto 1Cr

Deadline: Rolling

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IITK FinTech Spark Program at SIIC IIT Kanpur

Sector: Students Innovators in Fintech

Fund: Upto: ₹4 lakh

Deadline: 28th February 2026

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RDI Fund

Sector: 1. Energy Security, Transition & Climate Action 2. Deep Technology (Quantum, Robotics & Space) 3. Artificial Intelligence for Indian Applications 4. Biotechnology & Medical Technologies 5. Digital Economy & Digital Agriculture

Fund: Upto 1 Cr

Deadline: Rolling

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Build For India, Agentic AI Hackthon

Sector: AI developers | Startup founders | Researchers | Product builders | Students

Fund: Upto 20 lakhs

Deadline: 27-28 th Feb 2026

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DST–NIDHI Seed Support Scheme (SSS) at IIMK LIVE

Sector: Any sector, Early-stage startups incubated at IIMK LIVE

Fund: Upto: ₹1 crore

Deadline: February 25, 2026

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𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 9.0

Sector: Agritech IOT AIML Foodtech EV & Smart Mobility Healthcare Renewable Energy Cyber Security Grassroot Innovation

Fund: Funding support from ₹5 lakhs to ₹1 crore

Deadline: 28th February 2026

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Saksham: Women Entrepreneurs Support Program

Sector: Any Sector, Woman Entrepreneurs

Fund: Upto: ₹10 lakh

Deadline: 28/02/2026

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BOSCH - BMU Innovation Challenge

Sector: Sustainable mobility

Fund: Amount Not Specified

Deadline: February 28, 2026

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IIT Tirupati TIH Deep Tech Technology Development Projects (TDP) – 2026

Sector: Any Sector

Fund: Not Specified

Deadline: March 9, 2026

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herSTART 5th Edition

Sector: Women entrepreneurs and women-led startups.

Fund: ₹0 - ₹50 lakh

Deadline: March 10, 2026

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Logistics Innovation Challenge by Shree Cement Limited

Sector: logistics

Fund: Upto: ₹1 lakh

Deadline: March 9, 2026

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LVPEI BioNEST Incubator Start-Up Challenge 2026

Sector: medical and surgical devices, AI and ML-driven software

Fund: Upto: ₹5 lakh

Deadline: March 15, 2026

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Innovate for Impact Challenge 2026

Sector: Global call for early-stage AgTech startups

Fund: Upto: ₹45 lakh

Deadline: April 15, 2026

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Season 6 of the NXP India Tech Startup Challenge

Sector: Any Sector

Fund: Upto 10

Deadline: March 20, 2026

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IGKV R-ABI Cohort 8.

Sector: Agritech

Fund: 25 Lakhs

Deadline: Mar 11th 2026

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Shiv Nadar University Venture Challenge 9.0

Sector: Early-stage & Scaling startups with a scalable business idea.

Fund: 5 Lakhs to 1Cr.

Deadline: 7 th Mar 2026

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