Eligibility lens
Calls that explicitly welcome student entrepreneurs, researchers or university-linked innovation teams.
DST · JSPS
A call for joint India–Japan research projects and workshops spanning science, agriculture, materials and engineering.
FIPI · MyGov
A national challenge for DPIIT-recognised energy startups working across hydrocarbons, renewable energy, low-carbon technologies and energy-sector digital innovation.
Startup India
A seed-support scheme delivered through eligible incubators to help eligible startups validate, trial and commercialise innovative ideas.
DST · NIDHI
Seed support delivered through selected incubators for technology-based startups progressing toward market validation and commercialisation.
DST · NIDHI
Prototype-development support for innovators and startups through PRAYAS Centres and Advanced PRAYAS Centres.
BIRAC
An early-stage biotech grant for innovators and startups developing proof-of-concept work in biotechnology and allied areas.
Agriculture
An agri-innovation and entrepreneurship pathway delivered through the RKVY ecosystem and associated innovation centres.
MeitY
A semiconductor and systems-design capacity-building programme that supports technology and startup development through participating institutions.
Textiles
A grant pathway for innovators and startups developing products and technologies in technical textiles.
DST · NIDHI
A fellowship and incubator-support programme for graduate students and early innovators pursuing technology entrepreneurship.
DST
Technology Innovation Hubs supporting cyber-physical systems research, translation, incubation and entrepreneur access.
DST · NIDHI
An inclusive technology-incubation support pathway for innovators and startup communities.
BIRAC
A youth-focused translational-research and entrepreneurship pathway for biotechnology innovation.
BIRAC
A student-oriented programme for translating research explorations into biotechnology innovations and venture pathways.
BIRAC
A route for translating academic research into enterprise and commercial outcomes in biotechnology and allied fields.
AIM · NITI Aayog
A school-level innovation and tinkering ecosystem that can support the early entrepreneurship pipeline.
AIM · NITI Aayog
Community-centred innovation and entrepreneurship support for underserved regions and innovation clusters.
MSME
A technology-development and incubation support route for enterprise innovation and startup capability building.
DST
A science, technology and entrepreneurship support model for SC/ST community-led development and innovation.
NCDC
An enterprise-development and innovation support pathway for youth-led cooperative ventures.
MSME
An entrepreneurship capacity-building and skill-development programme for prospective and existing entrepreneurs.
SSIP Gujarat
Gujarat’s student-innovation policy and support ecosystem for early innovations, prototypes and entrepreneurship pathways.