Grants and fellowships
3 programmes. Of these, 1 says it takes no equity, and 1 has applications open.
Free, equity-free nine-month part-time fellowship that helps PhD researchers at UK and European universities test the founder path, mostly online with three in-person events starting in London.
Funding not published · equity-free
The Ministry of Defence challenge in which startups, MSMEs and individual innovators build prototypes for problem statements set by the armed forces. Selected applicants receive up to ₹1.5 crore in milestone-based tranches.
Funding not published · equity not published
MeitY scheme delivered through a network of incubators that funds IT-based startups: up to ₹4 lakh from idea to proof of concept, up to ₹7 lakh for prototypes and up to ₹40 lakh for product development and market outreach.
Funding not published · equity not published
We list 3 programmes: Conception X Venture Scientist 100, Defence India Startup Challenge (iDEX DISC) and TIDE 2.0 - Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs. Each listing links to the programme's own pages and shows the day we last verified it.
1 of the 3 says it takes no equity: Conception X Venture Scientist 100. 2 do not publish their equity terms.
Applications are open for Conception X Venture Scientist 100 (closes 6 December 2026). The deadlines page lists every date we track.
Send us your dates and terms and we will publish them with a link to your own pages.