Grants and fellowships
4 programmes. Of these, 3 say they take no equity, and 1 has applications open.
BIRAC grant scheme for early biotech startups taking an idea to proof of concept, giving up to ₹50 lakh grant-in-aid over up to 18 months, run through partner incubators that screen and mentor grantees.
Funding not published · equity not published
Department of Energy grants for US small businesses working on energy and science technologies, in phases from feasibility (Phase I) to development and prototyping (Phase II).
Funding not published · equity-free
The Environmental Protection Agency's annual SBIR solicitation for US small businesses developing and commercialising environmental technologies.
Funding not published · equity-free
The SBIR programme of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, funding US small businesses through one funding cycle a year.
Funding not published · equity-free
We list 4 programmes: Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG), DOE SBIR/STTR, EPA SBIR and NOAA SBIR. Each listing links to the programme's own pages and shows the day we last verified it.
3 of the 4 say they take no equity: DOE SBIR/STTR, EPA SBIR and NOAA SBIR. 1 does not publish its equity terms.
Applications are open for EPA SBIR (closes 8 November 2026). The deadlines page lists every date we track.
Silver Spring (1) and Washington (1). Delivery varies: each listing says whether the programme runs in person, remotely or both.
Send us your dates and terms and we will publish them with a link to your own pages.