DST NIDHI Ignition Grant

About

The DST NIDHI Ignition Grant is a funding initiative by the Department of Science and Technology in India, aimed at supporting early-stage technology startups and individual innovators with grants ranging from 200,000 to 1,000,000 INR, along with technical mentoring and resources to help transition their technology concepts into commercial products within 12-14 months.

Benefits

• Funding range from 200,000 to 1,000,000 INR
• Aims to help transition from technology concept to commercial prototype or product
• Provides funding along with technical mentoring, lab facilities, networking, and regulatory support

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be early-stage startups or individual innovators
• Companies must be less than two years old
• Annual turnover must be below 25 million INR
• Projects must be technology or science-based prototypes or products
• Applicants must have relevant technical background
• Applicants must own intellectual property