Non-dilutive government schemes and institutional grants for Indian startups — capital you never repay and never give up equity for. Filter by sector, amount, stage and deadline.
Annual Government of Himachal Pradesh awards honouring excellence in tourism, with a ₹1 lakh cash prize in each category.
A one-off ₹5 lakh grant from the Himachal Pradesh government for women-led businesses that have completed three years of operations in the state.
A hiring grant from the Himachal Pradesh government that pays AYUSH enterprises ₹10,000 for every new employee, up to a total of ₹50,000 per unit.
NASA's flagship global hackathon returns for 2026, with Indian host sites and a virtual route. Teams build prototypes over one weekend using NASA's openly published data. Entry is free.
A free 48-hour build sprint on the NIT Hamirpur campus, open to students across India, with AI, Web3 and sustainability tracks.
Pocket FM's 36-hour offline GenAI hackathon in Bengaluru, run with OpenAI, Lightspeed and Databricks — teams of 3–4 build AI storytelling and audio products to win prizes.
A free, global hackathon run on Devpost where individuals and teams build projects in Education, Machine Learning/AI or Web. Submissions close January 15, 2027, with a Certificate of Participation for every entry and five non-cash prizes.
A single-day online hackathon run by HacKSU on 24 March 2030, where students and developers worldwide build projects in Education, IoT and AI and gain experience, networking and portfolio value rather than prize money.
Casting for Season 3 of Startup Singam, Tamil Nadu's Tamil-language startup reality series, is open — founders pitch investor Singams on Star Vijay and Disney+ Hotstar for funding and mentorship.
A virtual, beginner-friendly hackathon hosted on Devpost with an open-ended theme centred on education. Five non-cash prizes, no entry fee details, and registration closing June 1, 2027.
A HackerRank contest built on Project Euler-style maths and coding problems, judged with hidden tests and a time limit and open worldwide until August 5, 2027.
A worldwide online pitch competition by TiE that gives women founders investor visibility, structured mentorship and a global founder community.
A free, fully online Analytics Vidhya data science hackathon where entrants build a model that predicts whether a loan gets approved, open for submissions until 30 December 2026.
AlgoBharat sponsors Indian colleges, Web3 communities and developer groups to host regional hackathons in 2026, with grants and Global Builder Recognition.
A national innovation challenge from the Ministry of MSME that invites Indian citizens aged 18 and above to submit ideas in frontier technologies, with approved ideas receiving up to ₹15 lakh through a Host Institute.
India's premier startup competition — pitch your idea, get mentorship, and win funding up to ₹10 Lakhs.
A rolling Gujarat government scheme that pays Khadi spinners and weavers a per-unit production incentive, with higher rates for women and Scheduled Tribe artisans, plus a weaving equipment allowance.
A Gujarat government scheme run through iNDEXT-C that gives the state's artisans and craft organisations free or heavily subsidised stalls, promotion and logistics support at state and national-level handicraft melas. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
IEEE's IEEEXtreme 20.0 is a 24-hour online coding contest on 21 October 2026 where student teams of up to three work through programming problems for a share of a USD 10,000 prize pool.
Startup Dangal Season 3.0 Hyderabad is a hybrid pitch competition where startups of any size or sector present to judges and investors, competing for up to ₹10 Lakhs in funding, expert mentorship and national exposure.
United Hacks V8 is a free, beginner-friendly online hackathon by Hack United, running January 8–10, 2027 and open worldwide with a ₹64,400 ($700) cash prize pool.
A one-day nationwide hackathon for students in India, run by Coding Mirchi with Mockmanch. The winning entry takes home a ₹3,000 cash prize.
A hybrid pitch competition by Startup Dangal with city screenings in Indore and Raipur, a Delhi main event, and a prize pool of up to ₹10 Lakhs plus mentorship.
A 3-day offline hackathon at Esper's Indiranagar office in Bengaluru from June 22, 2026, where teams of 2–4 experienced ML engineers build production-grade edge AI and compete for a $6,000 (approx. ₹5,52,000) prize pool.