CleanTech grants for startups
73 grants, prizes and schemes written for CleanTech startups. Grants open to every sector are on the main grants page.
- Open all yearGrant
ACT Grants (Catalyst and Momentum Grants)
ACT Capital Foundation for Social Impact - Open all yearSubsidy
ADEETIE Interest Subvention for Energy Efficient MSMEs
Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power - Closes 12 Nov 2026Prize
Chief Minister's Innovation Contest (Meghalaya)
PRIME Meghalaya, Planning Department, Government of Meghalaya Meghalaya - Open all yearGrant
DIV Fund (successor to USAID Development Innovation Ventures)
DIV Fund (independent non-profit, ex USAID DIV team) - Closes 13 Nov 2026Grant
ELEVATE NxT 2026 (Karnataka DeepTech Grant)
Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka (KITS) Karnataka - Closes 6 Nov 2026Grant
Global Change Award (H&M Foundation)
H&M Foundation - Open nowGrant
IIMA Ventures Bharat ClimateTech Initiative
IIMA Ventures with MUFG - Closes 20 Nov 2026Grant plus other support
Imagine H2O Asia and Water Innovation Pilot Fund
Imagine H2O - Open nowPrize
Maruti Suzuki Nurture
Maruti Suzuki Innovation with IIM Calcutta Innovation Park - Closes 15 Nov 2026Grant
MBRDI Climate Tech Student Launchpad (Sustainability Garage)
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India, run by T-Hub - Closes 6 Nov 2026Prize
MIT Solve Global Challenges
MIT Solve (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) - Open all yearSubsidy
MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification Scheme
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises - Closes 17 Nov 2026Grant plus other support
Nexa Lighthouse Funding Opportunity: Asia and the Pacific
Grand Challenges Canada and AVPN, with Bayer, India Health Fund, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and Temasek foundations - Open nowGrant
NSRCEL Project Circular Bharat Accelerator
NSRCEL IIM Bangalore, with Hindustan Unilever, NITI Aayog and Xynteo - Open all yearGrant
Oil India Start-up Scheme (SNEH)
Oil India Limited (OIL), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Open all yearEquity
ONGC Start-up Fund
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Open all yearGrant plus other support
Rainmatter Foundation Grants and Fellowships
Rainmatter Foundation (Zerodha founders) - Open all yearFellowship
Social Alpha Entrepreneur in Residence Fellowship
Social Alpha - Closes 10 Jan 2027Prize
The Earth Prize
The Earth Foundation - Closes 18 Feb 2027Grant plus other support
The Liveability Challenge
Temasek Foundation and Eco-Business - Open nowGrant
TVARAN 3.0: Maharashtra Tech Accelerator Project (T-MAP)
Villgro Innovations Foundation, with Cisco CSR - Closes 15 Nov 2026Grant
UNDP Ocean Innovation Challenge (5th Call)
UN Development Programme (UNDP) - Open all yearGrant
UNICEF Venture Fund
UNICEF Venture Fund - ClosedGrant
100+ Accelerator (AB InBev, Coca-Cola, Unilever and partners)
Anheuser-Busch InBev with The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Mondelez International and Unilever - ClosedGrant
AIC RAISE Sustainovation Challenge
AIC RAISE Business Incubator (Atal Incubation Centre), with Startup India - ClosedGrant
Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG)
BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology - ClosedGrant
Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme (BIPP)
BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology - ClosedEquity
BPCL Ankur Fund Startup Cohorts
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), central public sector company - ClosedGrant
BRBNMPL and Venture Center CSR Grant
Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran (CSR), run by Venture Center Pune - Closes 2 Nov 2026Convertible
Breakthrough Energy Fellows (Innovator Fellowship)
Breakthrough Energy (Breakthrough Energy Foundation) - Closes 27 Oct 2026Grant
C-CAMP Call for Validation of Field-Ready Climate Solutions
C-CAMP Centre of Excellence for Sustainability and Climate Action, with Ashraya Hastha Trust - ClosedGrant
Climate Tech Launchpad (Venture Center, supported by Thoughtworks)
Thoughtworks Technologies India, run by Venture Center's CoE for Clean Energy - ClosedGrant
Cummins India Foundation and Venture Center CSR Grant
Cummins India Foundation, run by Venture Center Pune - Closes 20 Oct 2026Prize
D.E.S.I.G.N. for BioE3 Challenge
Department of Biotechnology, BIRAC and BRIC - ClosedGrant
E.ON Future Makers Challenge
E.ON with Infosys and IIT Madras - ClosedPrize
Earthna Prize
Earthna Center for a Sustainable Future (Qatar Foundation) - ClosedGrant
EPAM Social Impact Innovation Program (AIC-IIITH)
AIC-IIITH Foundation (IIIT Hyderabad) with EPAM Systems India - ClosedPrize
Greenovation Challenges (EarthON Foundation)
EarthON Foundation with Greenovation Hub (SwitchON Foundation) - ClosedGrant
GRSE Accelerated Innovation Nurturing Scheme (GAINS)
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Ministry of Defence - ClosedGrant
GSMA Innovation Fund for Green Transition
GSMA, with UK government funding - ClosedGrant
HDFC Bank Parivartan SINE Spark Program
SINE, IIT Bombay, with HDFC Bank Parivartan (CSR) - ClosedGrant
HDFC Bank Parivartan Start-up Grants
HDFC Bank Parivartan (CSR), through partner incubators - ClosedGrant
IDFC FIRST Bank IGNITE (BITS Pilani PIEDS track)
PIEDS, BITS Pilani, with IDFC FIRST Bank CSR - ClosedGrant
IDFC FIRST Bank IGNITE (FITT IIT Delhi track)
FITT, IIT Delhi, with IDFC FIRST Bank CSR - ClosedGrant
IDFC FIRST Bank IGNITE (IIM Calcutta Innovation Park track)
IDFC FIRST Bank CSR, run by IIM Calcutta Innovation Park - ClosedGrant
IDFC FIRST Bank IGNITE (SINE IIT Bombay track)
SINE, IIT Bombay, with IDFC FIRST Bank CSR - ClosedGrant
India-Canada Collaborative Industrial R&D Programme
DST India via Technology Development Board, with NRC IRAP and Global Affairs Canada - ClosedGrant
India-Spain Joint Call for R&D&I Projects
DST India via Technology Development Board, with CDTI (Spain) - ClosedGrant
India-Sweden Collaborative Industrial R&D Programme
DST India via Technology Development Board, with Vinnova - ClosedGrant
India-UK Collaborative R&D for Industrial Sustainability
DST India via Technology Development Board, with Innovate UK - ClosedPrize
Infosys Foundation Aarohan Social Innovation Awards
Infosys Foundation - ClosedPrize
Keeling Curve Prize
Climate Curve - Closes 31 Oct 2026Grant
Kotak BizLabs Season 3
Kotak Mahindra Bank CSR, with IIMA Ventures, NSRCEL, T-Hub, FITT and IIM Calcutta Innovation Park - ClosedGrant
Krishi Mangal (Social Alpha and Cisco CSR)
Social Alpha with Cisco CSR - ClosedPrize
Land Accelerator India
WRI India, with Villgro - ClosedPrize
MC² Energy Startup Challenge (formerly Avinya)
Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI), via Startup India - ClosedGrant
MG Developer Program and Grant
JSW MG Motor India, with Startup India - ClosedGrant
Namma Bengaluru Challenge
UnboxingBLR Foundation, with Social Alpha and WTFund - ClosedGrant
NSRCEL Sustainable Mobility Incubation Program (with Alstom)
NSRCEL IIM Bangalore, with Alstom - ClosedPrize
Ocean Exchange Neptune Awards
Ocean Exchange (Marine Technology Society) - ClosedGrant
Pitch 2Konnect: Prototype-to-Market Grant
KonguTBI (TBI@KEC, Kongu Engineering College) with Karur Vysya Bank CSR - ClosedPrize
RELX Environmental Challenge
RELX - ClosedGrant
S&T-FIRST (Ministry of Coal)
Ministry of Coal, coordinated by CMPDI (Coal India) - ClosedGrant
SBIF Innovators for Bharat (SBI Foundation)
SBI Foundation (CSR arm of State Bank of India), run through partner incubators - ClosedSubsidy
Sikkim Start-up Sustainable Innovation Machinery Subsidy
Commerce and Industries Department, Government of Sikkim Sikkim - ClosedGrant
Social Alpha Techtonic: Innovations for Sustainability
Social Alpha - ClosedGrant plus other support
Social Alpha Techtonic: Innovations in Clean Energy
Social Alpha (Tata Trusts supported), with industry partners - ClosedGrant
Social Alpha Techtonic: Innovations in Sustainable Urban Transition
Social Alpha and U of T India Foundation, with city bodies - ClosedGrant plus other support
SpinLab Accelerator (Leipzig, Germany)
SpinLab, The HHL Accelerator - ClosedGrant
Thoughtworks and Venture Center CSR Grant
Thoughtworks Technologies India (CSR), run by Venture Center Pune - ClosedPrize
UNEP Young Champions of the Earth
UN Environment Programme (UNEP), with Planet A - ClosedGrant
Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge
UNDP India and Citi Foundation, with Atal Innovation Mission; run by T-Hub - ClosedPrize
Zayed Sustainability Prize
Zayed Sustainability Prize (UAE, managed by Masdar)