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Grants

Atal Incubation Centre (AIC)

Status

Closed for now

The Union Cabinet approved continuation of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM 2.0) with a budget of INR 2,750 crore until March 2028, so further calls are expected within that period. Watch aim.gov.in.

Closed
Amount
100,000,000 INR

Grant-in-aid of up to INR 10 crore over five years to establish and run an incubator. This funds the incubator; startups receive incubation support rather than a direct AIM grant.

Funder

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog

public · national

Deadline: Closed — AIM's application portal for new Atal Incubation Centres is not currently accepting fresh applications; the AIC page publishes shortlisted applicants from earlier phases.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Applicants are host institutions (academic, corporate, not-for-profit) proposing to run an incubator, not individual startups. Startups engage with an existing AIC directly.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://aim.gov.in/aic.php

"The shortlisted applicants for Atal Incubation Centres - Phase 1 are out now!"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: aim.gov.in

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