Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL)
Closed for now
Under AIM 2.0 the government announced an intent to establish a further 10,000 Atal Tinkering Labs; new application windows are expected before March 2028. Monitor aim.gov.in.
Grant-in-aid of INR 20 lakh over five years to a school to set up and operate a tinkering lab (INR 10 lakh capital and INR 10 lakh operational).
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog
public · national
Deadline: closed — The ATL application portal is not currently open for new school applications.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Locally registered entity required
Applicants are schools (government, government-aided or private) teaching class VI upwards with the required space. Not a startup funding line, but a common pipeline for student innovators.
Source. https://aim.gov.in/atl.php — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked