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Grants

DRDO Technology Development Fund (TDF)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
500,000,000 INR

Up to INR 50 crore per project (ceiling raised from INR 10 crore in 2022) covering up to 90% of the development cost of defence technologies by Indian MSMEs and startups.

You must co-fund 10%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Defence

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — DRDO publishes technology development problem statements on the TDF portal; each statement carries its own submission window.

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.

You fund 10% yourself.

Who can apply

Indian MSMEs and startups with an Indian development partner; the project must map to a published DRDO problem statement. DPIIT recognition is not mandatory but is commonly held by applicants.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · DPIIT recognition for Indian startups, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://tdf.drdo.gov.in/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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