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Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL)

Status

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.

Closed
Amount
2,000,000 INR

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).

Funder

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog

public · national

Deadline: Closed — The ATL application portal is not currently open for new school applications.

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 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.

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Apply on the funder's site

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

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: aim.gov.in

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