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NIDHI Centre of Excellence (CoE)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Funds world-class incubation Centres of Excellence that host and scale deep-tech startups; support flows to the host institution rather than to startups directly.

Funder

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India

public · national

Deadline: Open all year

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

Startups engage via the CoE host institution.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://nidhi.dst.gov.in/nidhicoe/

"Applications are invited for establishing NIDHI-CoE in institutions through call-for-proposals via Dept. of Science & Technology's e-PMS portal."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: nidhi.dst.gov.in

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