S. No. Agency / Organisation Typical support area Official website
1 Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) Research grants, early-career schemes, travel and conference support www.anrfonline.in
2 Department of Science and Technology (DST) Research projects, infrastructure, technology development and thematic calls dst.gov.in
3 CSIR – Human Resource Development Group (CSIR-HRDG) Fellowships, sponsored research, symposium grants and travel support csirhrdg.res.in
4 Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Research projects, fellowships, seminars and publication support icssr.org
5 Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Biotechnology research, institutional support and mission-mode programmes dbtindia.gov.in
6 Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), MoE / AICTE IKS research proposals, centres and interdisciplinary projects iksindia.org
7 Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Extramural biomedical, medical and public health research grants icmr.gov.in
8 Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Agriculture, veterinary, fisheries and allied research projects icar.org.in
9 DAE – Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) Research grants, young scientist projects and conference support brns.res.in
10 National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), DAE Mathematics/statistics project grants, travel and conference support nbhm.dae.gov.in
11 University Grants Commission (UGC) Faculty research grants and higher education research support ugc.gov.in
12 All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Research, innovation and technical education support schemes aicte-india.org
13 Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Electronics, ICT, cyber, AI and digital technology research calls meity.gov.in
14 Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Climate, ocean, atmospheric and geoscience research support moes.gov.in
15 Department of Health Research (DHR) Health research schemes, HRD fellowships and translational support dhr.gov.in
16 ISRO – RESPOND Programme Sponsored projects in space science, applications and engineering isro.gov.in
17 Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Renewable energy research, development and demonstration projects mnre.gov.in
18 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) Industrial R&D recognition and selected S&T support initiatives dsir.gov.in
19 Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Conference support, exchanges and visiting scientist programmes insaindia.res.in
20 Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Engineering-focused programmes, travel support and collaborations inae.in
21 Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) Research grants, fellowships, publication and seminar support ichr.ac.in
22 Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) Project grants, fellowships, seminars and academic support icpr.in