GREAT – Grant for Research & Entrepreneurship across Aspiring Innovators in Technical Textiles

GREAT gives funding and incubator support to innovators and startups in technical textiles so they can turn prototypes into market-ready products and technologies.

A scheme under the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) to support technical-textile innovators and startups. It help young innovators, entrepreneurs and startups convert technical-textile prototypes into market-ready products/technologies.

• Individual innovators who are Indian citizens aged 21 years or above, incubated with an eligible incubator, and working on technical-textile innovation.
• Startup companies incorporated as a private limited company, partnership firm or LLP, with turnover below ₹100 crore, not older than 5 years, and at least 51% Indian resident ownership/control.
• Projects must relate to technical-textile areas such as agro-textiles, geo-textiles, medical textiles, protective textiles, smart textiles, high-performance fibres, sustainable textiles, composites, or indigenous machinery/equipment.

• Grant-in-aid of normally up to ₹50 lakh per approved proposal for up to 18 months.
• Funding is released milestone-wise, generally in 40:40:20 instalments.
• Associated incubators receive an additional 10% of the sanctioned Government grant share for mentoring, due diligence and monitoring support.
• Intellectual property generated remains with the innovator/startup or may be jointly shared with the incubator as per their agreement.

Apply online through the GREAT portal when applications are invited by NTTM/Ministry of Textiles. https://nttm.texmin.gov.in/StartupRegistration/StartupUserRegistration

• GREAT Application Portal: nttm.texmin.gov.in (opens in a new tab)
• Scheme guidelines: nttm.texmin.gov.in (opens in a new tab)