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The Scheme Register / TAF

Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe), Department of Space

Space Technology Adoption Fund (TAF)

GrantPrototype / PoC · Seed / Early stageStartup-relevant
Support type
Grant
Best suited for
TRL Advancement
How much
TAF corpus ₹500 crore; project-level funding varies
Where you apply
inspace.gov.in

What is this scheme?

The Space Technology Adoption Fund (TAF) helps Indian space companies turn early-stage technologies into commercial products by giving funding to support development and market readiness.

Objectives

  • IN-SPACe aims to foster commercialisation in space system by promoting Indian non-government entities (NGEi) to develop space products which in turn shall lead to scaling up the productionisation to meet the Global and Domestic Space Sector demands.
  • As part of this endeavor, the Technology Adoption Fund (TAF), a funding scheme designed to promote innovation and drive the commercialisation of cutting-edge technologies in the space sector has been instituted with a total funding of ₹500 crore.

Who can apply (eligibility)

  • Indian non-government entities (NGEi) including startups, MSMEs and large industry.

What do you get?

  • Partial funding provided to the NGEi to work towards transforming early-stage technologies (TRL-3/4) into commercially viable product (TRL-8/9). The funding would be up to 60% for Startups/MSME and 40% for large industry of the project cost. The maximum funding which can be offered for a project is capped at ₹25 crore.

How to apply

Interested companies can register and apply on the website: https://www.inspace.gov.in/inspace?id=inspace_taf

Apply on inspace.gov.in (opens in a new tab)

You will leave iHub India. Applications are made directly to Department of Space — iHub India is not part of the process.