TDB Request for Proposal for India-Canada Collaborative Industrial Research & Development Programme 2025

Eligibility: Eligible Indian Applicants: An Indian company having requisite understanding and capability to undertake R&D activities. 1) Atleast 51% stake of the INPL Company must be owned by Indian. 2) Sole proprietors, OPC and partnership firms are not eligible for support. 3) Companies headquartered and owned outside India and their subsidiaries in India, or vice versa, are not eligible to receive funding from DST under this programme. Eligible Canadian Applicants: 1) The Canadian Project Lead (CPL) applicants must be a Canadian incorporated, profit-oriented small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), with 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees; 2) Be ready to collaborate with Indian partners on an industrial R&D project; and 3) Be pursuing growth and profit generation through the development and commercialization of innovative, technology-driven, new or improved products, services, or processes.

 Last date: Friday, October 17, 2025